Wanna talk about a team that couldn't buy good press even if their owner was named Hearst? The White Sox. William Ligue Jr. was sentanced yesterday for running on the field at Comiskey Park with his son and pummelling Royals coach Tom Gamboa. Gamboa now has a partial hearing loss in one ear that is likely permanent. So what does unprovoked assualt in front of 25,000 witnesses get you in Cook County? Thirty (30) months' probation. Who makes that call?

Judge Leo Holt.

John Kass over at the Trib has a great column on Holt. At the court house, Holt's known as "Let 'Em Go, Leo" Holt. He's let go some pretty interesting characters over the years. Now, l'm sure a lot of judges have some bugaboos in their docket history. But this just stinks. The guy served 60 days awaiting trial. I think he deserved another, oh, 305. You've gotta send a message that attendees to sporting events will face more than the "noo-noo-noo" I give my nearly 1 year old when he goes near an electric outlet.

And given the lack of White Sox blogs (I guess they think the Web is what hangs in the corner of their crawlspace), I figured I'd point this out.

Chuck