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#WhiteSox will receive two minor league pitchers from #Padres for Quentin - RHP Simon Castro and LHP Pedro Hernandez. #MLB

Oddly enough, some of the least welcoming people when I started out were some of the beat writers covering the teams. This was true both locally and among the visiting press. They seemed to me to be more protective of tradition than the baseball men. There were a few beat writers that I think were rooting for my failure and would have tripped me going out the door. But among most of the baseball men there was the more open-minded practical view of "We’ll wait and see if you can help." I felt they were giving me an opportunity to earn my position, and that’s all I wanted.

two groups of workers whose skills are perishable and yet have a hard time walking away from their jobs: prostitutes and baseball players.

Joe calls 'em like he sees 'em

According to Joe Garagiola, Alexei Ramirez is "built like a ball-point pen" and Paul Konerko running into third "looks like he's leaking oil".

Bianca, who goes by "Bianca Tai" on twitter, announced the news last week. "A goal and a dream come true- I’m a 2011 Raiderette!

Ed Farmer sucks

I'm having dinner with Nate Silver and listening to him lecture next week. It is mainly a methodologies of political science type thing, but I may be able to get a question or two in about baseball stats. Anything you think I should ask?

"I asked him directly: Did he want to be here? Did he want to be the manager of the Chicago White Sox? He said 'Absolutely. That's all I've ever wanted,'" said Williams of his talk with Guillen. "He said he never asked for an extension. The timing of something wasn't commensurate with if he were to go down that road.

"He did want to know what his status was and I told him directly. I hope I never have another manager, at least while I'm sitting in this chair, I hope I never have another manager of the Chicago White Sox other than him."

Tonight's game has been called

Paul Konerko on distractions in the White Sox clubhouse: "As a rule of thumb, twice a month something is going to come up,'' team captain Paul Konerko said Monday, when asked about possible distractions that have come in the wake of "TwitterGate.'' "Sometimes it's back-to-back in a week, sometimes every other week, but if you're a White Sox player you just kind of prepare that it's not boring around here and things kind of pop up. That's just the way it is. There's always some controversies that pop up here that are a little different than most teams, but that's the way we roll here.''