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I love the Fake Kenny Williams. I don't think I've mentioned it before, but there's a guy here who looks like a fatter Kenny Williams. Not sure who he is or who he works for, but he has the same haircut and same features. Could be his brother. Many of the writers even mistook him for Williams for the first day or so. Some of us saw him talking to people in the lobby last night and desperately wished that he was spreading false White Sox rumors. "Well, we're thinking about converting Beckham into a reliever seeing as how valuable they are these days." -- Craig Calcaterra, NBC Sports
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Clint (Chicago): Gordon Beckham has exceeded expectations so far, I would assume. Is it more of (a) being an exceptionally polished player coming out of school or (b) having a higher ceiling than originally thought at last year's draft?
Kevin Goldstein: How about C. Reaching that ceiling much earlier than expected? He's going to be great. I'm really convinced that 2-3 years from now when you go to the Cell it's going to be filled with fans in Beckham jerseys.
Clint (Chicago): I'm glad you write that since I just got a Beckham jersey. Follow-up: if the 2008 draft got a re-do, where would Beckham go?
Kevin Goldstein: Top 3. Maybe even 1.
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Mike Cameron giftwrapped
by asinwreck on Dec 21, 2007 6:03 PM EST
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We know Kenny Williams doesn't have much money to spend.
We know Mike Cameron will miss the first month of 2008 due to a PED suspension.
We know San Diego doesn't want him back. We know Philadelphia doesn't want him. We know Texas and St. Louis were looking at him.
We know St. Louis has Colby Rasmus waiting to take over sometime this season.
We now know that Texas has picked up Josh Hamilton.
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Who likes the Sox farm system? Billy Beane.
by asinwreck on Dec 14, 2007 7:18 PM EST
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The White Sox have had a poor decade when it comes to developing hitters, but that does not faze Billy Beane. The A's just traded Dan Haren to the Diamondbacks for six prospects. Among them are two guys Kenny traded to Arizona over the past few months, Aaron Cunningham and Chris Carter.
Maybe Beane sees something in these two. If they both pan out, Kenny will have developed more hitting talent for Oakland than his own team. Then again, had Josh Byrnes kept Cunningham and Carter to go with Chris Young, we could say the same of Arizona.
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Barry Bonds indicted for perjury
by asinwreck on Nov 15, 2007 6:01 PM EST
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The grand jury investigating Bonds came back with charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
http://www.sfgate.com/flat/archive/2007/11/15/news/archive/2007/11/15/state/n141013S18.html
Not a great time for Mr. Bonds to become a free agent. Will any team sign him knowing the 2008 season will be filled with legal filings, courtroom theatrics, and a steady barrage of negative publicity with the words "criminal indictment" repeated over and over?
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Mike Cameron suspended 25 games for "tainted supplement"
by asinwreck on Oct 31, 2007 12:24 PM EDT
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http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3088062
The suspension is for a second violation. Cameron took pains to deny it was for steroids, stating "I never took nothing like that before in my life. That would be 50 games, and that would affect me a whole lot more."
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Best off-season news so far
by asinwreck on Oct 2, 2007 10:39 AM EDT
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Mark Gonzales causally mentioned a development that might have significance.
Rafael Santana will oversee the Sox's new Dominican Republic facility in Boca Chica and work in player development under Dave Wilder, the team's senior director of player personnel, who will continue to oversee the Sox's Latin American operations.
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Can the Sox get the #1 pick in the 2008 draft?
by asinwreck on Aug 30, 2007 12:35 PM EDT
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With just about a month left in the season, the only suspense left for the White Sox (other than seeing how many times Ozzie Guillen will melt down in public) is whether or not the team will lose enough games to get the #1 pick in next year's draft. The chances are realistic, if not likely.
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Would Kenny do it?
by asinwreck on Aug 6, 2007 4:58 PM EDT
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A good game to play as we play out the string is speculating about what Kenny Williams will attempt in making the 2008 roster. One tendency we have remarked on before is his ability to pick up players at the low point of their value, as he did with Contreras, Dye, and Thornton. The rumored waiver claim for Tejada would fit that pattern, giving the Sox a marked upgrade at shortstop that would have been unlikely a year ago.
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An option for SS in 2008
by asinwreck on Aug 2, 2007 10:35 PM EDT
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In tonight's Braves-Astros game, Edgar Renteria was injured and had to leave the game. For the first time in seven years, Chipper Jones moved over from 3B to SS (and Willie Harris played 3B and immediately made a critical error setting up a grand slam). This got me thinking about the White Sox shortstop situation -- there is a good chance the White Sox will not retain Juan Uribe, Andy Gonzalez doesn't seem like anyone's idea of a regular shortstop, and Danny Richar profiles more as a second baseman.
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