The important decisions Monday began mid-morning for James Shields.
The White Sox pitcher clutched a red cleat in one hand, a blue cleat decorated in celebration of the Fourth of July in the other and asked nobody in particular for some fashion advice.
"The life of a baseball player," he said with a grin. "Which shoes should I wear today?"
Shields did his thing in blue while teammates Todd Frazier, Tim Anderson and Dioner Navarro donned their hitting shoes in an 8-2 dismantling of the Yankees and CC Sabathia in front of 30,955 fans at U.