OF MANY THINGS: FROM McGARITY ON SHORT LIST TO KICKERS CONSISTENT
An unimaginable 60 games under .500, on the verge of setting all kinds of records for futility, the Chicago White Sox easily are the worst team in major league baseball this season … quite possibly any season. So tell us, why in the name of … Bill Veeck, who by now would have done something off the wall to generate interest … why is AARON McGARITY still down on the farm? … The slender 6-3, 185-pound right-hander has the kind of numbers (7-1 won-lost, 2.62 earned run average, opponent s’ composite batting average of .169) with the Chisox’ AAA affiliate in Charlotte, N.C., that should be enough for a call up by any MLB franchise, much less one so bad it doesn’t deserve even mention as a laughingstock . Yet there McGarity is … to date, a career minor leaguer … and, to his credit, the Richmonder, who attended Mills Godwin High and Virginia Tech before signing with the Yankees eight years ago, continu...