Chip Shots: They'll Drive You Nuts If You Let Them

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Chip Shots: They'll Drive You Nuts If You Let Them

They'll Drive You Nuts If You Let Them

I went to sleep angry last night. Angry that Pink Floyd started the game so bad with a walk and a home run before anyone was out. Angry that Jermaine Dye hit into an easy double play to end the first inning. Angry that Junior let a ground ball go all the way to the wall (and that they called it a triple!) Mad as hell that it was 6-2 as I was drifting off to sleep.

The last thing I remember was Hawk screaming as Paulie hit a home run to make it 6-4. I don't remember Junior's at bat. (Lest you think I am a wimp, I get up at 3:15am for work, so I'm usually done between 9-10)

When I got up this morning I was shocked to learn that sometime between the time I fell asleep and the time I got up, a miracle had occurred. The White Sox had somehow come back. Not only once. But from two runs down in the top of the 14th. On a homer by Nick Swisher. AND, the Twinkies were beaten again by Seattle.

I swear, I can't figure these guys out.

Pink Floyd was awful. Nate Robertson looked like Jack Morris. The Tigers were hitting the crap out of the ball. And yet, somehow, some way, these guys came back and got a win out of it. Are they that good? Are the Tigers that bad? HELP ME, I'M CONFUSED.

I did read some good accounts of what happened after I fell asleep:

Bobby Stompy's emotions ran the gamut(Tremendous Upside Potential)
Jeeves also got a bit farklempt (Life in the Cell)
Big Al was definitely not a happy camper. That's probably because he's from Detroit (The Wayne Fontes Experience)
Big Al shares his Kyle Farnsworth man crush. It's the same kind of man crush Sox fans have with Mike MacUseless. (The Wayne Fontes Experience)
Jim says Paulie and Dirty Thirty sent a message last night. Most likely, a message that will be ignored.