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Saturday, May 4
One distinction the White Sox would probably be happy without: catcher A.J. Pierzynski's spot on GQ's list of 10 Most Hated Athletes. (Sure enough, as the authors claim, plug it into Google, and Pierzynski shows up as the no. 1 "clubhouse cancer" result.)