Cowley: Thome happy Sox are finished playing by National League rules

And some info on Primer faves…Dewayne Wise and Scott Podsednik.

Dewayne Wise wants more at-bats? Sox manager Ozzie Guillen offered a way for the outfielder to reach that goal.

” For some reason, I like this guy in the lineup,” Guillen said. “(Saturday,) he stole a base, he can run from first to third, he can do a lot of stuff. But I can’t get swinging at balls bouncing at the plate and (crap) every other pitch. He’s got to give me better at-bats. You want to play more often, get more at-bats? Give me better at-bats.”

...But with Scott Podsednik playing so well - he arguably has been the team MVP since joining the club in early May - Guillen was asked Sunday about the possibility of signing Podsednik to a deal beyond this season.

“Then we have a problem,” Guillen said. “If (general manager) Kenny (Williams) asks me, I would say, ‘Yeah, of course, with the way he’s played.’ But in the meanwhile, if we give Brian (Anderson) the center-field job to see how he will do this year, and then (Carlos) Quentin is coming back, if (Jermaine Dye) is still here, we don’t know what is going to happen, and that’s going to be Kenny’s decision.”

“But the way (Podsednik’s) playing right now, he’s been outstand ing. Maybe people will be interested in him if we’re not in the pennant race. There are a lot of good things for him right now after being out of baseball earlier in the season.”