There’s Nothing Quite Like a Foreign Born Second Baseman

During the off-seaons of 2005 and 2008, the White Sox organization signed infielders from abroad for small amounts with little to no fanfare. In the first case, the White Sox signed Tadahtio Iguchi out of Japan on a 2-year $4.95 million contract with a team option for $3.25 million; in the latter case, they signed Alexei Ramirez out of Cuba on a 4-year $4.75 million contract. Both players earned the starting job at second base during their first season with the Sox, and both players more than earned their contracts. Here’s a small look at Tadahito followed by an in-depth look at Alexei. ...

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For the VORPies

Part 2: His spectacular play has Sox fans everywhere asking two questions: What can we expect from him in the second half? and What can we expect from him in the future?

http://www.lifeinthecell.com/?p=1180

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 11, 2008 3:54 PM CDT 0 recs

haha, cool, I have my own tag

Anyway, I’m happy about this piece, especially the second part. It was planned as a single post, but it got huge on me and turned into three parts and they’re broken down as such…

Part 1 gives the back story of Tadahito and Alexei. There’s a slight narrative about Alexei’s major league career so far sprinkled with basic stats.

Part 2 gives a statistically detailed analysis where I use a few more saber stats to try and predict what to expect from Alexei for the rest of the season as well as the rest of his contract.

Part 3 is a sumnation and despite what I said above, still worth checking out. It just happens that part 1 and 2 have the meat of the article.

And I would love, LOVE to hear your guys projections for Alexei, because I feel I may have been a bit optimistic, which I just am by nature

-Jeeves Life in the Cell

by jeeves on Jul 11, 2008 4:09 PM CDT 0 recs