Jim Thome is known as a jovial guy, but the slugger was a bit "down" after getting wind that the White Sox had traded him. "He's all smiles. You never see him down. It's sad to say, but last night was the first time I actually saw him down -- when he was told what was going on," Chicago outfielder Jermaine Dye told the Associated Press. "You could see it in his face. He didn't know what to do, but after he made his decision he was happy. Their club is pretty much guaranteed to get in the playoffs, and he has a chance to win a World Series." Thome had a half-hour to decide whether to waive his no-trade clause and go to the Dodgers on Monday night. "It's hard. That's the way baseball is. You hang around long enough in this game, you see that thing go on and on, come and go," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "Sometimes you lose people you really love, and sometimes you keep people you don't like." Closer Bobby Jenks called Thome "one of the nicest men" he's ever met.