Needs More Ditka

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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