Chicago White Sox News and Events.
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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:27:18 PST |
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Seattle to name Wakamatsu manager Wednesday (Yahoo! Sports) The Seattle Mariners will name Don Wakamatsu their manager Wednesday, completing a three-week search for a...
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Pedroia becomes first 2B to win AL MVP since 1959 (AP)
The next time someone doubts him, Dustin Pedroia will have a pretty good answer. He can just hold up his AL MVP award. Told forever that he was too little to play with the big leaguers, Pedroia added to his ever-expanding trophy case Tuesday. The Boston second baseman with the meaty swing easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau, Red Sox teammate Kevin Youkilis and record-setting closer...
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Pedroia deserved MVP in a big way (Yahoo! Sports)The tiny Red Sox second baseman stood tall after Ramirez was traded and excelled in pressurized Boston.
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Pima County accepts $5 million White Sox buyout (AP)Pima County's supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday to allow the Chicago White Sox to end their spring training contract with the county so they can move immediately to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. The White Sox will pay the county $5 million to leave. The American League team's contract had called for staying at Tucson Electric Park through 2012.
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Griffey becomes American Public Diplomacy Envoy (AP)Ken Griffey Jr. has joined a new team. The star outfielder became the newest American Public Diplomacy Envoy, introduced Tuesday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Griffey is set to make his first baseball-related trip for the State Department to Panama in January. In his role, he'll represent the "values of the United States, not the government of the United States," Rice said.
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White Sox move spring training facility to Glendale (PA SportsTicker)The Chicago White Sox announced Tuesday that the organization will move to its new spring training facility in Glendale, Arizona in 2009.
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Pedroia is a mighty mite of an MVP (Yahoo! Sports)Red Sox second baseman was the clear winner in an open field after producing a well-rounded year.
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White Sox Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
White Sox general manager Ken Williams expected to be busy this offseason, and he wasted very little time showing his hand.
The club announced that Nick Swisher was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange for infielder Wilson Betemit and right-handed pitchers Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nunez. The Sox also threw in right-handed pitcher Kanekoa Texeira.
"Very simply, we kind of assessed where we stood today and where we finished the season," Williams said of the trade. "And while we still love (Swisher) and the energy he brings—and he will certainly have a bounce-back year next season—the fit wasn't good enough to continue down this road." By the end of the season, as a matter of fact, the fit seemed awful. Swisher was hyped as a say-anything...
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White Sox claim RHP Jimenez (AP)The Chicago White Sox claimed right-handed reliever Kelvin Jimenez off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. The 28-year-old Jimenez posted a 5.63 ERA in 15 appearances for the St. Louis Cardinals last season. He spent most of the season with Triple-A Memphis in the Cardinals' system, going 1-6 with a 2.92 ERA and 12 saves in 46 relief appearances.
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Free-agent focus: Looking for infield, outfield help (SportingNews.com)Free-agent shopping promises to be hotter than Christmas sales, and we take a look at the teams who has the lists -- and the money -- to cart off the best players.
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Quentin says wrist is fine (AP)White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin said his surgically repaired right wrist has responded well and he's been able to do some light hitting without any problems. "Just kind of going through the normal routine in the offseason where I've just gotten back into hitting and I really haven't felt much of it during the swing," Quentin said Friday during a conference call.
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Fair Trade: Which team got the best of the Nick Swisher deal? (Yahoo! Sports) Tis' the season to be dealing, so in a recurring feature, Big League Stew analyzes the bigger off-season trades...
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Even with Swisher, Yankees not out of Tex sweepstakes (Yahoo! Sports) Even after the deal with the Chicago White Sox for Nick Swisher, expect the New York Yankess to remain in the...
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Closers for sale as free agency opens (Yahoo! Sports)Francisco Rodriguez and fellow stoppers can be had, and for less money than you might think.
