Spring Training opportunity

If you only go to one Spring Training game this Spring, try to make it a White Sox game. But not just any White Sox game -- try to make it one where they are facing a National League team. The reason is that they have a new pitcher with an amazing side-arm delivery and they won't be using him against any of their AL opponents in Spring Training:

The White Sox are using an interesting strategy this spring. They are only using Shingo Takatsu against NL hitters:

With a funky, sidearm delivery, Takatsu has been baffling White Sox hitters during batting practice and his off-speed pitches have been particularly nasty.

"I don't want to pitch him against any American League team down here unless I have to,'' said Sox pitching coach Don Cooper. "I'd rather make it a complete surprise attack. Nobody's seen him, so let's keep him under wraps.''

The White Sox will play six exhibition games against the NL Arizona Diamondbacks this spring, and they also face the Colorado Rockies five times. If that's not enough to give Takatsu suitable work, the Sox have three "B'' games as another option.