MLB Bullets Wouldn't Be Caught Dead Wearing That

I cut up my clothes to get out of doing today's Bullets. It didn't work. Al pointed out that I normally write this in my night clothes anyway. I shudder to think of how he knows that.

I don't think Chris Sale is going to win this season's Project Runway.

• I take it you've heard that the White Sox sent Chris Sale home from the Cell after he cut up the team's throwback uniforms because he didn't want to wear them.
• The White Sox suspended Sale for five games, meaning he'll be able to make his next start against the Cubs.
• Michael Baumann lists five reasons he thinks what Sale did was kind of great.
• To be fair, the uniforms the White Sox were scheduled to wear did make Jim Caple's list of the ten worst uniforms ever.
• This was not the first time a star athlete revolted over a uniform he didn't want to wear.
• Christina Kahrl looks at the troubled relationship between Sale and the White Sox front office and asks how much longer can this relationship continue.
• Buster Olney writes that Sale's trade value has been unaffected by this incident (Insider Only), if the White Sox decide to trade him.
• Ken Rosenthal agrees with Olney and reports that the White Sox have not lowered their trade demands for Sale and would still like to keep him in Chicago. And that doesn't mean trading him to the Cubs.
• If the White Sox decide to deal Sale, Mike Axisa has seven teams that have the tradeable assets to acquire Sale. The Cubs are on the list, but we all know that the White Sox won't trade him across town. But I'd include Kyle Schwarber in a deal for Sale.
• Ken Rosenthal also reports that this isn't even the first major clubhouse controversy involving the White Sox over the past month. The White Sox refused to pay their clubhouse dues in Seattle, which are voluntary but customary, to protest a change in policy. All of this would have been avoided if Drake LaRoche was still around.
• The Hall of Fame induction ceremonies were Sunday, and Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza joined baseball's immortals. Yahoo! has some highlights of their induction speeches.
• Jerry Crasnick writes that Griffey and Piazza are Cooperstown's "Odd Couple."
• Griffey finished his speech by pulling out a cap and putting it on backwards.
• Griffey also wore a pretty amazing suit with a secret message on it.
• Craig Fehrman looks at Griffey's return to Cincinnati and how what should have been a happy homecoming turned into something close to a nightmare.
• Grant Brisbee writes about how Piazza terrified him as a Giants fan and that the Dodgers never should have traded him.
• The Hall of Fame did make some changes to the Veterans Committee that should make it easier to elect more players.
• The lawsuit by minor leaguers against MLB over their meager pay was dealt a major blow on Friday.
• In non-Chicago teams trade rumors, R.J. Anderson argues that the Brewers hold the key assets to the trade deadline.
• Jonathan Lucroy is perhaps the key player at the deadline, but Dayn Perry notes that teams that acquire a new starting catcher at the deadline don't have the best outcomes.
• The Diamondbacks are telling teams that they are willing to trade Shelby Miller. That's like a grandmother telling her grandkids that she's willing to give them socks for Christmas.
• D-Backs GM Dave Stewart also announced that manager Chip Hale's job is safe for now. This despite the terrible deal Hale made to acquire Miller. Oh, wait a minute. Hale didn't do that.
• August Fagerstrom details how Padres pitcher Andrew Cashner has upped his trade value over the past ten days.
• Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin was injured in a sauna accident.
• Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs will make his first start after Tommy John surgery in 2014 on Tuesday.
• The Rockies are promoting outfield prospect David Dahl.
• And the Astros are promoting the top prospect in baseball, Alex Bregman.
• Michael Bonzagni looks at the numbers behind Jose Altuve's great season.
• Mike Trout said that he knew how good Altuve was going to be when he played against him in the minors.
• Jason Turbow writes about the bizarre death of Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Len Koenecke.
• The Rays found out why you need to close the bathroom door.
• Yet as Mark Townsend notes, the Rays are damned if they do and damned if they don't close the bathroom door in Oakland.
• Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman are making a remake of the movie "Going In Style," but it seems that the cast is divided by a New York baseball rivalry.
• And finally, the Fresno Grizzlies rocked uniforms in tribute to the movie "Three Amigos!" on Friday. They managed to keep Chris Sale's scissors far away.

And tomorrow will be a better day than today, Buster.