Tribune Forgets to Stick to its Story

Wait. According to Tribune sportswriter Dave van Dyck, the White Sox planned to select Gavin Floyd as their fifth starter at the beginning of Spring training:

TUCSON, Ariz. -- This is not going according to the spring schedule. By now, the White Sox had hoped to anoint Gavin Floyd as their fifth starter, thus explaining the trades of Freddy Garcia to the Phillies and Brandon McCarthy to the Rangers. (March 8)

But according to Tribune sportswriter Mark Gonzales, the White Sox planned to select their fifth starter at the end of Spring training:

Thus the latest developments in the fifth-starter's race reinforced the Sox's decision to wait until the end of spring training before selecting a winner. (March 19)

As the cops in the 9th Ward precinct house are always telling me and my buddies: "Sumpin' ain't right here boys. Der's holes in yer story."

Normally Gonzales is pretty good about backing his buddy's story, but maybe Gonzales just can't keep up. (I mean, let's say you manage a baseball team. Would you pick your pitching staff at the beginning of Spring Training, before you've seen your pitchers pitch? Or at the end, after you've seen them pitch. Hmm. Tough one.) From the evidence above it's clear enough that someone is making stuff up. But who knows? Maybe they all are.