sports.yahoo.com - 9/1/2009
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I've seen some suggestions here in Chicago and around the blogosphere that it was GM Kenny Williams who decided to give up on the White Sox season with Monday night's trades of Jim Thome (notes) and Jose Contreras (notes) . Some people even seem to be on the verge of calling him a ...
i94sports.com - 9/1/2009
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i94sports.com —
I am not the resident White Sox writer
for this site, but I thought I would chime...
in after yet another loss on this brutal road trip the South-siders have embarked on. Last night it was the Twins who handed the White Sox their ninth loss in eleven games, essentially forcing GM Kenny Williams ...
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White Sox wave white flag for 2009; look ahead to 2010
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rumorsandrants.com - 9/1/2009
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rumorsandrants.com —
Chicago White Sox general manger Kenny Williams is
almost always lauded in baseball circles for doing whatever...
it takes to win now. He’s known as a “go-getter” who is always looking to make his team better right now. If all of that is true, just what in the hell is he ...
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What, Exactly, Are The White Sox Doing?
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Walkoff Walk —
WHY the hell did the Mets activate David Wright? He MUST still have an ouchie in his brain spot.
WHO can we blame for the White Sox late season swoon? Not Kenny Williams, that's fer shore. When in doubt, blame A.J. Pierzynski, that's my mantra.
CAN the Twins continue to capitalize on the Chicago collective failure as they inch up the AL Central standings? Someone named Jeff Manship is making his first ever MLB start ...
Is The Jake Peavy Book Closed On The Year?
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... Rios and Peavy are locked into the Sox for a few more years. They weren’t picked up only for the stretch run. And as ‘Duk so brilliantly wrote yesterday, the Contreras and Thome moves are not a repeat of the famed white flag trade. Trading away two aged players doesn’t compare to what they did in 1997. ...
Looking at the American League Central in 2010
It's Just Sports —
... . With the trades of Jim Thome and Jose Contreras, it looks like the White Sox are closing up shop this season . But I get bored easy (the A.D.D.) and have already been thinking about 2010 anyway, and the earlier move the White Sox made, getting injured Jake Peavy from the Padres, already kind of suggested they were positioning themselves for next year anyway. Now's as good a time as any to evaluate what the A.L. Central could look like a year from now. ...
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White Sox GM Kenny Williams called teams this afternoon to let them know a large part of their roster is available in trade, including sluggers Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko and Jim Thome and veteran relievers Scott Linebrink and Octavio Dotel.
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Bleacher Report - MLB 9/1/2009
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