Ludacris/Ludicrous

Ludacris, aka Luda, aka Chris Bridges, was the musical guest on Leno last night. What's that got to do with the White Sox, you ask? Well, he was sporting a Sox hat while singing "Money Maker." "And isn't it ironic, don't you think?" (Wait, the rules say you can't use an Alanis Morissette song lyric while talking about a rapper.) At a time when the franchise is a real "Money Maker" -- almost three million in attendance and a new endorsement deal with 7-11 that requires night games at The Cell to start at 7:11 p.m. -- the Sox appear to be driven by a desire to save money rather than to improve the on-field product for another run at a World Series. Trading Freddy Garcia for Gavin "Floyd the Barber" and "Chevy Gio" Gonzalez to avoid having to pay big bucks to re-sign Garcia is one thing; shipping Jon Garland to Houston for nobody special is another. Thank God, one of the Astros failed his physical or it appears that deal would have happened too. There's only one word that can describe dismembering the Sox rotation: Ludicrous.