Important Stuff from the 4-3 loss to the Twins that happened during the HOF induction

The White Sox took the lead while Frank Thomas was reciting his love poem to baseball, so they got the thematic punch down in an otherwise miserable day where they were again mystified by Yohan Pinto and left the tying run at third despite having three cracks to make contact compelling enough to bring Leury Garcia home in the ninth. An entire weekend without getting Twain'd is just too much to ask. This day gave us the Frank Thomas speech, already. Don't be selfish. They lost 4-3, in case you wondered.

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Bad, old days return, absent offense spoils Danks' gem

John Danks needs to start telling his offense ahead of time when he's going to catch lightning in a bottle so they can schedule a parade. Instead, the Sox were in an odd position where their embattled and damaged starter was the sharpest guy on the field, as Ian Kennedy and the Padres bullpen overwhelmed the offense, and Adrien Nieto Double-A'd the go-ahead run home in a 4-1 loss made uglier by Javy Guerra.

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