Like I Said

I guess the White Sox got half the message—yesterday, they sent some players out onto the street to pass out hot dogs, but it was the wrong street, as in State. That, or one street too few. Andrew Benintendi and Gavin Sheets manned the corner of State and Lake, which, last time I checked, qualifies as North Side real estate, generating all the goodwill that comes with free food and the presence of pro athletes. But they couldn’t do this on 95th Street? What, not enough players? Last time I checked, Nickey Lopez grew up in the southwest suburbs. Our new second baseman couldn’t put in an appearance? But, hey, a picture and story made its way into today’s Sun-Times, and the Sox will take all the attention they can get, especially if it doesn’t entail losing or counting all the empty seats at Guaranteed Rate Whatever. They probably even liked the story about new Sox broadcaster John Schriffen and the man he replaced, Jason Benetti. Sorry, the guy still looks like a deer caught in the headlights, and I don’t mean Benetti.