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A day after Oscar Colas gets sent down to the minors, Gavin Sheets, his replacement in right field, collects five RBIs in a doubleheader split with the Royals last night. Do you see a connection? I doubt if the White Sox do. They’re too busy with other stuff. According to manager Mickey Mouse, “We have to really evaluate our roster and change that mindset to where we are thinking about one thing and one thing only,” which is winning a World Series. [story on team website today] My God, what have they been doing since spring training, if not evaluating talent? Their evaluations kept putting Colas ahead of Sheets, never mind the latter’s power and track record for clutch hitting. In today’s Sun-Times, Mouse talked about judging players by their “makeup, skill set, mindset, [ability to be a good] teammate.” So, how exactly did Jake Burger fall short in these areas? Maybe if Mouse had opened his mouth in protest over the Burger trade before it happened, he’d have himself at least one player who meets his standards. But, when you have a failure to communicate, bad stuff happens. Again and again and…