Who just is this White Sox team?

The Sox completed the three game sweep against the Seattle Mariners this afternoon by a final score of 7-4. The win ups their record to 9-6. Nothing spectacular by any means. But they're doing enough to keep fans interested in the early going. At this time last year the Sox had just lost their eighth game in nine tries. Then proceeded to lose two more getting swept by the Tigers before ending April 10-18. There's still plenty of time for an implosion here but they're keeping us engaged and not burying themselves in the early going like they have done the past three seasons.

So far we've seen Adam Dunn and Alex Rios hit. Solid efforts by the bullpen. Jake Peavy looking good and seemingly pain free. The 21st perfect game in MLB history thrown just yesterday by Phil Humber, and Robin Ventura playing it cool in the first fifteen games of the season.

Looking around the A.L. right now there's only one team that's really slapping everybody else around. That's the Texas Rangers who end Sunday with a 13-3 record.

One thing our Sox need to do is improve their mediocre performance at The Cell.

Last season they gave the home crowd just about every reason to boo them off the field with a lousy 36-45 record on the South Side of Chicago. This year they've gone 3-4 in their first homestand. They keep that up, the fans will stay away and Kenny will give the 'ol "We can't do much without the fans support." b.s.

Regardless, the ultimate goal is meaningful baseball being played in September and October this year. While there's still a long way to go, it's nice to see, what seems to be at least, a rejuvenated baseball team .

The Sox head to probably the second worst place for them, (besides Minnesota) Oakland to face the A's. Bartolo Colon will face his former team tomorrow night while self proclaimed warrior Jake Peavy will do his best to upstage Humber. Because, that's just what competitors do!