Do we really have to suffer through a non-Abreu game?

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It's a reasonable request since his bum ankle is a problem that dates as far back as two months ago, and with it, he looks like that super-unathletic, one-dimensional masher we were all warned about. After he cranked his three-run homer in Oakland Wednesday, it looked like Abreu took about 0.8 seconds to revel in his accomplishment, and then set his mind to the grim work to dragging his body around the bases. He should probably take a day.

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Jeff Keppinger and Getting Mad for the Right Reasons

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Unable to have him just get on-base and do little else for the Birmingham Barons forever, the White Sox bit the bullet and designated Jeff Keppinger for assignment Wednesday. It was the kind of definitive cancellation of a bad signing usually reserved for that one sports league with non-guaranteed contracts.

It's a fun move for us fans and bloggers, because it's a departure from the normal fate of having to tolerate a struggling player for the sake of a rich owner's financial concerns, and because it forces GM Rick Hahn to be very honest about the direction of the franchise.

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