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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