--3B Josh Fields and OF Jerry Owens are getting the benefit of the doubt from general manager Ken Williams on their dismal 2008 seasons, mostly because both were injured. 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams has refused to sit on his hands this winter. 

Being ousted in the first round of the postseason by Tampa Bay and taken to the wire in the Central Division race by Minnesota didn't go unnoticed by the White Sox, who saw speed on the basepaths and on defense counter their power-first approach. 

--3B Josh Fields and OF Jerry Owens are getting the benefit of the doubt from general manager Ken Williams on their dismal 2008 seasons, mostly because both were injured. 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams has refused to sit on his hands this winter. 

Being ousted in the first round of the postseason by Tampa Bay and taken to the wire in the Central Division race by Minnesota didn't go unnoticed by the White Sox, who saw speed on the basepaths and on defense counter their power-first approach. 

--3B Josh Fields and OF Jerry Owens are getting the benefit of the doubt from general manager Ken Williams on their dismal 2008 seasons, mostly because both were injured. 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams has refused to sit on his hands this winter. 

Being ousted in the first round of the postseason by Tampa Bay and taken to the wire in the Central Division race by Minnesota didn't go unnoticed by the White Sox, who saw speed on the basepaths and on defense counter their power-first approach. 

--3B Josh Fields and OF Jerry Owens are getting the benefit of the doubt from general manager Ken Williams on their dismal 2008 seasons, mostly because both were injured. 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams has refused to sit on his hands this winter. 

--SS Orlando Cabrera, and even OF/1B Nick Swisher, were used in the leadoff spot last season, and both are out of the picture. 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams has refused to sit on his hands this winter. 

--SS Orlando Cabrera, and even OF/1B Nick Swisher, were used in the leadoff spot last season, and both are out of the picture. 

The White Sox went from a joke in 2007 to the AL Central champions in '08, but general manager Ken Williams has refused to sit on his hands this winter.