This and That

Munetaka Murakami, Miguel Vargas and Colson Montgomery hit back-to-back-to-back homeruns in the second inning last night as the White Sox beat the Diamondbacks, 11-5. I wonder if Billy Donovan was watching? Each homer was important in its own way, as was Sam Antonacci’s inside-the-parker in the ninth inning. Murakami can point to his ninth homer in this young season to quiet the doubters (like me) while Vargas needs to put up the best stats possible as the new Lenyn Sosa. The better he does, the better his new team will be (see Sosa, Toronto Bluejays). Short of a miracle, Vargas will be gone sooner than later. The Sox have 20-year old third baseman Caleb Bonemar tearing up High-A pitching; odds are Bonemer will be in Double-A before long and/or Triple-A. In addition, the Sox will draft first come June. The consensus best player is UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky. If the Sox take Cholowsky, somebody has to move, either to third base or centerfield. Like I said, Vargas can only help himself find a good team by producing now. Montgomery also needs to produce, even if he won’t be switching teams anytime soon. The doubters (like me) keep looking at BA (.213) and strikeouts (30 in 80 at-bats); the six homeruns and sixteen RBIs make a strong case for the glass being more than half full. We’ll just have to wait and see. Ditto for Antonacci, who also had a triple in the first inning to go with three RBIs for the game. My, that kid can fly. The more he hits, the more he quiets the doubters (for once, not me). We’ll just have to wait and see. Which brings us to now ex-Bulls’ head coach Donovan, who announced yesterday he wasn’t coming back even though Jerry and Michael Reinsdorf clearly wanted him to. Who can blame Donovan? He’s seen Reinsdorf dysfunction up close for six years. He can pretty much have any head-coaching job in the pros or college that he wants. Good luck to the only New Yorker I’ve ever liked.