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- Updated: August 18, 2016
CLEVELAND — To win the American League Central, as would be the desired White Sox goal, a team has to win within the AL Central. And for the past four seasons, that accomplishment has eluded the South Siders.
Since the start of the 2013 campaign, the White Sox have a 110-165 mark against division opponents entering Wednesday. That record remains a dismal 51-72 over the past two seasons, when the White Sox specifically were built to contend.
Why has this team struggled so much in the AL Central? As the old saying goes, if the White Sox had clear-cut solutions, they would have fixed the problem. But right fielder Adam Eaton has one idea.
“You’ve heard me say it a million times: Anybody can do it for a day or for a week or for a month. It’s consistency,” Eaton said. “You look at some of the greatest teams since I’ve been around, the Cardinals and the Giants.
“They are consistent. They play good defense. They pitch the ball well. They win games they are supposed to win. There are a lot of games this year, I would say a dozen or so games, that we should have won …
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