Two steps forward, one step back.  You'd think that the Chicago White Sox were on "Dancing with the Stars" instead of trying to win the AL Central.

Last nights 3-2 thirteen inning loss was a microcosm of the season for the struggling Sox. Given an opportunity to move up in the standings after losses by Cleveland and Detroit, the Sox did everything they could to torpedo themselves, going two for seven with runners in scoring position. 

The biggest culprit of the evening may have been Alex Rios, who not only dropped a fly ball in center, but was yanked from the game after failing to run the bases hard.  With Rios out, Brent Lillibridge took over in center and misjudged a ball that resulted in the win for the Rockies. It convinces you that the Blue Jays didn't pull Rios off waivers because they knew something that Kenny didn't.  That he's basically a guy with a lot of talent who is lazy and uninspired.

Pink Gavin Floyd and the bullpen pitched well and deserved a better fate.

Here's what it comes down to: Beating .500 teams like the Rockies is mandatory right now.  Losing games because you can't push runs across or because you are lallygagging it on the bases isn't going to cut it, especially when the pitching is there.  

Unfortunately, it appears that Sox GM Kenny Williams has painted himself into a corner with so many bad contracts and underperforming  ball players, he won't be able to paint his way out.  That means making any kind of trade at this point would just add to the problem, not fix it.  And for those clamoring for the Cuban Sandwich, realize that he's only one player and that this is a total group effort right now.  Let him keep working things out at Charlotte until maybe August 1.  If these guys are still sucking mud at that point, then it may be time for some radical thinking.

We keep waiting for this team to turn the corner.  But like 2009, it may not happen.  All in, indeed.