There's a lot of standing around in baseball.  When you are not at the plate, you are in the dugout or standing on deck.  On defense, you stand around waiting for the ball to be hit.  In most cases, there are few instances where you need to run.  Just hustle after balls hit to you, hustle on and off the field and always run out anything you hit no matter how obvious it becomes that you are going to be out.

These are lessons we all learn in Little League.  Unfortunately, there are no Little Leagues in Cuba.

Yesterday, the White Sox Dayan Viciedo (a.k.a. The Cuban Sandwich) didn't run out a pop up.  If this were some no name walk-on non-drafted free agent, chances are the Sox would have cut him on the spot.  But The Cuban Sandwich is signed through 2012 and received a pretty hefty bonus for coming to the Sox out of Cuba.  That's why, he was chewed out in Spanish by manager Ozzie Guillen and in English by General Manager Kenny Williams.

According to Ozzie, the Sandwich has promised to run everything out from now until the end of time. 

The Sandwich has not been impressive in camp.  He still has a long swing and breaking balls make him look as confused as Paris Hilton on Jeopardy.  It's also hard finding him a position.  He's a third baseman by trade, but the Sox want him to move to first because of his limited mobility and the fact that they already have Mark Teahen at the Major League level and the talented Brent Morel in the high minors.  If the Sandwich wants to play, it's first base or bust.

The Sandwich is still adjusting to playing baseball in America and is hurt by the language barrier.  I can't imagine this poor kid playing his first year of U.S. baseball in Birmingham, Alabama and trying to learn English.  Down there, y'all is a greeting, not a moving truck and you fry your chicken in "awl."  Not to mention all of the wonderful Southern temptations available locally which will no aid The Sandwich in staying in tip top athletic condition.

Still, there are some things in baseball that are known in any language and one of them is you run out pop ups.  Nothing angers fans more than a player who doesn't hustle. 

One other interesting fact about The Sandwich: He recently switched agents.  He is now a client of Lucifer  Beelzebub Satan Scott Boras, which could lead to some problems down the road if The Sandwich can't turn his game around quickly.  So far, he's failed to meet expectations while other players have.  Hopefully, he will turn it around otherwise the Sox may send him somewhere else to stand around.