my all time favorite: #3 Harrr-ooold !!!

http://hallofverygood.blogspot.com/2007/12/world-is-spinning-out-of-
control.html

Here's positive proof of where Harry Caray started in Chicago!  Some of you

may not remember the old park at all and there are some nice shots of it.

This was during the Bill Veeck ownership of the team. Enjoy and Happy

New Year to everyone!!!

 

Dena

-Now you've caught my attention.  Guess I have been lucky so far and
will think twice before ordering anything from them.  Maybe I should
quit while I'm ahead.


-- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Phillips"
<markp8867@...> wrote:
>
> The problem with MLB.COM is more with returning or exchanging
stuff although
> they do send out a lot of items that are returned from stores as
defective.
> I know they aren't the only ones that do that but your chances of
getting an
> item that needs to be returned are increased when buying from them
and also
> sending the item back can turn into a big problem and require lots
of phone
> calls like it has with me.  They also have problems with items
being in
> stock even though the website says they are when purchased.  The
way they
> run their business is simply unacceptable by most people's
standards except
> those who are either lucky so far like you or like to get ripped
off.
>
> I also used a store credit I had to buy someone a Christmas gift
which I had
> sent to them (since I didn't want anything from them) and now that
gift has
> to be returned because they sent the wrong size.  However now they
won't
> even give the person I sent the gift to a store credit, they will
only
> credit it back to me even though I gave the gift to them.  Now I
have to get
> involved with this again and it better not take forever because
they are
> supreme morons.  MLB.COM is located near Philadelphia so you can
imagine
> what rude idiots these people can be.
>
> By the way that sounds like a pretty good Christmas you had
considering you
> were in California!  The weather was pretty good here on Christmas
Day
> although the few days before that were pretty terrible.  With my
parents out
> of town, I visited my Grandma in the nursing home as I do every
Christmas.
> She was happy to see me as it is pretty lonely and depressing in
there.  We
> talked about a lot of stuff and even baseball like how there
aren't any
> doubleheaders anymore.  She has seen the White Sox win 2 World
Series but of
> course she is a Cubs fan and hasn't seen any of those having been
born in
> 1910!
>
> On Dec 29, 2007 5:52 AM, thechihawk <manta_ray4121@...> wrote:
>
> >   -I've never had any trouble with MLB.com.; but I never ordered
> > anything with custom lettering either. In '05 I ordered the "Some
> > Things Are Worth Waiting For" and the roster T from the WS. Also
> > wanted the Sox warm-up jacket but it was out of stock in my size.
> > Instead of back ordering it I waited until it was in stock (they
> > indicated about a week, which it was) and then ordered it to
avoid
> > possible screw-ups. This year I ordered 2 pair of the Sox boxers
so
> > if I have to go to the doctor he'll know what team I back...lol.
> >
> > This year I got a phone call from my niece, nephew and sister.
Dad
> > passed in October and Mom in '06. No rallying point for my
limited,
> > and scattered, family this year. Niece and sister in Tennessee,
> > nephew in Ohio and me in California. Didn't know you had an
