Betemit DFA, per WSCR

FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A star is born on 6/4/09.

Is he going to play everyday at 3B? If not, why not give him more time in the minors?

Yeah, if he's playing everyday, awesome. If not...silly

Either way, did not expect him up this early.

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That's the key; he must play everyday and take his lumps. Honestly, I think Beckham is going to bring more to the table than Fields, which is not saying much. We'll see.

Is he going to be the long term answer at 3B or 2B?

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Great question. If Getz doesn't produce and Fields starts to improve, it's a possibility.

Is Ramirez a "sure thing" at short? Although second base was not Ramirez's natural position, he played very well last year.

I say try Beckham at 3b for now. If Beckham becomes BeteMITless and Getz is doing well, I say move Getz to 3b, Beckham to his natural position and Ramirez to 2b.

I wrote this parody of the AP report to amuse some friends, with whom I recently discussed how awesome it is to read reports from foreign correspondents covering baseball (e.g. BBC).

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Dumb Fuck Frank, they didn't bring him up to be the bat boy

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I hope Beckham is the star they expect.

Right now this smacks of desperation.

Looks like Josh Fields is heading out the same door fellow #1 draft selection and fellow quarterback Joe Borchard did.

And this clownish organization just traded #1 draft selection Lance Broadway for an exciting backup catcher.

Crazy Kenny Williams out trying to get a top notch starting pitcher on a team of swiss cheese.

Let's see how this saga continues this season.

2005 is a long time in the rear view mirror.

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Beckham was drafted 1 year from tomorrow. He's the first position player to make it to the bigs from that draft. Not bad.

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There should be excitement!We have seen Fields,Betemit,Wise and Lillibridge.He has to be better.They all were seasoned in the minors and guess what they are all pieces of poop!I wish nothing, but the best for Gordon!

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I first heard the news during Chris Rongey's postgame show following their 5-3 loss to the A's, and Ozzie was just sitting down with the media for his postgame news conference, BD. Needless to say, Ozzie was less than thrilled about the White Sox purchasing his contract after just 45 games down in the minors. Now that he's here, I think Beckham will be used kinda like Jayson Nix is right now, at least at the outset. While Nix is technically a second baseman just like Chris Getz, #5 has been known to play a number of different positions in his short time with the Southsiders. I think at the beginning, Beckham will be used for Joshua Fields, as is the case today at third base. This weekend vs. Cleveland, depending on how much longer Getz and his ankle injury will sideline him, you might see Beckham at second base just like in Spring Training. You might even see Beckham at his natural shortstop in place of Alexei Ramirez...As for Fields, I heard the SCORE/Sun-Times Sox insider Joe Cowley on the Ranger's postgame, and with Wilson Betemit now designated for assignment, you might see Fields at first base giving Paul Konerko a breather. Today, he's giving Jim Thome the day off as DH.