A CUP of JOE in the SHOW Report #20....Is it the SOUTH SIDE Hit Men doing the Damage.....the PALE HOSE have caught Fire in the AL Central and have now moved into 1st Place behind PAULIE and Chris Sale...WHO?

The White Sox have been on a torrid pace and from MAy 7 to May 30 they went from 4 games under .500 to 7 Games over the .500 mark.

They have been following the lead of their Captain and one of the few pieces left from that 2005 Fall Classic Champion Paul "PAULIE" Konerko. The 1B has cooled of late but the Chi Sox have been sizzling and they are now 31-23 and lead the Tribe by 2.5 games.

LHP Chris Sale was the Junior Circuits AL Pitcher of the Month of may 2012 with a 4-1 record and a 2.30 ERA and now with the W yesterday vs the M's as he goes to 7-2 with a 2.30 ERA.

Hale has had plenty of help from RH Ace Jake Peavy who is 6-1 with a 3.05 ERA. The Two Pitchers in the Rotation the Pale Hose have to get going is Gavin Floyd and John Danks. Combined they have a 7-9 record with a combined ERA of over 5.00 . If the Sox can get them both on track they will start putting some distance between them and the Tigers and Tribe.

Let's take a Quick Look at the Leaders in the Clubhouse for the South Siders:

Pitchers Wins
Sale 7
Peavy 6

Saves
Reed 7
Santiago 4

K's
Sale 69
Peavy 68

Hitting

Taters
Dunn 17
Viciedo 12
Konerko 11

Ribbies
Dunn 38
Pierzynski 35
Konerko 33

Batting Avg.
Konerko .366
De Aza .298
Pierzynski .291

The Chi Sox have been Hot for over a Month and now they will enter Inter League Play for June with a Heavy Dose of NL Central....'Stros, Cubbies, Redbirds, and Brew Crew thrown in with some Boys in Blue for a 3-Game Set out in Chavez Ravine.

The Schedule will get tougher but as hot as the Sox are you might want to try the red ones out in Massachusetts known as the Carmines.

Stats from MLB.com

From WHITESOX.com the PALE HOSE select in the 2012 MLB Draft:

Pick #13
OF Courtney Hawkins Carroll HS TX

Pick #48
1B Keon Barnum King HS FL