> > endangered species in this group, did you? Watched the "Cold
Case"
> > marathon on Christmas day and ate BLT's. At least I had the
> > Christmas spirit with green lettuce and red tomato! Oh
well...sais
> > la vie.
> >
> > -- In
YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com<YouCanPutItOnTheBoard%
40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Mark Phillips"
> >
> > <markp8867@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yeah there were a lot of calendars left over because they
> > cancelled one of
> > > the games they were going to give them away at and there was
bad
> > weather the
> > > other two games too.
> > >
> > > For Christmas I got the White Sox collectible Christmas house
> > thingies.
> > > They even light up! Last year I got a lot more such as the
World
> > Series
> > > bobbleheads which were really hard to find since
MLB.COM<http://mlb.com/>cancelled
> > my order
> > > for no reason (probably because they oversold and ran out).
> > >
> > > Speaking of those losers, I was going to get something the
other
> > day on
> > > MLB.COM <http://mlb.com/> because they finally gave me my
money back for
> > a jersey I
> > bought a
> > > year ago. It was a custom jersey and even though they got the
> > custom
> > > lettering right, they put it on the wrong jersey. I had to
report
> > them to
> > > the Better Business Bureau in order to get anything done. And
for
> > my
> > > trouble they gave me a $25 store credit code which I could use
on
> > anything I
> > > wanted. However when I went to use the code during their 20%
off
> > sale, it
> > > of course didn't work. So obviously I am not buying anything
from
> > them
> > > anymore! Thanks to MLB.COM <http://mlb.com/> I didn't get a
World Series
> > jersey but
> > I guess I
> > > can still make my own since I did get the patch.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >  > On Dec 28, 2007 12:28 AM, Joan <joan710@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hope you all had a nice Christmas! Our Christmas
> > > > wasn't as Soxy as last year. I got my sister a bunch
> > > > of Jon Garland cards and the funny Garland card was
> > > > the card when he was with the Cubs, he was wearing
> > > > geek glasses similar to Drew Carey glasses. I
> > > > couldn't believe that was Jon Garland. I also got her
> > > > a Sox jacket similar to the one I have with the big,
> > > > big SOX logo on the back. And, of course, the Sox hat
> > > > I got for her Christmas gift arrived in the mail on
> > > > Thursday. Sheesh.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to find a mini 2008 Sox calendar, too. I
> > > > didn't know they had them anywhere. I've seen the
> > > > tear-off calendars. And I have some of the free 2007
> > > > calendars they gave away at a game last year. The
> > > > next game we went to they had boxes and boxes of
> > > > leftover calendars sitting around so we took dozens of
> > > > them without trying to look like total pigs.
> > > >
> > > > Happy New Year.
> > > >
> > > > Joan
> > > >
> > > > http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/617662.php
> > > > http://www.uniwatchblog.com/
> > > > http://www.prosportsdaily.com/mlb/mlb-rumors.html
> > > > http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
> > > >
> > > > __________________________________________________________
> > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and
> > > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

