Ken Williams is a Moron

It's a harsh statement, I know, but that's just the way I feel right now.

Yes, I still remember the moves Kenny made and didn't make that helped result in the White Sox first World Championship in a billion years, but lately....

Thanks to countless Sox injuries this season, we all get to see this wonderful minor league talent Kenny is bringing us. They aren't very wonderful, are they? Perhaps there's some promise in Josh Fields and Andy Gonzalez, but I see only doom and gloom in everybody else the Sox bring up from the minors.

Of course, what really seals the deal is the Mark Buehrle situation. It seems everybody in the world of baseball realizes that what Mark is willing to do to stay in Chicago is a gift that not many teams receive.

Everybody but Kenny.

Buehrle is willing to give a huge discount? Kenny wants to trade him anyway, so he won't accept a no-trade clause.

Now comes word that Buehrle would accept a deal without the no-trade clause, but with one minor stipulation, and Kenny tells him to go to hell with that one too.

Buehrle's future with the Sox appeared even bleaker Saturday night, when agent Jeff Berry issued a statement indicating contract talks have collapsed and a trade might come during the All-Star break that begins Monday. Buehrle reportedly backed off his stance on a no-trade clause, suggesting instead that if he were traded in the middle of the four-year, $56 million contract the two sides had agreed upon, a $17 million player option for 2012 would automatically kick in.

The Sox rejected the option idea, prompting Berry's statement.

'Mark loves playing for the White Sox,'' Berry said. ''He has the utmost respect for everybody in the organization. In an effort to bridge the contractual impasse, Mark offered a sensible alternative to the full no-trade clause. Those alternatives were rejected, and Mark hopes for resolution before the second half.''

Said Buehrle,

''I did kind of go to [Berry] and said something about taking an offer off the table just to get everything over with,'' Buehrle said. ''The only deadline there really is in my mind is July 31 [the non-waiver trading deadline]. So we've got about 3½ weeks for something to happen. I told them if something's going to happen to kind of hurry up and do it because it's getting kind of old constantly avoiding [the media].''

Great. So now Mark's at the point where he doesn't even really want to try and work out a deal. I can't say I blame him, either.

Way to go, Kenny. Maybe you can't hear all those chants of "Re-sign Buehrle" echoing through US Cellular from your skybox.

Word of advice, Mr Williams. If you continue to push Buehrle out the door for no good reason, even as he's begging you to stay, guess who could be the next person to leave?

You.

Cuz alienating the fans of the team you work for is always the best way to keep your job.