Fer Chrissakes, enjoy the ride and keep your goddamn mouth shut. With your horseshit history and current performance in China you’d be cannon fodder.

Take a look at Wise’s current Cactus League performance, as an example. Through 17 games played and 57 at-bats, Wise was hitting a solid .316. But his on-base percentage checked in at .322, since he had not drawn a single walk in 59 plate appearances.

Spring Training statistics don’t exactly serve as an 100 percent accurate sign of things to come. This instance might be the exception to the rule, as Wise probably won’t be taking five or six pitches with each trip to the plate. It just doesn’t fit into the style that has made Wise successful over the past year with the White Sox.

“That’s when I get in trouble, when I have to take a lot of pitches,” Wise said. "Early in spring, when Ozzie was trying me at the leadoff spot, I was struggling a little bit because I was going up there taking pitches and falling behind in the count. Then, I was swinging at bad pitches and getting myself out.

“Then, Ozzie came to me and said, ‘Look, just because I have you there in the leadoff spot, don’t feel like you have to go up there and take five pitches every at-bat.’ Don’t get me wrong. I’m not going up there to swing at everything. But [Guillen] wants me to keep my aggressiveness.”

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090331&content_id=4096894&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws

lol.

You all hated Jerry Owens and no one wanted him in the lineup. So he isn’t. However, the guy they choose you also don’t like? What are they supposed to do? It was one or the other for the lefty part of the platoon. Why is this a surprise?

I’m at 1800 words and still not near finished (nor happy) with my latest piece… Hopefully I’ll get it posted for you guys tomorrow night… Should be worth the wait.