White Sox - White Flag II

Chicago White Sox - Traded DH Jim Thome to the Los Angeles Dodgers for SS Justin Fuller; Traded P Jose Contreras to the Colorado Rockies for P Brandon Hynick. Is this a white flag trade? Yes. Is there anything wrong with that? No. There comes a time where yes, it's smart to pull out that white flag and wave it furiously. Fighting to the last man, in many cases, including this one, where the result of losing doesn't mean that the Tigers will disembowel the wives and children of White Sox players, is nothing but romantic nonsense. The White Sox are simply a mediocre team that would have to play the best ball of their lives to have a shot at the playoffs. The team has to essentially outplay the Tigers by the seasonal equivalent of 72 games and the Twins by the seasonal equivalent of 48 games. This is not a team full of sleeping giants, ready to pummel the division into submission in September, but team that's closer to the Indians, a team that essentially threw in ...