White Sox third base situation: Why Joe Crede needs to go

For about the last six months, I (and certainly a large number of other White Sox fans) have thought the third-base job on the South Side was all but given to Josh Fields. While I didn't expect Joe Crede, who started at third base from 2003 to early 2007, to have been traded by now, I certainly didn't expect GM Kenny Williams to come out and flatly state that Crede would start over Fields if he can't find a trade by the end of the spring.  As Hawk Harrelson would say, "dadgumit!" I understand Williams not wanting to give up Crede for a bag of balls, but starting him over your obvious third baseman of the future who's one of the few good young talents in the organization?  You're off your rocker on this one, Kenny. Don't go out and trade for Todd Ritchie next. Fields got in 100 games last year and over his 373 at-bats smacked 23 home runs. That was his rookie season. I'm a firm believer that Fields, the White Sox first-round pick out of Oklahoma State in 2003, has the ... [link]