Guillen Wants Thome in the Leadoff Spot
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by Romiezzo
This is just hilarious. Putting Jim Thome in the leadoff spot? But he DOES have a point. How can Jerry Owens be a leadoff man and have a .249 average, and a .293 on-base percentage? That is ridiculous. You should've made some moves around the trade deadline, Guillen. That way, you wouldn't be battling for FOURTH place, and wouldn't be humiliating yourself and the game by putting someone who almost has 500 home runs in the leadoff spot, because you just want to give him more at-bats.
At this point, in my opinion, I don't really think it matters. I mean they ARE in last/fourth place. They have nothing to lose, except maybe for Ozzie Guillen's dignity, if it isn't already lost. If he wants to put Thome in the leadoff spot, it's HIS decision, but he might want to run it by Ken Williams, so he ensures that he doesn't get fired for making a stupid decision.
No one wants Contreras (who lost his 16th today to the Royals). He had a chance to move Dye and passed on that, then gave him a 2 year 22 mil extension. Buerhle was the lone marketable asset he had left, and he locked him up and gave a no trade clause.
The ChiSox are doomed, and there is not a damn thing even Hawk Harrelson can do to help them.