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In case you missed my post earlier this spring on White Sox youngster Alexei Ramirez, you should check it out. At that point in camp it was far from certain that he would have a regular role with the team or even make the roster. Now there are reports that he has made the Opening Day lineup and will start in center field.

”He earned it,” Sox manager Ozzie Guillen told the Chicago Sun-Times Saturday before the Sox’ last exhibition game. ”It was a real tough decision between Brian [Anderson] and [Carlos] Quentin, but ‘The Cuban Missile’ got it. I think this kid has a great chance to be special. I think he did everything he was supposed to do to be on the ball club and in the lineup.”

The real question is what happens to Brian Anderson, Carlos Quentin, and Jerry Owens. Owens was a player who seemed locked into a lineup spot and while he played reasonably well, he wasn’t healthy enough to play up to his full potential. The report seems to indicate that as long as Ramirez continues to play at least as well as he did this spring, the job is his indefinitely. Count me among the believers.

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