I looooooove power hitting islanders!

so if you had to lay the line on the Sox getting Viciedo, what would you put it at?

I’m sure that you are all as happy as I am with this.

I should have kicked him up the arse, but he ended up getting a fresh Manx kipper to eat, I am far too soft.

regards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU7MtBSGL_A

click the “high quality” link that’s below the volume button

I have John Danks e-mail address

should we try for an interview?

http://www.beisbolcubano.cu/home/default.asp click Estadísticas on the right hand side (47, 46, 45)
 
 
http://www.inder.cu/beta/competitions/baseball/Campeonato_Nacional/Serie_Nacional/2005/BEIPRAL1.htm

 NOMBRE CB VB C H AVE 2B 3B HR TB SLU BR CR CI SH SF DB BB SO BD CPA CIPA VIEV JJ INN E TL AVE DP PB BR CR POS

 VICIEDO PEREZ, DAYAN 361 323 54 109 .337 16 4 14 175 .542 3 4 58 1 4 12 21 44 6 150 36 13 86 717.0 14 233 .940 13 0 0 0 3B-CF-RF
 
 
http://www.inder.cu/beta/competitions/baseball/Campeonato_Nacional/Serie_Nacional/2006/Beibs/beio1al1.htm

 NOMBRE JJ CB VB C H AVE 2B 3B HR TB SLU BR CR CI SH SF DB BB BI SO BD IO EE EBF

 VICIEDO PEREZ, DAYAN 90 369 301 39 76 .252 14 3 8 120 .399 2 4 35 6 1 12 49 12 52 14 0 6 15
 
 
http://www.inder.cu/beta/competitions/baseball/Campeonato_Nacional/Serie_Nacional/2007/BeiHtml/BEIPRALA.HTM

 NOMBRE CB VB C H AVE 2B 3B HR TB SLU BR CR CI SH SF DB BB SO BD CPA CIPA VIEV JJ INN E TL AVE DP PB BR CR POS

 VICIEDO PEREZ, DAYAN 36 33 3 4 .121 1 0 2 11 .333 0 0 6 0 1 0 2 9 1 14 2 1 11 75.0 2 27 .926 0 0 0 0 3B
 
 
the cuban series is from november to march
so 2007 is 2007-2008

I think I see
.337, 16/4/14, 21/44, in 361 PAs in 2005-2006 (BA, 2B/3B/HR, BB/K)
.252, 14/3/8, 49/52 in 369 PAs in 2006-2007 (BA, 2B/3B/HR, BB/K)
.121, 1/0/2, 2/9 in 36 PAs in 2007-2008 (BA, 2B/3B/HR, BB/K)

btw, here’s his wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DayC3A1n_Viciedo

Just to recruit with Alexi. If we can keep a talent pipeline coming in from Cuba, it might make up for some of those years of shit drafts.

If this comes down to money (not my money) then why not sign him… It doesn’t cost you a draft pic and the payoff could be huge…

Thome, Konerko, and Dye all come off the books in the next couple years… It’s not like we are on the hook for major money long term at those positions.

d-backs fire 31 employees.

The Diamondbacks cut 31 employees from their front office Friday, moves that team President Derrick Hall said were a result of rising expenses and a sluggish economy.

“This move was strictly about efficiency,” Hall said. “We had to take a good, hard look at how efficiently we were operating, especially in a challenging economic climate.”

The cuts amounted to about a 9 percent reduction in staff, leaving the club with close to 300 full-time employees. Hall said the team had the largest full-time workforce in baseball and still is among the top 5.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/2008/11/08/20081108spt-dbacks.html

I don’t care I still like the term “light tower power” and the fact that he is 19. Sign him. He looks like one of my favorites of all time Carlos Lee!

Hyped by his agent as having walked away from a chance to become “the Babe Ruth of Cuba,” 19-year-old third baseman Dayan Viciedo is as much a project as a high-level prospect.

Viciedo, a free agent who is being pursued by the White Sox and other organizations, was an all-star at 16 in Cuba’s highest level, the Serie Nacional, but had gained weight and reportedly gone backward before defecting to the United States last May.

He has light-tower power and a strong arm, but his tools are raw and his commitment was questioned during his last two seasons in Cuba. Peter Bjarkman, an expert on Cuban baseball, has described Viciedo as an underachiever with a poor work ethic.

Texas Rangers broadcaster Eric Nadel, who travels regularly to Cuba, says Viciedo was “supposed to be the next Omar Linares when he was 14 or 15, but nobody would make that sort of comparison anymore or even close to it.”

Nadel says Viciedo was not among Cuba’s top third basemen when he defected.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-09-rogers-boxnov09,0,1587045.story

Museum documentary premiere to air tonight

Buck O’Neil and Black Baseball in Chicago will also appear on WYCC-TV on Thursday evening.

