Boy, what a blow opportunity for the Chicago White Sox yesterday.

In game one of a rain forced doubleheader against Seattle, the Sox sent Bartolo Colon to the mound against a Seattle right hander the Sox had never seen before, Chris Jakubouskas.  Usually, this would be the recipe for a Sox loss, but big, bad Bartolo threw with authority and the Sox squeaked by with a 2-1 win.

Going into the second game you were thinking sweep with John Danks on the mound.  And, you would have been wrong.  Danks, who entered the game with a career ERA of over seven against Seattle was once again lit up by the M's, who held a 6-0 advantage at the time Danks left the game.  The Sox fell 9-1 in game two.

The rubber match is this afternoon at US Commiskey Park. 

Honestly, you thought it would be Colon who would get the rough treatment, considering how shaky he was in his last start against Baltimore.  But the big boy seemed to have a little more gutty up on his pitches along with more movement.  With all of the surgeries he's had on his arm, Colon isn't going to be blasting it by hitters anymore and needs to rely more on movement and location to win.  He had that yesterday.  For his part, Jakubouskas deserved a better fate, giving up only a two RBI double to Paul Konerko.  Fortunately for the Sox, Seattle (until at least game 2) is a poor hitting team.

In game two, I guess you can't expect a strong performance from Danks every time out, but last night, he flat out stunk.  The Sox were down 5-0 by the second inning and against Felix Hernandez, that's pretty much game, set, match.  It appears Seattle might be his kryptonite.

Concerns for the Sox yesterday may be Brian Anderson's 0-7 on the day and Josh Fields continued struggles after a hot start.  I don't know for the life of me why Ozzie led off Jerry Owens in game one.  I understand why Owens got to play, but leading him off only gave the Mariners an extra free out.  Brett Lillibridge is also a continuing concern with his continuing strike out issues.

Hopefully today, Chris Getz will get back in the lineup and the Sox will do some damage to Eric Bedard,  who is 3-2 with a 3.97 ERA against the Sox in seven career starts.  In opposition, Pink Gavin Floyd tries to overcome one of the worst starts of his White Sox career.

I'm telling you, if you think these boys drove you nuts last year, you ain't seen nothing yet!