Empty Gesture

The White Sox are going to honor pitcher Mark Buehrle with a statue at the ball mall next summer. Talk about the epitome of an empty gesture. Buehrle attended SoxFest yesterday for the announcement. During remarks to the press at the Ramova Theatre in Bridgeport, the lefthander said, “This is home. Spent most of my career here and would have loved to finish out here. But that’s business and everything that is involved with that.” You can find that and other comments by Buehrle in today’s Sun-Times. Don’t bother looking for it on the team website. Jerry Reinsdorf called Buehrle with the news last summer. Reinsdorf was thirteen years late. He could’ve called Buehrle with a fair contract offer back in 2011. The Chairman, though, prefers empty gestures.