Chalmer “Bill” Cissell: The $123,000 Lemon
seamheads.com 10/27/2009 — Twenty-four-year-old shortstop Chalmer “Bill” Cissell was so highly regarded by scout Danny Long in 1927 that he convinced White Sox owner Charles Comiskey to send what was estimated to be a record sum of $123,000 in cash and players (outfielder Ike Boone and pitcher Bert Cole) to ...

White Sox Decline Dye Option
novafantasysports.com 23 days ago — Update: Jermaine Dye has been asked to take the first step to free agency by the White Sox today when they declined the option on his contract for 2010. The White Sox held a $950k option and exercised it rather than pay the $12 mil contract.There has been specualtion that the Rangers have ...

Danks Hopes To Sign Extension
mlbtraderumors.com 25 days ago — White Sox lefty John Danks hopes to sign a multiyear extension with the White Sox, according to MLB.com's Scott Merkin . The 24-year-old is eligible for arbitration for the first time this winter. Though he was thrilled to receive it, Danks turned ...

News: White Sox Buyout Dye
metsblog.com 23 days ago — The Chicago White Sox have bought out the 2010 option for 36 year old outfielder Jermaine Dye , making him a free agent. The option called for $12 million for 2010, but the White Sox opted to buy him out for $950,000. Dye finished the year ...

Player of the Decade
sox35th.com 23 days ago — [Editor's Note: With another decade of White Sox baseball in the books, The 35th Street Review takes a look back at the past ten years on the South Side of Chicago and finds highlights, lowlights, and a lot of in-betweenlights. In this edition, we look at the position player whose presence and ...

White Sox re-sign Kotsay
digitalsportsdaily.com 24 days ago — The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a one-year, $1.5-million contract with free agent infielder/outfielder Mark Kotsay. Kotsay, 33, combined to hit .278 (52-187) with four home runs and 23 RBI in 67 games with Boston and the White Sox in 2009. He was acquired from the Red Sox on ...

Teahen to the White Sox
baseballmusings.com 25 days ago — Via MetsBlog.com , the Royals dump Mark Teahen on the White Sox : The Daily News learned the White Sox have agreed to send second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman Josh Fields to the Royals for Mark Teahen, who is expected to replace Jermaine Dye as Chicago’s right fielder. Teahen ...

Reports of Royals trading Teahen to the White Sox appear to be premature
kansascity.com 24 days ago — Reports that claimed the Royals have agreed to send outfielder Mark Teahen to the Chicago White Sox for second baseman Chris Getz and third baseman/outfielder Josh Fields have not yet been verified.

White Sox unlikely for Matsui
yankees.lhblogs.com 20 days ago — Not sure there were any rumors linking Hideki Matsui to the Chicago White Sox, but White Sox GM Ken Williams was asked about him just the same. “I would imagine that he’s going to command more in salary than we have to pay,” ...

White Sox buy out Dye's option
mlb.mlb.com 23 days ago — By Scott Merkin / MLB.com 11/06/09 4:25 PM EST CHICAGO -- The highly productive Jermaine Dye era on the South Side of Chicago, which included a 2005 World Series title during his first year with the team, appeared to come to an end on Friday when the ...

Sox nearing decision time with Dye — Major League Baseball News 24 days ago
The biggest name on the list of potential 2009 White Sox free agents might not even become a free agent for another 10 days. And at that point, the end of Jermaine Dye's run in Chicago could be near.

Real deal? Teahen trade on hold — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago White Sox :: 24 days ago
Bizarre had to be Chris Getz's word of the day. The second baseman woke up a member of the White Sox on Thursday, but by breakfast time, he was headed to the Kansas City Royals.

White Sox buy out mutual option on Jermaine Dye's 2010 contract — Major League Baseball News 24 days ago
The Chicago White Sox have bought out the 2010 mutual option on outfielder Jermaine Dye.

He gone: White Sox let Jermaine Dye go free — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago White Sox :: 24 days ago
The White Sox announced on Friday morning that that they bought out the 2010 mutual option on Jermaine Dye, paying him $950,000 rather than picking up the $12 million for the upcoming season. The move makes it so that Dye will now become a free agent

Teahen in; Dye out; Beckham to 2nd — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago White Sox :: 24 days ago
Chris Getz and Josh Fields are now Royals, Mark Teahen is now the White Sox starting third baseman, Jermaine Dye is all but gone, talks with free agent-to-be Scott Podsednik have disintegrated, and Gordon Beckham is now the new starting second ...