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Out of the Box: Bad luck ChiSox

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 17, 2007

If you're an owner of any of those big-name White Sox hitters -- Joe Crede, Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, Jim Thome -- surely you're hoping there's some sort of scientific method, some sort of statistical theory that helps explain what has gone so terribly wrong. Today, what I have to offer you is a simple, rational explanation for the South Siders' problems: Bad luck. How else could one explain this steep an offensive collapse? That aforementioned quartet, which combined for 151 home runs, 436 ...

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