Coming off an awful 2-5 road trip against two teams expected to finish near the back of the back this year, the White Sox now turn their attention to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.  While the pundits all picked the Rays for a solid third place in the competitive AL East, the memo apparently never arrived in St. Petersburg.  Joe Maddon, sans hoodie , and his troops just completed a four game road sweep of the Red Sox.

For the White Sox, the Rays provide more headaches than solutions to their 4-9 start.  With any luck, a day off will help the team clear its' collective head so it climb out of the hole it has dug itself into after thirteen games.  But logic atells us the offensively challenged White Sox may have a tough time putting men across home plate against some talented Rays pitchers.

The Sox will need a huge effort from John Danks, Freddy Garcia and Mark Buehrle.  Danks pitched pretty well in Canada last week, but Garcia and Buehrle were less than stellar in losses to Toronto and Cleveland respectively.

The one thing I know I will enjoy is watching my favorite major league player, Carl "The Answer" Crawford get after it for three games.  I be fantasizing about him in a Sox uniform. 

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Lightning Round

•  It seems like Sox fans aren't the only annoyed baseball fans on the planet. Here's a Reds take from Diamond Hoggers.
• Richard Roeper wrote an interesting column in the Sun-Times today about wearing jerseys in public.  He says it's funny to see middle aged men wearing a players name and number on their backs.  I agree.  That's why I always try to get a jersey without a name and number on it.  The exception, of course, would be a Bears jersey and then you can get just a number.  I prefer "51" seeing as how we have a dog named Butkus.  I think it's okay to wear a jersey at the game so long as it fits properly and doesn't make you look like Lou Piniella or Jeff Cox.