Sox resume winning ways

Well April is in the books and the Sox had one of the best in their history. They set two amazing marks for franchise history, one of them tying an MLB record that has stood for 50 years.

The Sox went 17-7 in April, including an 8 game winning streak. They lost only one series the whole month, which had a controversial ending in Oakland. The 17-7 mark tied for the best April in White Sox history. Even more impressive, with the Sox win over the Tigers yesterday, was that the Sox have led in all 25 games they have played in this year. The 1955 Brookln Dodgers set the mark originally in their run to the World Series, when they started out 22-3 out of the gates. The Sox have a chance to break that record Tuesday against the Royals at home. I think that this streak is a great testimony to the top of the order, with Scott Podsednik and Tadahito Iguchi doing a great job of getting over and getting in.

The pitching has also been outstanding, led by Jon Garland, who has won all 5 of his starts, including back to back 4 hit shutouts. The one real disappointment on the staff has been Shingo Takatsu who after achieving cult-hero status in 2004, has looked very human in 05. The starters have all been excellent, including enigma Jose Contreras, who has no decesions, but an era of about 3.00. He has looked much more dangerous this year featuring the fastball, instead of the forkball.

And finally for the attendance junkies, the Sox had their best April attendance mark in 11 years, dispite some crappy weather and crappy teams.