Unfortunately, Gordon Beckham did not bring home the Gold(en Spike Award). The award went to Buster Posey, a catcher from Florida State University who was picked fifth overall by the Giants in June. Sucks for Beckham, but hopefully he'll heed this consoling word: Rashaan Salaam won the 1994 Heisman Trophy over some guy named Steve McNair and, well, we know how that turned out.
Pablo Ozuna officially cleared waivers and decided not to play ball in AAA Charlotte and is now a free agent. According to the Tribune's Mark Gonzales, the Blue Jays are interested in Ozuna's services, but so far that is just a baseless rumor. I wish Pablo the best of luck, he wasn't the most important piece to the 2005 Championship puzzle (not even a "vital piece"), but he was a quality utility player who actually appeared at every position for the Sox except pitcher and catcher. He never seemed to fully recover from that nasty ankle injury last year and was the 26th man on a 25-man roster.
The Daily Herald Sports Department is apparently stuck somewhere in last weekend, and ran an Op-Ed today celebrating the fact that both Chicago teams are in first place at the All-Star break. I don't know if they're aware in Arlington Heights, but I assure you that story has been beaten into the ground already.
By the way, why don't more of these stories reference the fact that the last time both the White Sox and Cubs went to the All-Star Break in first place was 1977, a year in which both teams failed to make the post-season? The Sox were 54-36 at the break in '77, 2.5 games ahead of the Royals and the Cubs were 54-35, 2.5 game better than Pittsburgh, yet the Sox were lapped by Kansas City, who went on a tear in September winning 26 of their final 32, including a 16-game win streak and the Cubs simply collapsed, going 27-46 after the All-Star Break.
This is still Chicago, everyone. Don't tempt fate.
Bobby Jenks will pitch tonight in Birmingham, though when and how long but according to the report on the Barons' official site, Jenks will pitch tonight and head to Chicago to join the Sox on Friday so everyone remember to adjust your fantasy line-ups.
A few days after starting for Team USA in the Futures Game, Sox farmhand Clayton Richard continued his ascent from obscurity and was named to the final US Olympic Team to compete in the Beijing Olympics next month (of course, baseball will not be returning as an Olympic sport in 2012).
The Triple-A All-Star Game is on ESPN2 live from Lousiville. The Knights/Sox are represented by Jason Childers, Brad Eldred, and Chris Getz. Childers is on the wrong side of 30, Eldred has AAAA Player written all over him, but Chris Getz is an intriguing middle infield prospect for the Sox.
Ooh, and there's a Ryan Wing sighting. Wow, how many former Sox prospects do the A's have in their system?
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