Guillen shakes up batting order

Manager Ozzie Guillen changed Carlos Quentin's spot in the White Sox' batting order Thursday.

Mired in an 0-for-20 slump, Quentin was dropped from third to sixth. As for trying to get the overly intense Quentin to lighten up a bit, Guillen can only do so much.

"That's the way he is," Guillen said. "Nobody is going to change me, and I can't change anybody. That's the way he goes about his business, that's the way he goes about his game and I respect that. I think the only problem he has is he's swinging at bad pitches."

Guillen urged his slumping hitters to throw out the first 15 games of the season and focus on the long haul.

"We've got to stay positive here, as individuals and as a team," Quentin said. "So we keep pushing out there and look for good things to happen."

If Quentin remains in the No. 6 spot, so be it.

"As long as I get a chance to hit," Quentin said. "That decision was made to help the team win. I'll compete with every at-bat I have and like I said, we'll all look for good things to happen. Some days I feel good, and some days I haven't. Obviously the results are what they are now. I'll look to get better, and I will."

Beckham sits: After playing in the White Sox' first 15 games, Gordon Beckham got Thursday night off.

Like most Sox hitters, Beckham (. 228, 1 home run, 3 RBI) is off to a lousy start.

"It's just a day off, a day of rest," Beckham said. "I don't think it's anything because of the play. Been playing hard, it hasn't been working out too well."

Beckham has just 2 hits in his last 17 at-bats, but he remembers feeling much worse during an 0-for-13 slump last year when he debuted with the White Sox.

"I learned that I can get out of anything because as bad as I felt last year, I mean this isn't even close to how bad I felt last year," Beckham said.