FOX: Rosenthal reacts to Sunday’s playoff action

White Sox left fielder Dewayne Wise is the kind of player who makes the baseball postseason unlike any other. Wise, 30, didn’t even have a job at the start of spring training. Now, he’s starring in the Division Series.

After hitting a three-run homer in Game 1, Wise was at it again in Game 3, drawing a walk, stealing a base and scoring in the third inning, then hitting a two-run double in the fourth to give the Sox a 4-1 lead.
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At the start of March, he was set to sign with an independent-league team, according to the Rock Hill (S.C.) Herald. Then his workout partner, White Sox minor-league outfielder David Cook, mentioned him to Sox farm director Buddy Bell, who remembered Wise from their days together in the Reds’ organization; Wise was the Reds’ fifth-round pick in 1997.

One thing led to another, and Wise signed a minor-league deal with the White Sox on March 2.
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Amazing how this game works: Wise, a left-handed hitting journeyman, suddenly finds himself platooning Nick Swisher, whom the White Sox for three top prospects last winter.