Sympathy for the White Sox

September 24th, 2008 at 06:22pm Tony Garcia

A Mr. Mike Meyer from Machesney Park, Ill., writes, “Dear Roseanne Roseannadanna … ” wait, sorry about that. Just waiting for Season 3 of “Saturday Night Live” on DVD.

Anyway, Mike Meyer’s letter in Wednesday’s Register Star noted that while Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano received a day in his honor from Gov. Rod Blagojevich, White Sox hurler MarkBuehrle did not get the same love from the self-proclaimed Cubs lovin’ chief executive.

First, a point of contention: Mr. Meyer refers to Buehrle’s team as the “(ahem) world champion White Sox.” Buehrle threw his no-hitter in 2007: The Sox were NOT the World Champion; they weren’t even the defending World Champion. They were an underachieving 72-90 mess.

Having said that, Mr. Meyer is correct to note the inconsistency. Big Z gets a day, and all Buehrle could muster was a resolution from the Illinois House.

Actually, Mr. Meyer should have sympathy for me. A White Sox backer is in line for the presidency, and the only line I’m waiting for Gov. Blago to get in is the chow line behind George Ryan.

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