D Ward to Pale Hose

[Little Slide Rooter]

White Sox Sign Daryle Ward

By Tim Dierkes [May 4 at 8:25am CST]

According to Bobbie Dittmeier of MLB.com, the White Sox signed first baseman/outfielder Daryle Ward and assigned him to Triple A Charlotte. In fact, Ward already homered for the team yesterday. He had been playing in the Atlantic League after the Reds let him go.

 

Ward, 34 in June, hit .216./.319/.402 in 119 plate appearances for the Cubs last year.

 

Im happy for him, but to the White Sox really need another old slow guy?

[BCVM22]

Someone had to take Podsednik's roster spot at Charlotte. And Ward and Podsednik are almost the same player, right?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Assuming both are healthy, there kind of the opposite.

[Clem Fandango]

Sarchasm?

[Andy]

Obligatory "Hope he does well but I'll kill something if DWard homers against us this summer" post

[Electron Blue]

Ward's entire tenure with the Cubs was made worth it with one swing of the bat against Kevin Gregg last year.

 

(granted, before last year, he was quite solid as a PH)

[Brian]

Ward's entire tenure with the Cubs was made worth it with one swing of the bat against Kevin Gregg last year.

 

(granted, before last year, he was quite solid as a PH)

 

'I was born to hit fastballs'

[NCCubFan]

Ward was mentioned on the Cubs' radio broadcast tonight as a trivia item. He and his father, Gary Ward, are the only father-son combination to both hit for the cycle in MLB history.

[BCVM22]

Ward was mentioned on the Cubs' radio broadcast tonight as a trivia item. He and his father, Gary Ward, are the only father-son combination to both hit for the cycle in MLB history.

 

Appropriately, Pat was somewhat incredulous that D. Ward had actually legged out a triple at one point. :-))

[Guest]

Ward was mentioned on the Cubs' radio broadcast tonight as a trivia item. He and his father, Gary Ward, are the only father-son combination to both hit for the cycle in MLB history.

 

Appropriately, Pat was somewhat incredulous that D. Ward had actually legged out a triple at one point. :-))

 

I'm thinking it was actually a home run, but he got tired from running 3/4 of the way around the diamond.

[NCCubFan]

My guess would be that an outfielder overran a ball and allowed it to roll to the fence, but because he didn't actually touch the ball he wasn't charged with an error.

 

BBB's explanation would be more interesting, though. :D