The Exception That Proves Exactly Nothing

One of our favorite gambits here at FJM is the old "use the exception that proves the rule to yell at someone for not thinking the exception is the rule" gambit. Enter Rick Morrissey of the Trib (ahhhhh...just typing those words is giving me Proustian tingles) and this little beaut about the ChiSox: Despite rich history of improbable comebacks, Chicago White Sox just giving up Desire to dump veterans a disturbing failure of imagination This article was published on September 2nd. The day before, the ChiSox had SmartBalled their way to a 4-3 loss in Minnesota, leaving them at 64-69. The Tigers had taken care of the Indians, 8-5, leaving them at 70-61. This site at that moment gave them about a 1.4% chance of making the playoffs. Also, it should be noted, the ChiSox are hopelessly mediocre. They haven't been more than five games over .500 the whole year. They can pitch pretty well, but they can't hit, and there's just no way they're catching the Tigers. But s...