Choices are good, for Wise and us

Dewayne Wise opted for free agency on Friday, and this story is a good example of why it's nice to have a number of media outlets.
MLB.com, the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Herald devote only a brief to it, which is fine. Wise wasn't a part of the future, and while he made the catch to preserve Mark Buehrle's perfect game, he didn't serve much of a purpose at the end of the season. His future -- or lack thereof with the Sox -- was written on the wall.
But the Sun-Times goes a little further, and you can tell by the headline that there's going to be some color. Dewayne Wise didn't merely choose free agency -- he severed his ties with the White Sox. Just like a rabbit in a trap might gnaw off his own leg to save himself from a worse fate.
Joe Cowley starts it off by saying, "Dewayne Wise stated several times this season that he never really felt truly appreciated by White Sox fans," and later adds, "Wise said he was out of the doing-favors-for-the-club business if [being outrighted] happened again, and sure enough it did on Friday."
A little overdramatic? Probably, but it's nice to have variety.
Maybe Wise did become disenchanted more often than not, but I don't think he would change the past for anything.  It's hard to see many other places where he would earn a major-league salary for 1 1/2 seasons, collect some big stretch-run and postseason hits, and become the subject of a perfect game painting.  He might've gotten the playing time somewhere else, but it probably wouldn't have meant anything.
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Linkz a-plenti:
*Mark Gonzalez also reports that the Sox are discussing a contract with Scott Podsednik's agent. That worries me slightly.
*Larry picks his Top 10 White Sox prospects.  Holmberg is one of the guys I'm considering, but I'm going to wait until spring training to finish my list.
*J.J. continues his tour of the White Sox pitching staff, reviewing Freddy Garcia's season.
*Dan Szyzmborski at Baseball Think Factory posts ZIPS projects from the 2010 White Sox. It's a familiar recipe -- a lot of starting pitching, not a lot of OBP.