Saturday morning, former White Sox outfielder Aaron Rowand got a phone call from his younger cousin in San Diego. Aaron calls him Jamie. The rest of the world knows him as James, a major league pitcher whose last name is Shields.
“It’s done,” said the excited voice on the other end of the line.
The two had been talking about the trade rumors for days, but now it was official: James Shields was headed to the White Sox, the team Rowand won a World Series with in 2005 and has long been Rowand’s second family.
Now with Shields headed to the South Side, the White Sox have become all in the family.