Today's featured game was between the White Sox and the Cubs, North and South if you will for a moment. So it wasn't the Civil War, but you could definitely tell there was about the same kind of hate. Now of course, the game had no real significance right now with the all-star game right around the corner. However, there was one thing that completely just stood out.
Scott Podsednik, or as I thought of him as the one of the old guys for the Sox went 4-5 with two singles, a double, and a homerun, scored twice and had two RBI to boot. Yep, you guessed it one hit away from the cycle in today's 8-7 win against the Cubs. I understand it was the Rookie Gordon Beckham that won the game for the Sox in the bottom of the ninth, but I think Podsednik earned that pie in the face as well.
Drafted back in 1994 in the third round by the Texas Rangers I remember thinking this guy will never play with guys like Juan Gonzalez and Jose Canseco on the team. However, the White Sox were sure glad the 33 year-old was available for them today. Yet for whatever reason, he was written off.
Playing for the Rockies last season he only played in 93 games, hit only one home run, and batted only .253, and only had 15 RBI. Seems to me if you can't play in Colorado where the balls fly out almost as much as I change socks your career should be left for dead.
The Sox decided to give their 2005 World Series hero another chance and now they are only 5 back in their division and 6 back in the wild card. Ok, so not exactly in the heat of things, but this might just be the win that starts something. It isn't like they have waited 100 years to win a World Series or something like that Northside team. All I can say is that I am glad they call themselves the Cubs because they certainly haven't been playing like Bears!
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