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Nick Swisher acquired by Yankees from White Sox (AP)
Nick Swisher became the first part of the New York Yankees' offseason makeover when he was acquired from the Chicago White Sox on Thursday in a five-player trade. Choosing to address first base before concentrating on pitching when the free-agent market opens Friday, the Yankees obtained Swisher and right-hander Kaneoka Texeira for pitching prospect Jeff Marquez, infielder Wilson Betemit and minor...
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Yankees acquire OF Swisher from White Sox (PA SportsTicker)The New York Yankees acquired outfielder Nick Swisher from the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.
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Maddon, Piniella win Manager of Year awards (AP)
Joe Maddon took Tampa Bay from last place to first, a few years after Lou Piniella tried to turn that trick himself. But it didn't take Piniella long to find success elsewhere, and both managers were big winners Wednesday. Maddon easily won the American League Manager of the Year award for guiding the Rays from baseball's basement to the World Series.
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Viciedo is a delightful defector (Yahoo! Sports)The talented 19-year-old third baseman will trigger a bidding war after defecting from Cuba and trying out in the Dominican Republic.
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Indians pitcher, broadcaster Herb Score dies (AP)
Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Tuesday. He was 75. Score died at his home in Rocky River, Ohio, the team said in a statement. He had been in a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in 2002, four years after he was seriously injured in a car accident.
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White Sox's Ramirez ready for SS if needed (AP)Alexei Ramirez emerged as one of the biggest surprises for the Chicago White Sox last season and now he's ready -- if needed -- to move from second base to shortstop. "I'd be extremely happy. I do feel it's my natural position, I feel it's the position that I've always felt most comfortable and natural in," the former Cuban League star said Tuesday in a conference call.
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Longoria is AL Rookie of Year, Soto wins NL award (AP)Evan Longoria started the season in the minors and ended it in the World Series. Geovany Soto helped the Chicago Cubs reach the playoffs from his spot behind the plate. Rare achievements for a pair of rookies -- but these were no ordinary freshmen. Longoria won the American League Rookie of the Year award in a unanimous vote and Soto ran away with the NL honor Monday, capping impressive seasons that...
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Ten ways Barack Obama will put his White Sox on easy street (Yahoo! Sports) President-elect Barack Obama began preparing for the transition into the Oval Office well before Tuesday's...
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Boston looking to move Lugo, perhaps to Detroit? (Yahoo! Sports) The Boston Red Sox may be able to swap Julio Lugo for another bad contract in a change-of-scenery deal.
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White Sox invite Obama to throw out first pitch (PA SportsTicker)After he fixes the economy, ends the war, makes sure all children have health care and revamps the public education system, President-elect Barack Obama can start to worry about more important things, like not bouncing the ball in front of the plate.
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Dodgers' offer to Manny includes a term limit (Yahoo! Sports)The prized slugger would be guaranteed a contract for only half as long as Barack Obama's first term in the White House.
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Notebook: Busy Boras holds the cards (Yahoo! Sports)Scott Boras arrived at the GM meetings and said there's plenty of money to go around.
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Bud Selig warns general managers about economy (AP)Listing some of the Wall Street firms that have fallen, baseball commissioner Bud Selig warned general managers about the national economy as they formally began their annual meeting Tuesday. Some club executives say teams have delayed setting budgets for payroll because they want to determine whether the economic downturn will change revenue projections.
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Mets have interest in Chicago's Javier Vazquez? (Yahoo! Sports)The Chicago Tribune, citing unnamed sources, reported the New York Mets have expressed interested in...
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Red Sox favored to win 2009 World Series (Yahoo! Sports) Not long after the Philadelphia Philles won 2008 World Series, BetOnline.com delcared the Boston Red Sox are...
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White Sox decline option on Griffey (AP)Ken Griffey Jr.'s $16.5 million option was declined Thursday by the Chicago White Sox, making the No. 5 home run hitter in major league history eligible for free agency. Griffey is owed a $4 million buyout, which completes a $116.5 million, nine-year contract that he agreed to with the Cincinnati Reds before the 2000 season.
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