Orlando Hernandez makes his return to the mound after coming off the DL tonight. Starting for Cleveland is Jake Westbrook.
Pre-game reading
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Jim Margalus of Chicago Sports Review has a great piece up on Timo Perez. My favorite part?
Strengths: Speaks three languages.
Weaknesses: Baseball. - With the draft fast approaching, Alan Schwarz has column looking at the best and worst selections at each position. The White Sox make the list on both the good and the bad side of the ledger.
- Finally, Chris De Luca writes a column on the contentious relationship between Frank Thomas, the White Sox organizatoin, and the fans.
Take it for what it's worth. It's an entirely accurate portrayal of Thomas, Ozzie Guillen and Kenny Williams, I just question the intentions of writing such an article. To me he appears to be laying the groundwork for Frank to be the fall guy should things go awry this season.
CLEVELAND CHI WHITE SOX AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Grady Sizemore CF .258 4 21 Scott Podsednik LF .289 0 12 Casey Blake RF .192 6 16 Tadahito Iguchi 2B .302 4 24 Travis Hafner DH .275 5 20 Aaron Rowand CF .280 4 20 Victor Martinez C .210 5 16 Paul Konerko 1B .223 13 37 Ben Broussard 1B .280 6 25 Carl Everett DH .246 7 33 Coco Crisp LF .282 4 12 Jermaine Dye RF .229 10 20 Ronnie Belliard 2B .296 7 23 A.J. Pierzynski C .255 8 19 Alex Cora SS .230 1 7 Juan Uribe SS .245 4 23 Aaron F. Boone 3B .154 4 15 Joe Crede 3B .229 6 19 Jake Westbrook RHP (2-7, 5.03) Orlando Hernandez RHP (5-1, 3.91)
Alas, No Big Hurt.