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Reading Room: First-guessing the Thome decision

By Jim Margalus ⋅ August 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

For posterity, here are some instant reactions to the decision to let Thome go to the Minnesota Twins, made by people with no inside knowledge of White Sox operations. It’ll be easier to just link to this instead of spending paragraphs to explain the same thing.

Go West, Old Men: What do the Thome, Contreras trades mean?

By Jim Margalus ⋅ September 1, 2009 ⋅ 10 comments

As August came to an end, Kenny Williams officially brought his team’s postseason hopes to a close. The Gentleman Masher is now a Gentleman Dodger. The White Sox traded Jim Thome for Justin Fuller,  who will never be more famous than he is right now.  Somehow, they also sent Jose Contreras to Colorado for something [...]

His name is Rios and he cost just 20 grand

By Jim Margalus ⋅ August 11, 2009 ⋅ 17 comments

Hey, who knew Kenny Williams had the ability to make a $56 ticket for jaywalking look like a bottle deposit? If you take the cost of that citation and multiply it by a million or so, that’s roughly what Williams spent on his ballclub Monday.  J.P. Ricciardi dropped a right fielder in the water, Williams [...]

One man’s guess: Williams might hold, but won’t fold

By Jim Margalus ⋅ June 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Many men have damaged their reputations trying to predict what Kenny Williams will do, and many more will fall. However, since I’ve taken the bait so many times already, there’s no risk in making a bold, declarative statement.  So hell — barring a collapse over the next few weeks, I am convinced that Kenny Williams [...]

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