It was another bad weekend of White Sox baseball, brightened only by another great Mark Buehrle start on what is increasingly looking like Buehrle's farewell tour.  The Sox hit the ball a bit better than usual the past two days, but a mediocre start by Vazquez foiled any chance at two consecutive wins.

That being said...

The two guys that really need to start hitting the ball a bit are Josh Fields and Jermaine Dye, and both obliged by combining for a 9-for-22 weekend at the plate.  Fields in particular looked very good at the plate, flashing his power and turning  on a couple of inside pitches.  He certainly has some very unique power -- there are a few balls that look like routine flies but end up going a long way.  For example, I thought his double down the right field line today was a "ducksnort" that would've been caught by Xavier Nady -- it ended up going all the way to the warning track before bouncing over the wall in foul territory for a ground-rule double.

Jermaine has certainly picked it up at the right time, because...

the trade rumors have picked up.  The Newark Star-Ledger is reporting the Mets having interest in Mark Buehrle, and the Dye rumors are still looming.  I'm sure the value of a couple of months for Buehrle or Dye is what will be the main topic of discussion -- who am I kidding, it already has been -- over the next month-and-a-half.