Pitching continues to be one of the Sox’s biggest concerns, but the worry will evaporate if the staff continues to perform as it has in recent days.
After their first 10 games this spring, Sox pitchers had a 7.02 earned-run average (65 runs in 83 1/3 innings).
In the 11 games since, Sox pitchers have a 2.18 ERA (24 earned runs in 99 innings).
Not surprisingly, the Sox have won seven of those 11 games.
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Self discipline: Jack McDowell has been bothered much of this spring by a sore back. Trainer Herm Schneider’s remedies include sending McDowell to the “dreaded orange tub”-a chest-high plastic tub filled with ice. “I don’t mind it. It’s a necessity,” says McDowell. “It’s a mental thing getting in at first. But after that, it’s not that bad.”
Gone golfing: The team’s golf tournament was held Tuesday on the only day off from training.
Decision time: Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf is due in Sarasota Wednesday night to confer on the Bo Jackson decision. The Sox have until Thursday to cut Bo and buy out his contract for $150,000 or keep him and pay him a base salary of $901,000 plus possible incentives. Jackson leads the team in hits with 16 and total bases wth 23, is second in runs batted in with nine and is batting .372.