I'm not necessarily opposed to adding more of a neighborhood around U.S. Cellular Field, but I am vehemently opposed to it when the topic is broached as such:
Many Chicagoans have long complained that when they go to a White Sox game on the South Side, there aren't any restaurants or bars right outside the stadium like there are outside Wrigley Field when they go to Cubs game.
I mean, one of the area's greatest charms is that it scares away Chad and Caiytlaiyn.
Plus, that's terrible sentence construction.
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Carlos Torres has one more endorsement than you might think:
"That glove, it's quality," says Torres, who pitched a shutout wearing a Vinci model MV30 glove in September, during his third-ever major league start. "And if I have [a glove design] idea, I can call and talk to them about it. A bigger business like Nike (NKE, Fortune 500) isn't going to change a glove for one player."
Torres says that although he expects to pick up licensing deals next year, "my agent knows I am keeping my glove."
By the way: Torres didn't quite pitch a shutout. He pitched seven scoreless inning in a shutout.
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Christian Marrero Reading Room:
*J.J. examines Scott Podsednik's season.
*Chris De Luca is at the World Series, reporting on Ozzie Guillen's TV role and Nick Swisher's second benching in as many years.
*Juan Uribe wants to test the free agent market.
*Scott Merkin touches on a couple popular topics in his mailbag -- Gordon Beckham moving to short, trading for Carl Crawford, etc.
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Arizona Fall League:
- Thursday: Peoria 3, Mesa 2
- Jordan Danks and C.J. Retherford each went 0-for-3; Danks walked and stole a base.
- Brent Morel went 1-for-2.
- Friday: Peoria 5, Phoenix 4
- Danks went 1-for-4 with a walk.
- Morel went 1-for-4 with a strikeout; Retherford was hitless in three PAs.
