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SportTicker: White Sox trade for [Horacio] Ramirez, to place Contreras on DL
Published 8/10/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
SportTicker: White Sox trade for [Horacio] Ramirez, to place Contreras on DL Fresh off a 6-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox that left them one-half game behind the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central Division, the Chicago White Sox are making a flurry of roster moves they hope will vault them back to the top. The White Sox on Saturday optioned third baseman Josh Fields to Class AAA Charlotte and traded minor league outfielder Paulo Orlando to the Kansas City Royals for veteran lefthander Horacio Ramirez. Ramirez is expected to take the roster spot of righthander Jose Contreras, who will be placed on the disabled list Sunday after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon in the second inning ...

There Is No Sanctuary: Contreras Out For Season, Logan’s Manhood Questioned By Ozzie
Published 8/10/2008 by Rob Warmowski at Can't Stop The Bleeding
(Above: Logan approaches 30th birthday) Red Sox 6 White Sox 2 Whoever mediocre relief pitcher and illiterate douchebag Boone Logan hires to update his resume has a real chore ahead: finesse and omission are one thing, but when your boss gets in front of cameras and microphones and says “Everybody but Logan did a good job…this is a pennant race, I want men on the field”, it’s time to consider outright fabrications. Logan’s planned demotion to AAA, if not Wal-Mart, is richly deserved. Inheriting a 7th-inning 1-1 duel between Daisuke Matsuzaka and DJ Carrasco, who stood in brilliantly for Jose Contreras ...

O good Horacio, what a wounded name
Published 8/10/2008 by Jim at Sox Machine: Chicago White Sox blog
O good Horacio, what a wounded name We know Jose Contreras threw his last pitch of the season after rupturing his achilles' tendon covering first base in the White Sox's 6-2 loss to Boston Saturday evening , but plenty of questions remain. The three big ones: Was it the last pitch of his White Sox career? Was it the last pitch of his career career? Who will fill his shoes? Answer to No. 3 became a little more clear, as the Sox traded the speedy (and that's it) Paulo Orlando to Kansas City for Horacio Ramirez . Ramirez was having a renaissance year of sorts with the Royals, with a 2.59 ERA and a sub-1.00 WHIP over 15 games (24 1/3 innings), both of which can be attributed greatly to the ...

A.M Seatowning 8-11
Published 8/11/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (karazekevin) at SeaTown Sports
Local +What to do with Kenji Johjima? [Bleeding Blue and Teal] +Things are breaking down in the clubhouse :( [Seattle Times] +Pac-10 rankings, Huskies come in at number seven [ESPN] +Statistical look at Seahawks' pass defense [Field Gulls] ...