Zumaya, Pudge deserve blame
The abuse has been piled on Todd Jones for giving up a two-run homer in the ninth inning that pinned a crushing loss on the Detroit Tigers Friday night.
Yes, Jones screwed up. He nearly had a 1-2-3 ninth, but a seeing-eye single by Carlos Quinten somehow found its way into right field. Then Dye blasted his homer.
But I thought the game was lost earlier than that.
The White Sox looked dead until the seventh inning when Joel Zumaya struggled and Pudge Rodriguez threw a ball into left field allowing the tying run to score.
Jones deserves his share of the blame, but he simply made the last mistake.