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• Dye Not Asked To Waive No-Trade Yet

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:10 pm

  Tags: Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Jermaine Dye

  That implies that the Red Sox and White Sox still haven't reached an accord.  If they are to pull off a Dye trade, it might go down to the wire.

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• Jermaine Dye Travels With White Sox

  Published: July 31, 2007, 11:22 am

  Tags: Chicago White Sox, Jermaine Dye

  This is barely a rumor or anything, but the Tribune's Mark Gonzales notes that Jermaine Dye accompanied the White Sox to New York to play the Yankees.  Of course, Dye could hop a plane to Boston pretty easily if a deal goes down.

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• White Sox Discuss Vazquez, Garland

  Published: July 31, 2007, 9:27 am

  Tags: Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox, Javier Vazquez, Jon Garland, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies

  to Toni Ginnetti of the Chicago Sun-Times, Williams was discussing Vazquez with the Phillies before the Phils got Kyle Lohse.  Pat Gillick and Kenny Williams really get along it seems.  It would be interesting to see Vazquez in play over the next 6.5 hours. SI.com's Jon Heyman reports some talks surrounding Jon Garland.

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• STATS SHMATS: Imminent Milestones

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:28 pm

  Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Baseball, Chicago White Sox, David Rabinowitz, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mlb, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Stats Shmats, Tom Glavine

  of his 27 against the White Sox and 97 (19.4%) of his 499 homers overall.So with the flash bulbs popping amidst the support of the home crowd, I expect A-Rod to supplant Jimmie Foxx as the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs. With that said, here is a brief list of multiple milestones that have been reached on the same

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• Dye To Boston May Be Dead; Extension Coming?

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:27 pm

  Tags: Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Jermaine Dye

  2: Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune still thinks the White Sox might hammer out some kind of two-year extension with Dye.  But Kenny Williams has a half hour to see if he can get something better than Pena and Hansen. According to Jayson Stark's sources, the Boston's latest offer for Jermaine Dye was Wily Mo Pena and Craig

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• Padres Acquire Rob Mackowiak

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:55 pm

  Tags: Chicago White Sox, Rob Mackowiak, San Diego Padres

  Jayson Stark recently mentioned on ESPN's Trade Deadline special edition of Baseball Tonight that the Padres acquired White Sox outfielder/utility guy Rob Mackowiak.  An unknown minor leaguer went to Chicago in the deal.

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• Major League Baseball Trade Deadline Recap

  Published: July 31, 2007, 5:50 pm

  Tags: Sports, Major League Baseball, Atlanta Braves, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Dan Wheeler, David Murphy, Drew Butera, Dustin Martin, Elvis Andrus, Engel Beltre, Eric Gagne, Houston Astros, Jason Saltalamacchia, Joe Thatche

  Atlanta Braves trade C Jason Saltalamacchia, SS Elvis Andrus and 2 Minor Leaguers to the Texas Rangers for 1B Mark Teixeira and LHP Ron Mahay. Texas Rangers trade RHP Eric Gagne to the Boston Red Sox for LHP Kason Gabbard, OF David Murphy and OF Engel Beltre. Tampa Bay Devil Rays trade 3B Ty Wigginton to the [...]

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• White Sox Talking Extension With Dye

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:55 am

  Tags: Chicago White Sox, Jermaine Dye

  Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times believes Dye wants three years, but the White Sox are hesistant to even do two.  I get the impression the Sox want to do one year with a reasonable option for 2009, but might guarantee the second year if the price is right.  A decent comparable might be Jim Edmonds' two-year, $19MM

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• Failed Trades

  Published: August 1, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Braves, Bob Wickman, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Craig Hansen, Dan Wheeler, Eric Gagne, Houston Astros, Jeff Baker, Jermaine Dye, Kyle Farnsworth, Mark Loretta, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

  a chance to counter the Red Sox offer, so you can't really fault him. Red Sox send Wily Mo Pena and Craig Hansen to White Sox for Jermaine Dye.  Well, there has to be some statistical way to evaluate whether this pair beats two draft picks.  You'd have to know the attrition rates of first/second rounders, and get some scouts on Pena

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• STATS SHMATS: Record Feats

  Published: August 1, 2007, 5:54 pm

  Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, David Rabinowitz, Mlb, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Stats Shmats, Toronto Blue Jays

  Tuesday's 16-3 rout of the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.Here are some more franchise records related to the Yankees' place in MLB history: Record 10:Yogi Berra won a record 10 World Series rings as a player in 1947, '49-53, '56, '58, '61 and '62.On Sept. 14, 1987, the Toronto Blue Jays hit 10 home runs off the Baltimore Orioles, the most ever

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• STATS SHMATS: Crazy Eights

  Published: August 2, 2007, 5:45 pm

  Tags: Annika Sorenstam, Chicago White Sox, Edmonton Oilers, Lpga, Mlb, Matt Hughes, Montreal Canadiens, Nhl, New York Yankees, Stats Shmats, Ufc, Washington Capitals

  moment in Thursday's Yankees-White Sox matinee at Yankee Stadium. The two teams became the first in MLB history to score eight runs or more apiece in the second inning of a game.With that in mind, here are a few other 'crazy eights' ... Crazy Eights: The record number of Hart Memorial trophies (MVP awards) won in a row by Wayne Gretzky while

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• Failed Trades

  Published: August 1, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Braves, Bob Wickman, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Craig Hansen, Dan Wheeler, Eric Gagne, Houston Astros, Jeff Baker, Jermaine Dye, Kyle Farnsworth, Mark Loretta, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

  a chance to counter the Red Sox offer, so you can't really fault him. Red Sox send Wily Mo Pena and Craig Hansen to White Sox for Jermaine Dye.  Well, there has to be some statistical way to evaluate whether this pair beats two draft picks.  You'd have to know the attrition rates of first/second rounders, and get some scouts on Pena

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• White Sox Talking Extension With Dye

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:55 am

  Tags: Chicago White Sox, Jermaine Dye

  Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times believes Dye wants three years, but the White Sox are hesistant to even do two.  I get the impression the Sox want to do one year with a reasonable option for 2009, but might guarantee the second year if the price is right.  A decent comparable might be Jim Edmonds' two-year, $19MM

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• Dye To Boston May Be Dead; Extension Coming?

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:27 pm

  Tags: Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Jermaine Dye

  2: Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune still thinks the White Sox might hammer out some kind of two-year extension with Dye.  But Kenny Williams has a half hour to see if he can get something better than Pena and Hansen. According to Jayson Stark's sources, the Boston's latest offer for Jermaine Dye was Wily Mo Pena and Craig

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• Padres Acquire Rob Mackowiak

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:55 pm

  Tags: Chicago White Sox, Rob Mackowiak, San Diego Padres

  Jayson Stark recently mentioned on ESPN's Trade Deadline special edition of Baseball Tonight that the Padres acquired White Sox outfielder/utility guy Rob Mackowiak.  The White Sox received 23 year-old High A reliever Jon Link.

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