Indians' reliever Frank Hermann gave up Bret Morel's second homer of the night, a three run shot in the seventh that widened the White Sox lead to 4-1. A walk, single and hit batter later, Josh Judy served up a grand slam to Paul Konerko. 8-1 Sox, game over.
Josh Judy is one of those rare players who has two first names, both starting with the same letter and having the same number of letters. He's among a passel of players the Indians have shuttled between Cleveland and Columbus over the last several seasons, who we've come to like here in the second floor baseball bunker.Where we've rooted for the Indians, except when they played the Tigers and when they got too far ahead of the Tigers in the standings.
It hurts us when they get whacked; especially by the White Sox. Uniforms, ball park and its location, players, manager, fans, radio announcers; amng them there is precious little to like. If Osama bin Laden had been a baseball fan, he'd have been a White Sox fan.
After the Tigers sweep, with the Tribe ten games out and one under .500 at 70-71, Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus are talking about next year.
They weren't expected to do anything this year, but led for most of the first half and stayed in contention until September with a lot of key players on the DL. If they do limp home with a losing record, has it been a failed season? Of course not.
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