Needs More Ditka

Pierre has way more 'stashe than Podsednik

The White Sox acquired Juan Pierre earlier today in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers will receive two players to be named later, but that’s not important right now. What is important is that the White Sox lineup looks, at least at the current moment, damn near complete. It is hardly going to blow the AL off its feet, trust me, but at the same time even the deepest pessimist can find a glimmer of hope in the unit Kenny Williams has assembled. Lucky for you, I am that pessimist - you just saved yourself a trip to the Sun-Time’s web site.

The White Sox know only one formula for winning. That formula is 2005. Before that they tried hitting a bunch and avoiding pitching, after that they decided bullpens were for pansies. 2005 was a miracle year, a year that can never truly be repeated. But I’ll be shot to Wrigley in a cannon if Kenny Williams hasn’t tried to do just that.

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As the Tribune’s Mark Gonzales reports, the Ozzie Guillen has set up his template for the 2009 season’s batting order, and the top of the lineup should pose an interesting story line as the season continues.

That’s because AAAA extrodinares Brian Anderson and Dewayne Wise will be leading off, every day. Gonzales states in his report that this will maximize the White Sox offensive potential. To retort, the only way those two players could maximize the Whtie Sox offensive potential would be if they sat on the bench and let any other player lead off.

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Josh Fields has all the potential in the world. He beat out another player with all the potential in the world, thus putting more pressure on himself than he can possibly imagine.

Fields has quelled the critics, mainly Ozzie, when it comes to his defense. He has swung a mean stick in spring training and Joe Crede is a Twin. What the hell is going on here?

So when The Cheat over at Southside Sox handed out the idea of Josh Fields possibly being the leadoff hitter earlier this month, the bizarro world the White Sox are inhabiting seemed to be in full, concontrolable spiral.

But Fields would in fact, be the best option for the White Sox to bat first.

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