CLEVELAND -- Mark Buehrle, Alex Rios, Ramon Castro and Jeff Cox combined to made a snowman, and Matt Thornton threw snowballs.
That was the extent of the Chicago White Sox's outdoor workout Thursday at Progressive Field, as they were relegated to performing most of their work indoors in preparation for Friday's season opener.
"Very stupid to play in Cleveland right now," Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "Nothing against Cleveland. We expect that. When you play in Cleveland on opening day ... a couple of years ago they canceled like 30 games here. (But) we are here, and we have to play through snow.
"A lot of players, they have to be prepared mentally to play in cold weather. That’s no excuse. You want to play in nice weather? Sign with the NBA, you play indoors and you are fine.
"You play baseball, you will play in rain, snow, (heat) and (humidity). Don’t make that as an excuse. I don’t expect my players making any excuses or complaining about it. That’s a no-no for us. We know it’s cold. We all know that. That’s two teams out there battling."
Buehrle, who will start his ninth opening day, also was baffled by starting the season in snowy Cleveland.
"That’s why I don’t understand why teams don’t start in domes or on the West Coast for the first couple of weeks," Buehrle said. "We’ll just have to deal with it and hopefully they can clean it off and be ready to go."
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