Does the Chicago White Sox Offense Have Enough Punch?
“,”body”:” There has been a lot of discussion about the quality of the White Sox offense recently. Most of it revolves around their decision to not sign Jim Thome and enter the season with a DH platoon of Andruw Jones, Mark Kotsay, and Omar Vizquel.\r\n The general point of their argument is that the Sox offense isn’t good enough to take that risk at the designated hitter spot.\r\n Can the Sox really play those less then stellar offensive options at a position where their only job is to hit and still be productive? How much of a dent does that put in their hopes to contend? Are Ozzie and Kenny out of their minds?\r\n Let’s take a look at two different perspectives on the offense and weight the validity of their respective points.\r\n \r\n The Pessimist’s View\r\n The Sox are in trouble this year on offense.\r\n They tied for 12th in the American League in runs scored last year and let two of their most productive offensive players walk without finding a solid replacement.\r\n All of th
