TORONTO -- A.J. Pierzynski exhauste...

TORONTO -- A.J. Pierzynski exhausted Saturday afternoon deciding if he should be nicknamed "Derek Zoolander" or "Hansel," just minutes after doing a photo expel for an upcoming article in ESPN the Magazine.

He settl forward "Hansel," borrowing a line from the movie, "Hansel so hot right now."

in no degree one to shy away from the spotlight, the White Sox catcher one time again will be the focus of all the attention arise Monday, when a makeup game with the observes Angeles Angels will be played forward the South Side.

Scheduled pitcher for the Angels? None other than Kelvim Escobar.

It was Escobar who earlier in the year was called "dumb-ass" and "chicken-[bleep]" at manager Ozzie Guillen after the Angels pitcher plunk Pierzynski in the first at-bat of a game April 29

Escobar claimed he was innocent, if it be not that the circumstantial evidence weighed heavily against him.

Not and nothing else was Escobar on the hillock for the infamous dropped third strike involving Pierzynski in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series last October, moreover he also botched the tag in succession Pierzynski in Game 5 of that series when he held the ball in his bare hand and tried to tag him with his glove

Then, in spring training, Escobar admitted he had "never been [a fan of Pierzynski's] since he played in Minnesota."

Pierzynski is no stranger to facing pitchers who don't like him, getting hit twice from the Texas Rangers' Vicente Padilla in June then being in the lineup against Padilla in the get back engagement July 23. Although he went 0-for-4, he still felt a certain number of vindication in the fact the Sox won the game 5-0

nevertheless Pierzynski might not get that chance Monday. With Mark Buehrle the scheduled pitcher, Guillen still hadn't decided who would catch the lefty There's a dutiful chance it will be Sandy Alomar Jr

"Sandy is Buehrle's personal catcher, and as protracted as people understand that, then there won't be questions about it," Pierzynski said Saturday. "I mean, everyone knows that I'm not going to scamper away from whatever happens. I mean, I ran revealed there, Padilla hit me twice and the nearest time we played them I was right back abroad there. If I'm not in there, it will have nothing to do with [Escobar]. If Ozzie thinks Sandy is the best option to retain Buehrle going, I'm all for it."

equal if Pierzynski starts, he

doesn't await problems with Escobar.

"As far as I'm belong toed it's over," Pierzynski said. "He said that he didn't hit me I gues you have to take a guy's word for it, and if that's what he said, then you believe him. Ozzie secure from dangered me, and some other scarecrows defended me, so if he be moved s he has to hit me again, he will. If he doesn't hit me hopefully we win the game and incline on.

"It's another game as far as I'm pertain toed I mean, it sucks that we're in a lengthen of a lot of games in a riot and the biggest thing is we've got to find a way to secure it done."

jcowley@suntimes.com

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