{"id":2109,"date":"2010-11-30T18:26:21","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T00:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2010-11-30T18:26:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T00:26:21","slug":"white-sox-news-pierzynski-alexei-ramirez-hall-of-fame-and-rating-kenny-williams-trades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2109","title":{"rendered":"White Sox News: Pierzynski, Alexei Ramirez, Hall of Fame, and Rating Kenny Williams Trades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alexei-ramirez1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2110\" title=\"alexei-ramirez\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alexei-ramirez1-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alexei-ramirez1-300x254.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alexei-ramirez1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tracy Ringolsby posted on his Twitter account that in return for starting pitcher <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/floydga01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Gavin  Floyd<\/a><\/strong>, the White Sox were asking for both <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stewaia01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Ian  Stewart<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fowlede01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Dexter  Fowler<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 He declared such a proposition to be \u201csilly.\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/TracyRingolsby\/status\/945671981812940\">Inside the Rockies<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>There should be an announcement either today or tomorrow regarding <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/ramiral03.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Alexei  Ramirez<\/a><\/strong> and his 2011 contract.\u00a0 The White Sox shortstop will either be offered a contract extension or exercise his player option and opt out of his $1.1 million salary for 2011.\u00a0 If he chooses to opt out, the White Sox can either exercise their $2.75 million club option, or take their chances in arbitration. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingsports.com\/2010\/11\/your-morning-phil-fukudome-alexei-garland.html\">Chicago Breaking Sports<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Have ten free minutes today? If so, why not spend it ranking every trade that Kenny Williams has made since assuming General Manager duties in 2000.\u00a0 Jim Margalus has listed all 55 trades made by KW and wants his readers to vote on them.\u00a0 Votes are cast on a 1-10 scale, with 1 representing \u201cmost embarrassing,\u201d and 10 \u201cmost impressive.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s both an exciting and aggravating trip down memory lane\u2026so be prepared! [<a href=\"http:\/\/soxmachine.com\/2010\/11\/30\/rate-kenny-williams-10-years-of-trades\/\">Sox Machine<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Catcher A.J. Pierzysnki appeared on \u201cThe Waddle &amp; Silvy Show\u201d on ESPN 1000 on Tuesday, and mentioned that he has been in touch with several teams.\u00a0 However, he did speak about returning to the White Sox in an encouraging manner, &#8220;Everyone knows the White Sox would be right up there as my first choice, with all that I&#8217;ve been through in the city and with the people and everything, so hopefully we can get something worked out. But we&#8217;ll see what happens.&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/chicago\/mlb\/news\/story?id=5866112&amp;campaign=rss&amp;source=MLBHeadlines\">ESPN Chicago<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Tim \u201cRock\u201d Raines will appear on the Hall of Fame ballot for the 4<sup>th<\/sup> time after receiving 22.6% of votes in 2009, and 30.4% of votes in 2010.\u00a0 In order to be inducted into the Hall, a player must receive at least 75% of the vote.\u00a0 \u201cRock\u201d has put together an impressive resume over the course of his 23-year career: 2,605 hits, 1,571 runs scored; seven time All-Star; 2 World Series titles; fifth all-time in stolen bases; 1986 batting champion. [<a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20101125&amp;content_id=16213356&amp;vkey=news_cws&amp;c_id=cws&amp;partnerId=rss_cws\">MLB.com\/Scott Merkin<\/a>]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracy Ringolsby posted on his Twitter account that in return for starting pitcher Gavin Floyd, the White Sox were asking for both Ian Stewart and Dexter Fowler.\u00a0 He declared such a proposition to be \u201csilly.\u201d [Inside the Rockies] There should be an announcement either today or tomorrow regarding Alexei Ramirez and his 2011 contract.\u00a0 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,6,16,11,13,14],"tags":[1400,390,264,428,612,853,637,212,1399,702,1402,1401],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2112,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109\/revisions\/2112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}