3b Stories - South Side Sox
Mark Teahen Should Not Be An Option At 3B For White Sox
It was fitting that Wednesday night's game officially ended on a 5-4-3 double play, because it unofficially ended in the 4th inning when Mark Teahen botched what should have been an inning ending double play. John Danks was tasked with facing the Tigers on short rest thanks to Saturday's...
Contreras, Podsednik Turn Back the Clock
Many Decisions Still Loom For White Sox Jose Contreras salvaged what could have been a disastrous day and may have played himself into the White Sox starting rotation. I held off on writing anything tonight until I saw some post-game Ozzie quotes, expecting him to flat-out name Count his 5th...
White Sox Make Cuts, Josh Fields Wins 3B Job
The White Sox sent 13 players packing from major league camp to minor league camp Wednesday, including 3 top prospects, Dayan Viciedo, Tyler Flowers and Brandon Allen. The Viciedo move is the most noteworthy because his $10MM contract makes him a big name, a news maker, but more importantly, it...
Josh Fields Community Projection
Fields was supposed to be the White Sox third baseman of the future. The former first round pick filled in admirably during the 2007 season, hitting 23 home runs, though his strikeout rate and OBP left plenty of room for growth. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Joe Crede trade last...
What Do We Know About the Impending Viciedo Signing?
Dayan Viciedo was supposed to be introduced as the newest member of the White Sox in a press conference on Friday, but apparently visa issues--there's always visa issues--may have derailed the event, though not the signing itself. The terms of the contract are as of yet unknown, but Phil Rogers put...
Viciedo Rhetoric Becoming Ridiculous
First, Dayan Viciedo was the Cuba's Best Teen Talent and referred to as the Cuban Babe Ruth in some circles, which might have been a compliment if it wasn't first applied to Jose Canseco. I noted that Joe Cowley's scoop seemed to come straight from Viciedo's agent, Jaime Torres. Then a day...
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