When I was calling college baseball play by play for Indiana State University, my color guy was usually the Assistant Sports Information Director at the time, Tom James, who also was the official scorer.  During one game, the right fielder kicked around the ball and Tom charged him with an error.  Seconds later, the player's father was standing in front of the press box window screaming at Tom as we were trying to call the action.  Tom eventually had to put down the headphones, leave the pressbox and calm the father down. I told Tom after the game that I thought it was ridiculous that a parent would berate a scorekeeper during a game.  Tom said it was a common occurrence.

That brings us to the latest White Sox controversy regarding shortstop Orlando Cabrera.  Already in an open feud with countryman Edgar Reteria, the latest story is that Cabrera has been calling the press box complaining about errors.  It seems that the former gold glover gets a bit prickly when errors are called against him.  In fact, it seems he gets that way when anything is called against him.

Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said it's that kind of behavior gets you in dutch with your teammates.  Guillen's point is that you need to worry about the team, not your own stats and if you are not pulling on the rope as hard as everyone else, your teammates will notice. He's 100% right.

Cabrera claims his manager does not support him which is ludicrous, considering how much a of a player's manager Ozzie Guillen has been and will continue to be. 

The reality is that Cabrera is in a walk year and is doing everything he can to pad his stats to look good to prospective employers (at the peril of looking bad to his current one.)

I've always taken a dim view of players who call the press box during the game as I believe that they have other more pressing issues to deal with.  That's why if I ran the zoo, any player that called the pressbox during a game would be fined $500.  Do it again and you get a game off.  Yes, I know Don Fehr would never go for it, but players should be players not lobbyists.  If the player wants to confront the scorekeeper after the game, fine, but during a game, a player's focus needs to be on the field not off it.  

For a guy who came to Chicago with the reputation of being a leader, the only thing Cabrera is leading is the way out of town.