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Todd Frazier returns to White Sox, but James Shields heads to DL

And now he's sick of washing his hands.

"I feel like … Howie Mandel — like he has to stay clean," Frazier joked before Friday night's game against the Indians at Guaranteed Rate Field. "I'm like 'Oh, my God, I'm starting to get like that.'

"My hands are dry as can be right now. I feel like I'm overwashing them."

The White Sox third baseman said he lost 10 pounds — which he since has gained back — and portions of his sanity while the flu kept him off the field for 6 1/2 of the team's last eight games, including the last four in a row.