     A unique look at the roots of local minority baseball will be on display tonight, when the Chicago Baseball Museum documentary Buck O’Neil and Black Baseball in Chicago makes its television debut on WYCC-TV at 8:30 p.m. The station will air an encore presentation at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13.

    The film features O’Neil’s last known in-depth interview, which took place in Kansas City in 2004, two years before his death at 94 years of age. In the sitdown, he reminisces about the Negro League in the days of segregation as well as the major leagues in the early stage of integration.
    
    O’Neil spent more than 30 years with the Cubs as a scout, and as the first black coach in the major leagues, he was instrumental in the future Hall of Fame careers of Ernie Banks, Lou Brock and Billy Williams among other African-American players. He also had close relationships with Minnie Minoso, Oscar Gamble and other White Sox players over the years.

    “We are very encouraged by the early reviews on our documentary,” said Dr. David Fletcher, Chicago Baseball Museum president. “The impact and significance of Buck O’Neil and the Negro League have been largely overlooked over the years, and we feel privileged to give them their proper due. The history of Chicago baseball is ripe with great stories such as these, and our goal is to share them with the public in the future.”
    
    Although O’Neil fell one vote short of induction before he passed away, many recognize his to be a Hall of Fame career. As a first baseman with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro American League, he claimed two batting titles. As Monarchs manager, his teams captured four pennants. Later in his career, in the role of scout, coach and good-will ambassador, O’Neil did much to bridge the racial gap that existed in the game.

    In his youth, O’Neil was a frequent visitor to the South Side, where he watched the Chicago American Giants play in Negro League games at the Southside Grounds at 39th and Princeton, the original White Sox home. After the 1940 season, the Giants relocated to Comiskey Park at 35th and Shields, where they competed against O’Neil and his Monarchs teams often. He also took part four in East-West All-Star Games, which were played at Comiskey Park annually.

http://www.chicagobaseballmuseum.org/
 

http://deadspin.com/5081194/speedos-olympic-success-leads-to-financial-dilemma-for-universities

“If we started camp today, he’s our second baseman,” general manager Kenny Williams said of the 25-year-old. “He’s a baseball player, and he’s grown up in the White Sox way.”

http://www.freep.com/article/20081109/SPORTS02/811090440/1048/SPORTS

keeping it in true Guantanamo Bay style.

and we’re on a Cuban roll.

I’m also depressed because I was much more creative in my posts last year. Age is a beeyatch.

mentioned in summary of the Dick Martin Award for Best Medical Staff

Outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. and backup catcher Toby Hall had their team options declined, and neither player is expected back at this point.

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081107&content_id=3669931&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws

first time i’ve seen a more definite statement re: hall.

I did. maybe some of you jabronies can buy me a beer :-)

In a conference call with reporters Monday, Poreda revealed he would prefer being a starter but would welcome a relief role if it meant reaching the major leagues sooner.

“Whatever the White Sox want me to do, I’d be more than happy to fulfill that role,” Poreda said.

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2008/11/poreda-closer-a.html

“…an underachiever with a poor work ethic.”

Beautiful…sign him up. He and Juan will get along just fine.

I’m thinking the hideous blaze-orange uniform is what’s getting him down. Does his team go hunting after ballgames?

Jogging kills your brain cells. The Army has known this for years; it forces recruits to jog every day, on the theory that some of them will lose so many brain cells that they will eventually reenlist.

-Dave Barry

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8294

longoria unanimous winner.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081110&content_id=3672690&vkey=news_tb&fext=.jsp&c_id=tb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SJUwn6eSNo

I Rec’d it

An AL scout also confirmed the Sox’s interest in Cuban infielder Dayan Viciedo, 19, but said workouts scheduled for this week in the Dominican Republic could dictate the level of interest from other interested teams.

The scout was aware of Viciedo’s ties to the Sox since he is represented by Jaime Torres, the agent for Contreras and Alexei Ramirez. But issues about Viciedo’s power potential and his youth add intrigue.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-11-whitesox-chicagonov11,0,2907010.story

“He has incredible potential,” Ramirez said of Viciedo. “He’s got an explosive bat and strength in his wrist.”

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2008/11/ramirez-welcome.html

A report in Sunday’s Chicago Tribune quoted an expert on Cuban baseball as describing Viciedo as an underachiever with a poor work ethic. But Torres bristled at such a suggestion, questioning if these critics had ever seen Viciedo in action.

“The best indication as to where this young man stands in regard to his potential is through the amount of people that organizations are sending down here to check him out during workouts,” said Torres, with strident tones in defense of Viciedo, who checks in at 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds. “Every organization will be down here.”