Owens' promotion remains on hold

 
When it comes to promoting speedy center fielder Jerry Owens from Class AAA Charlotte to help solve the White Sox' leadoff problem, press the pause button. [link]

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By Rob McQuown...---- start rant here ---Every so often, I'm just ashamed of folks who could be described as “fellow sports fans”, and the anonymous caller here in Chicago who demanded that Jerry Owens be called up, and Thome and Konerko cut (yes, CUT) was one such time. For those who read my articles, you know that I find most of the “model-based” managing axioms which are sort of “Neo-Moneyball”
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Paper's pious play XXX-tremely silly -- ChicagoSports.com

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