Ozzie Guillén has a suggestion for how to make sure rookie Yermín Mercedes doesn’t miss the sign not to swing on a 3-0 pitch from a position player during a Chicago White Sox rout.
“HEY, TAKE A PITCH! TAKE A PITCH!” Guillén shouted by way of example on Tuesday’s White Sox pregame show on NBC Sports Chicago, urging third base coach Joe McEwing to eschew standard signals by lampooning them with wild gesticulations.
Mercedes’ solo home run Monday night with two out in the top of the ninth off Minnesota Twins utility player Willians Astudillo, which gave the Sox a 16-4 lead, spurred many discussions heading into Tuesday’s second game of the three-game series in Minneapolis.