The Chicago White Sox game Sunday night against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Azuzza and Cucamonga was almost like a playoff game.  Outstanding pitching by both John Lackey and Jose Contreras, good defense (although I thought Joe Morgan was going to wet himself every time the ball came near Sarge Jr.).  And, in the end, a walk off home run by the Sox man of the hour and the season, Carlos Quentin.

America finally got to see Q and he did not disappoint them.  Already having launched one in the fourth inning to retake the AL lead in home runs, Q came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with the game tied at two. Q promptly untied it sending a rope to left center field and giving the Sox their first win of the holiday weekend.  Despite all the former all-stars on this team, it is Quentin who is single handedly putting this this team on his back and is carrying it toward the first milepost of the season, Memorial Day.  Okay, that's among the hitters.

I hope the audience watching on the Eastern Seaboard Programming Network were a) impressed enough that they might consider writing Q in on their all-star ballots and b) not in too much shock that last night's game didn't include the Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, Braves or Dodgers.

As the saying goes, the kid can play.

Now, after a 4-2 homestand (which could have been easily been 6-0 if someone would give Q a hand) the Sox move on to Cleveland, a place where they haven't traditionally played well.  Let's see if they can get Paul Byrd again.