Fernando Rodney melted down on Sunday, so, to Mike in Waterford’s delight, Joel Zumaya has been named closer. Zooms slipped right into the role, blowing the save in the fourteenth inning last night, allowing the White Sox to win, 10-8. But it was worse than that. The bully blew not one, but two save opportunities. The other was courtesy of newly acquired Kyle Farnsworth, who is fitting in quite nicely, giving up three homers in three appearances. Of course, as they faltered, former closer Rodney and his five cent head shined, pitching three hitless innnings with just one walk. Bobby Seay also pitched one scoreless inninng before giving way to Farnsworth. Good thing this game went so late, I was fast asleep by the time the bullpen decided to burn US Cellular to the ground.
In happier news, Miguel Cabrera was named the AL player of the month for July. Yay!
Get well soon Todd Jones! Yes, it’s that bad.
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