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7/1/1945 - A Winning Month
The White Sox finished with our first winning month of the season with a 14-12 record and now just 7 games back.
I've decided to give up on the Bip Roberts in left field experiment and move him back to second base. He wasn't producing in left and we couldn't get a second baseman to produce either.
In order to do that we did need someone who was capable of playing left field, so we completed a minor deal with the cross-town Cubs. We acquired 33 year old left fielder Curtis Pride in exchange for 3B Bob James and minor league catcher Mike Colbern. Pride is not a long term solution, or even a great short term solution, but he's an upgrade in left.
I know what our holes are, but I don't have the chips to fill them, without opening up another hole. Trading Carlos May remains a possibility, but I'm not ready to do that yet. I'm planning on waiting for the draft to see what's available and consider different options in the offseason.
Right now my list of upgrades goes like this -
1 - shortstop
2 - left field
3 - third base
4 - catcher
5 - right field
We've got too many holes to fill to do anything drastic this year.
Jack Easton won the Pitcher of the Month Award this month after going 6-0 with a 1.36 ERA. Thankfully pitching has been something I haven't had to worry about yet, although if I had to add a six to my list it would be an upgraded fourth starter.
Dan Brouthers of the Dodgers picked up career hit number 2500. We haven't had a run at 3000 in a while.
Here are the current active leaders:
Matty Alou - 2874
Stan Musial - 2804
Frank Chance - 2764
Dennis Menke - 2748
Kal Daniels - 2618
Although close I don't believe any on this list will get there based on their recent performance. I could be wrong, but I think it will be a while before we see 3000 again.
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