With Torii Hunter locked up with the Angels, most Chicago White Sox fans were under the assumption that the next best thing was former Sox center fielder Aaron Rowand.  And, they were right, except on one count.  Rowand wants a deal that the Sox don't want to give him.  So this would be twice now that Kenny Williams has been left at the alter by a coveted player who would dramatically improve his team.

Now what?

Unfortunately for the Sox, the only name that continually pops up on the radar screen is Boston center fielder Coco Crisp.  He's a decent player, but certainly not of the level of Hunter or Rowand.  In fact, Crisp does his best work against the White Sox.  Remember a few years ago when the Cubs signed Jeff Blauser because they thought since he owned the Cubs, he'd have a huge year at Wrigley.  Yeah, that worked out.

So, as of this moment, the Sox have primarily the same team coming back with a slight upgrade at shortstop.  There is still no center fielder, no left fielder and nobody knows if Joe Crede can actually play or not.  Well someone may know, but nobody is talking. 

It's enough to drive you nuts.

One more time Kenny: CARL CRAWFORD. That big enough for you, pal?

Lighting Round

• To the surprise of no one, Devin Hester is named NFL special team player of the week.  The Broncos Todd Sauerbrun was named Special Ed. player of the week.
• The Genius gets a fine and probation and is restricted to changing pitchers just once an inning for two years.
• Let me tell y'all a story 'bout a coach named Knight; Whenever he was hunting, he couldn't get it right; he was out one day shooting at some game; took out two neighbors and made a third one lame.
  
• Tomorrow night, the Fudge Packers play the Cowboys on closed circuit TV.  As a result, the fellatio for the Elderly Hillbilly starts early.
• Some great stuff from our friends at Signal to Noise.  Likewise some funny, funny stuff from EDSBS.
• The Steelers are weighing options over repairing their field.  You would have thought they would have done that prior to Monday night.
• Auburn is reviewing their security after a security dog tried to take a bite of an Alabama player on Saturday night.  Several fans thought they were having a turn back the clock night.
• Bowl News: UCONN accepts an invitation to the Meineke bowl.  I guess they have to go there because the wheels fell off against West Virginia.  C Cincinnati will meet Southern Miss in the Papa John's Bowl.  Birmingham used to be a football Mecca and is now reduced to hosting a game that's so lame it gets handicapped parking.
  
• Coaching Carousel Update: Baylor hires Houston's Art Briles as their new head coach.  His official title is "Next Victim."; Nobody from Michigan has called anyone in Iowa about the vacant Michigan coaching job which means Kirk Ferentz has gone from red hot a couple of years ago to ice cold; Sonny Lubick is outafter fifteen years at CSU.  They've offered him a job at the school if he wants it.  Might as well, because if you take a job like that you have a good chance at becoming interim coach when the guy they hire to replace you gets canned; Mike Price is in the mix for his old job, head coach at Washington State.  Strippers all over Eastern Washington are pulling for him.
  
• Seems like nobody has a sense of humor anymore.  Especially a third tier programs like Tulsa.
• It appears Food Network's other fired chef has some work lined up. 
  
• Today's list: Stars that played strippers.