White Sox Nuggets

• In an somewhat unexpected, yet completely necessary development MLB handed out fines to Ozzie Guillen, Mark Buehrle, AND Joe West. Apparently Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reads my blog and agrees with The Beard that Joe West has become the exact thing umpires should never be....High Profile. According to Passan, MLB has indeed had enough of  the "Country Joe" act and took him out to the proverbial woodshed with a tongue-lashing phone call in addition to the fine. Score one for MLB for getting this one reasonably right. A suspension would have been more appropriate in my opinion, simply because West is lucky to even have a job considering he was one of those umpires that resigned in 1999 while trying to negotiate a better labor agreement. West was re-hired in 2002, although I'm sure MLB can't remember why now, and for him to still not understand what his role as an umpire is supposed to be, a suspension might have hammered home the point better. Either way though, good for MLB for recognizing a problem and instilling discipline.
• Even with West getting his comeuppance, all is not right in Ozzie Guillen's world apparently, with reports once again surfacing that Guillen and Kenny Williams' relationship has deteriorated even further. To be fair, mlbtraderumors.com is reporting that Ozzie isn't going to be fired anytime soon, but they also echoed the report of the friction two hours later. Whatever...I'm really just tired of this entire story. To see the two guys who are responsible for the greatest White Sox team in history, unable to act like a professional baseball organization because they can't stand each other so much is very disheartening. It reminds me of the Phil Jackson-Jerry Krause fallout 12 years ago. Reinsdorf wasn't able to save that sports marriage, will he be able to save this one? Is it worth saving, let alone even possible to be saved? I don't know...I just hate that it's come to this since I can't think of another baseball team having these types of stories surrounding them.