There’s nothing surprising about the White Sox’ awful start — not the losses, not the injuries -Times

Coby White

The White Sox and their owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, are on the way to another bad season.

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Did no one think to tell hit-starved, run-famished White Sox players to stare at the eclipse without sunglasses? It only could have improved their vision at the plate.

The Sox are the butt of a lot of bad jokes these days because they’re butt ugly as a baseball team. Everyone knew they were going to be feeble this season, but few people expected them to be this feeble, which explains the level of anger around town.

Heading into their game against the Guardians on Wednesday night, the Sox were no higher than 28th (out of 30 teams) in many of the major offensive statistics in baseball. Philosophical question: If a team starts the season 2-9, can it be called “slumping’’? Rounded shoulders would appear to be its natural posture.

General manager Chris Getz took aim at th
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