Jermaine Dye may have played last game in White Sox uniform
The White Sox packed their bags for the final time this season, shook hands and hugged following a 5-3 loss to the Tigers to end a 79-83 season.
Jermaine Dye faces an uncertain future, with the Sox likely to give him a $1 million buyout instead of both sides agreeing to a $12 million mutual option for 2010. He struggled miserably in the second half, hitting .181 with seven homers in 210 at-bats after hitting .302 with 20 long balls in 291 at-bats before the break.
“I don’t really have a feeling right now,” Dye said calmly after finishing with a .250 batting average, 27 home runs and 81 RBIs. “I just want to go home, get away from baseball like I always do and take two weeks off and re-evaluate the situation and get into my program.”
Dye hit 164 homers during his five seasons with the Sox.
Click here to read the full article – By MARK GONZALES of ChicagoTribune.com
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Japanese player could fit with White Sox
The off-season rumor mill is fast approaching, and White Sox fans can expect to be inundated with some familiar names as general manager Kenny Williams attempts to shore up one – possibly two – outfield spots
Chone Figgins should be available, as should Carl Crawford, Bobby Abreu, Coco Crisp, Mike Cameron and a slew of other outfielders who always seem destined to land on the South Side.
Here’s a fresh name to throw on the pile:
“There’s a kid named (Norichika) Aoki, who is an Ichiro-type outfielder, hitter, runner, defensive player,” said Bobby Valentine, who is wrapping up his sixth and final season managing the the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. “I don’t think anybody is the caliber of Ichiro, but he is a special left-handed hitting outfielder.”
Guess what is at, or near, the top of Williams’ shopping list this season?
It’s no secret the Sox are looking for a reliable left-handed bat, and Aoki appears to fit that bill.
The 27-year-old Aoki is wrapping up his fifth full season with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Japan’s Central League.
In his first four seasons with the Swallows, Aoki batted .338 with a .406 on-base percentage.
Click here to read the full article – By Scot Gregor of DailyHerald.com
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Sox’s Getz aims to come back strong in ‘10
CLEVELAND – White Sox second baseman Chris Getz already was saying his goodbyes before he found out the game Tuesday against the Cleveland Indians had been postponed because of rain.
The game was called more than two hours before it was scheduled to begin. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader today starting at 3:05 p.m., though rain is in the forecast.
Leaving the team to have surgery Thursday in Philadelphia was not the way Getz wanted his season to end. The lower oblique strain that put Getz on the disabled list Aug. 21 still is bothering him, and a specialist discovered it was a sports hernia. The original plan was to address it at the end of the season, but that went out the window with the Sox’s playoff chances.
”That’s why we’re getting it done now,” Getz said. ”It’s not like a serious surgery. It’s still surgery, but I think the recovery time will take about six weeks before you can start being fully active again. That’s why it’s better to get it done now so I can fully prepare for the start of the 2010 season.”
That also closed the book on a 2009 campaign during which Getz showed signs of being a stable force at second base for years to come.
Getz hit .261 with 49 runs and stole 25 bases in 27 attempts for an American League-best 92.6 percent success rate. He was limited to 107 games because of the injury.
”We knew that this probably had to be taken care of,” Getz said. ”It was just a matter of whether or not it was going to be rest or surgery, so obviously the rest was ruled out.”
Click here to read the full article – By JOE COWLEY of Southtownstar.com
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White Sox won’t make it easy for Tigers
During Detroit’s three-game stay at U.S. Cellular Field this weekend, the White Sox figure to be mathematically eliminated from the American League Central title race.
That harsh reality won’t prevent the White Sox from playing as if the season just started or as if a playoff berth is on the line with every pitch. At least, the 2009 finality better not change the team’s attitude, according to general manager Ken Williams.
“They better not quit. I don’t want to see any quit,” said Williams, during his 28-minute meeting with the media prior to Wednesday’s 8-6 loss to the Twins. “I won’t have people around me that quit, whether it be anybody in uniform or anyone in the front office, anyone around the organization that I hear even talking about it. I can’t be around people that quit.
Click here to read the full article – By Scott Merkin of MLB.com
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