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White Sox embracing their new reality

January, 28, 2012

Jan 28

7:10

PM CT

By Jon Greenberg | ESPNChicago.com

CHICAGO -- When the Prince Fielder-to-the-Tigers bombshell news filtered to Robin Ventura -- however the laconic manager of the White Sox absorbs his news -- it didn't cause so much as a ripple in his coffee.

"I didn't have too much of a reaction," Ventura said at SoxFest on Friday afternoon. "I didn't have a big 'Oh my gosh, what have I gotten into?' He signed there, great. We're worrying about what we do."

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Jon Greenberg

Columnist, ESPNChicago.com

Jon Greenberg is a columnist for ESPNChicago.com. He has lived and worked in Chicago since 2003, and is a graduate of Ohio University and the University of Chicago.

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