The White Sox got terrible news last week when they found out that slugger Carlos Quentin was to miss the rest of the regular season.  Only up 2.5 games on the Twins, could this do the Sox in?  Part of me thinks yes, but then you remember who else they have on their team, notably three guys that have been tearing it up all season:  Alexei Ramirez, Jim Thome, and Jermaine Dye.  Dye would be receiving MVP attention if it wasn’t for Quentin, Thome has yet another 30 HR year, and Ramirez has been having a tremendous rookie season.  As long as their pitching holds up and those three keep raking, the Sox SHOULD be able to hold off the Twins, but it’ll be close.

How can you not love this guy?  I don’t care how controversial he is, he’s insanely funny, even when he’s not trying to be.  This guy churns out more one-liners and laugh-out-loud statements than most comedians do.  His recent profanity-laced bashing of the Chicago Cubs sealed the deal for me, as he said amongst other things that in the city, his team was referred to as the “Chicago [insert profanity here]“.  He went on to defend White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf after people called him a bad owner.  “We have the worst owner?  The guy has 7 rings (6 with the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and the 2005 World Series)”.  Who cares how much he swore, it was funny, and it makes me wish he was on my team.  He’s like an Earl Weaver on verbal steroids, which can’t be a bad thing, and he’s got everyone’s back, including the owner, and a lot of people get this mixed up with him being egocentric, but that’s clearly not the case.
He’s taking a lot of heat lately, after the 72-90 year the Pale Hose had last year and the current 6 game losing skid, but oh how quick people forget.  In the 4 full seasons that he’s managed, they’ve had three winning seasons, two 90 win seasons, and the 2005 World Series championship, but after one bad season you call for his firing?  Not fair, but it’s commonplace in this day and age, and not just in Major League Baseball, but all sports.  The fans should feel lucky to have such a loyal and “team first” guy as their manager.  If I were starting a baseball team today, he’d be one of the first guys I’d call in for an interview.  I can deal with the controversy, because I know I’ll get results and I’ll get a guy who won’t jump to another team unless he’s forced to.

It would appear that Uribe is on the block after the recent trade.  Any potential deals where you could see him going to?  Also hearing the same about Contreras.  Basically, the more moves the better, no sure things could get much worse from last year.  Time will tell though.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ outfielder Juan Pierre would appear to be a good fit for the Chicago White Sox.

The Sox are need of a legit leadoff hitter, and Pierre would team well at the top of the lineup with newly acquired shortstop Orlando Cabrera.

I think this makes a lot of sense. People say he’s not much better then Pods, but I think you’re wrong. He’s a better all around player, and would give the Sox a chance to play the kind of ball they played when they went to the world series. Without the pitching of course. Hey it’s a start in the right direction. His contract seems a little out of reach though.

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