If you are a Chicago White Sox fan, brace yourself for a possible further fall.  While your team sits 4½ games in back of the AL Central leading Tigers and Indians, the Minnesota Twins, who, at one point not so long ago, were 16 games out are now just 6 out and 1½ games behind the White Sox. 

The Sox and Twins next meet in Minnesota on August 5th and by that time, the two teams could have very well passed in the night.

The Sox dropped another game last night to Kansas City, blowing an early lead and not sustaining any offensive momentum.  While Jake Peavy didn't have his best stuff, he probably pitched well enough to win, which is all you can ask of your starters.  But somehow, the Sox offense was mystified by a rookie left-hander named Duffy.   Don't blame Adam Dunn, he was on the bench.

If you look at the Sox the week prior to the all-star game and then after the break beginning in Detroit, you realize that all of the games that they have played in have been winnable.  In all of those games, the Sox got pretty good starting pitching, but couldn't take advantage offensively.

Which leads me to this sad, but inevitable conclusion: If this team doesn't start to turn things around and win these kind of games, the rest of this season is a moot point.  Right now, I have absolutely no confidence that they will.