Forgive Gio Gonzalez if his short-term goal is pretty basic.
"I just want to throw one pitch in a White Sox uniform. At least one pitch," he said Tuesday.
Gonzalez, 34, has waited 16 years for that one pitch. And he’s still waiting.
Originally drafted in the first round by the White Sox in 2004, he was traded twice – once for Jim Thome in 2006 and once for Nick Swisher in 2008 – by the organization. His reunion with Chicago came last December, when he signed a one-year, $5 million contract with the team.
Then a shoulder injury struck.