Guillen not hopeful on Quentin

According to the White Sox, all-star left fielder Carlos Quentin had successful outpatient surgery on his fractured right wrist Monday at Rush University Medical Center.

Quentin, still an American League MVP candidate with 36 home runs and 100 RBI, had a screw inserted into the wrist and was placed in a half-cast. He was supposed to be at U.S. Cellular Field on Monday night, but the White Sox' game against the Toronto Blue Jays was rained out.

The game will be made up today at 1 p.m., followed by the regularly scheduled game at 7:11 p.m.

Quentin is hoping to come off the disabled list during the last week of the regular season, but Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is moving ahead without him.

"I don't think I'm going to count on him until the year is over, because if I do, he will give me some hope," Guillen said. "And I don't like to live in hope. I like to be realistic, know what I have and prepare myself the best I can with what I have."

Warm up the bus: As a groundskeeper, Roger Bossard is widely regarded as baseball's best.

Nearing the end of his 42nd season with the White Sox, Bossard designed and built the field at the Cell, as well as installing new playing surfaces at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, new (and old) Busch Stadium and countless others.

Bossard also keeps an eye on the weather for the White Sox, and he initially determined Monday night's game could be played.

"I'm going to throw Roger under the bus," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "I never have, but it's time for me to do it. He's been wrong for the last two years. That's why we have to make him take a real good look at (the radar)."

Let's play two: The White Sox and Blue Jays play a day/night doubleheader today.

Javier Vazquez (11-12) starts against Toronto's A.J. Burnett (16-10) in Game 1, followed by Clayton Richard (2-3) vs. Jesse Litsch (10-8).

Richard has been filling the No. 5 spot in the rotation, but pitching coach Don Cooper said there are other options if Richard falters.

"If you're going to ask me four days from now what we're going to do, we're not sure yet," Cooper said. "We'll see how (Tuesday) goes. Our options are bringing Clayton Richard back or Javy back. Another option might be thinking about going (Lance) Broadway. We might even think about (D.J.) Carrasco."

Gutteridge dies: Don Gutteridge, who managed the White Sox in 1969-70 and was the club's first-base coach from 1955-66 and from 1968-69, passed away at his home Sunday in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was 96.

Gutteridge took over as manager of the Sox in May 1969 and compiled a 109-172 record. He was the oldest living former major-league manager or coach at the time of his death.