A week after their rivals to the north swept a seven game home stand the White Sox took the anything they can do we can better and they swept a seven game home stand of their own. Presumably with a little help from their mouthy manager Ozzie Guillen who went on a tirade and ripped the teams' recent performance right before the team came home from Toronto. I guess it must've worked because the Sox unloaded on their opponents all week.

After beating the Royals at the beginning of the week, they dismantled the Twins outscoring them 40 to 15 in the four games. As usual the pitching was dominant and the bullpen held it down. Joe Crede & Nick Swisher had multi home run games and Carlos Quentin was his usual stellar self as they lead an offensive charge not duplicated since 1932.

With the Cubs currently having the best record in baseball and the South Siders leading their division by a robust 6 and 1/2 games the city of Chicago is beaming with hope of post season play. It makes for an even bigger cross town classic when the teams meet at Wrigley. The biggest concern for the White Sox is if they can sustain this stellar play on the road. They have lost twice as many games on the road as they have at home. For whatever reason, the bats don’t come alive as well as they do at the cell. The schedule is pretty favorable the next six weeks so maybe they can increase this lead and somewhat cruise as the dog days of summer approach.