While the White Sox remain focused on the future, they dipped into their past Friday with the official announcement that A.J. Pierzynski, Jose Contreras and Tim Raines will be team ambassadors.
Raines, inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, played 648 games with the Sox from 1991 to ’95 and batted .283 with 440 runs scored and 143 stolen bases.
The news of Pierzynski and Contreras — teammates on the 2005 World Series champion Sox — becoming ambassadors was reported earlier this week.
Contreras played six seasons with the Sox (2004-09), going 55-56 with a 4.