Sox show huge gulf between the two leagues Despite heavy rain which delayed the start of the game by an hour and half, the Chicago White Sox saw of the New York Yankees just after midnight to win 5-4, and the series 2-1. Sox pitcher Javier Vazquez threw 111 pitches, most at 85mph plus, which is no mean feat with no run up. During the game I was trying to work out how many cricket overs that was, it is almost 19.

Ozzie Guillen, the enigmatic Sox manager was thrown out of the game in the 6th, after a verbal assault on an umpire which lasted about a millisecond. "What did I say?" Guillen asked. "I only said one thing, but I can't say it. I said something and he didn't like it."

The White Sox now take on league leaders Detroit Tigers in another massive three days on the south-side. What has become obvious, even to my novice eyes is the shocking disparity in quality between the American and National Leagues. The fact the White Sox are struggling even to get a wild card entry into the play-off's illustrates the point.

Despite playing far superior opposition the White Sox's record is almost as good as the New York Mets, who are by far the best team in the NL and the wild card place will end up going to someone not even good enough to just make .500. How can the MLB work to improve on this crazy inbalance because it's a shame that the countries best teams won't be on the stage come the end of the long season.  ¶ 11:16