White Sox Update

After leading both leagues for far longer than anyone expected this year, the White Sox are fading in the stretch. Boy are they fading. They've only won three of their last eleven games, and they're not helped by the way the Indians are just charging ahead. The Indians have cut their one-time 15-game deficit to just two and a half (they beat the Sox in a head-to-head matchup last night to drop it from three and a half), and the Sox face them in two more games at that field where the Sox play (not Comiskey any more--I think it has some other name). If the Indians sweep the series, they'll be only half a game out. And if the Indians do pass the Sox, the Sox immediately fall into the wild card race. As of this moment, their record is only four games better than the Yankees (who themselves are only a half game behind the Red Sox in AL East). With only 13 games left to play, their magic number is 11. This is distinctly Northside behavior. Will the dream season fade just that easily? Will 2005 actually be the season of the Miracle Indians rather than the Suprise White Sox? We'll know in less than two weeks.