-I've never had any trouble with MLB.com.; but I never ordered
anything with custom lettering either.  In '05 I ordered the "Some
Things Are Worth Waiting For" and the roster T from the WS.  Also
wanted the Sox warm-up jacket but it was out of stock in my size.
Instead of back ordering it I waited until it was in stock (they
indicated about a week, which it was) and then ordered it to avoid
possible screw-ups.  This year I ordered 2 pair of the Sox boxers so
if I have to go to the doctor he'll know what team I back...lol.

This year I got a phone call from my niece, nephew and sister.  Dad
passed in October and Mom in '06.  No rallying point for my limited,
and scattered, family this year.  Niece and sister in Tennessee,
nephew in Ohio and me in California.  Didn't know you had an
endangered species in this group, did you?  Watched the "Cold Case"
marathon on Christmas day and ate BLT's.  At least I had the
Christmas spirit with green lettuce and red tomato!  Oh well...sais
la vie.


-- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Phillips"
<markp8867@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah there were a lot of calendars left over because they
cancelled one of
> the games they were going to give them away at and there was bad
weather the
> other two games too.
>
> For Christmas I got the White Sox collectible Christmas house
thingies.
> They even light up!  Last year I got a lot more such as the World
Series
> bobbleheads which were really hard to find since MLB.COM cancelled
my order
> for no reason (probably because they oversold and ran out).
>
> Speaking of those losers, I was going to get something the other
day on
> MLB.COM because they finally gave me my money back for a jersey I
bought a
> year ago.  It was a custom jersey and even though they got the
custom
> lettering right, they put it on the wrong jersey.  I had to report
them to
> the Better Business Bureau in order to get anything done.  And for
my
> trouble they gave me a $25 store credit code which I could use on
anything I
> wanted.  However when I went to use the code during their 20% off
sale, it
> of course didn't work.  So obviously I am not buying anything from
them
> anymore!  Thanks to MLB.COM I didn't get a World Series jersey but
I guess I
> can still make my own since I did get the patch.
>
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2007 12:28 AM, Joan <joan710@...> wrote:
>
> >   Hope you all had a nice Christmas! Our Christmas
> > wasn't as Soxy as last year. I got my sister a bunch
> > of Jon Garland cards and the funny Garland card was
> > the card when he was with the Cubs, he was wearing
> > geek glasses similar to Drew Carey glasses. I
> > couldn't believe that was Jon Garland. I also got her
> > a Sox jacket similar to the one I have with the big,
> > big SOX logo on the back. And, of course, the Sox hat
> > I got for her Christmas gift arrived in the mail on
> > Thursday. Sheesh.
> >
> > I would like to find a mini 2008 Sox calendar, too. I
> > didn't know they had them anywhere. I've seen the
> > tear-off calendars. And I have some of the free 2007
> > calendars they gave away at a game last year. The
> > next game we went to they had boxes and boxes of
> > leftover calendars sitting around so we took dozens of
> > them without trying to look like total pigs.
> >
> > Happy New Year.
> >
> > Joan
> >
> > http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/617662.php
> > http://www.uniwatchblog.com/
> > http://www.prosportsdaily.com/mlb/mlb-rumors.html
> > http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
> >
> > __________________________________________________________
> > Be a better friend, newshound, and
> > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
> > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
> >
> >
> >
>

With nothing going on with our club right now I thought I'd send this along.  I've mentioned that I'm not much of a Uribe fan but he did have this moment- and anyone who doesn't recognize it is a cnlbc fan! 

GM Bill

 

But mention Christmas to the 25-year-old, second-year player, and his devotion and passion, bordering on crazy holiday spirit, quickly puts to shame Chevy Chase's famous character in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." From his grandiose home lights show to his interesting gift ideas for a few very important people, Fields spoke recently with MLB.com about his holiday views.

Fields hoped for a little better luck than Brandon McCarthy, last year's holiday guest of honor, who was traded to Texas shortly after this question-and-answer session was completed.

MLB.com: Talk about some of the Christmas traditions you follow.

Fields: Growing up -- and actually still, my wife would say I've kept it going -- we always put up a lot of lights. I mean, we try to Clark Griswold it out. That's one tradition. It was our deal.

My mom decorated inside with trees and ornaments and Santa Clauses. The guys went outside and tried to get absurd. Back when I was younger, there was no structure to how they would go up and what colors would go together. Whatever lights we had that were available and working would find a place somewhere. Now, I have a whole color scheme going on.

MLB.com: What do the neighbors think of your lights display?

Fields: We moved into a new neighborhood, and I didn't want to offend our neighbors in Year No. 1. I wanted to make it as classy as I could but still put a lot up. Next year, I'm going to blow it out, and they should be scared (Laughs). Or I'm going to buy a couple of wooden yard things and put lights on them.

MLB.com: Does your house feature one of the best holiday lights shows around, in your opinion?

Fields: My brother (Jace) is working at Walt Disney World. We went and visited him, and their light show is amazing. I don't have anything on that light show.

MLB.com: Could you challenge Disney next year, when you blow things out a bit?

Fields: No. No shot. But when I saw it, it inspired me to throw some more on the house.

MLB.com: What's your wife's take on the lights?

Fields: When I had the lights up two weeks before Thanksgiving, Ashleigh thought it was ridiculous. I had it up and ready two weeks before, and she was a little embarrassed I was turning them on at night when we hadn't even eaten Thanksgiving dinner.

MLB.com: Move away from the lights for a moment and go back to the holiday traditions. Do you have any others?

Fields: We started one last year. On Christmas Eve, we end up going to the movies and try to catch three movies in a row.

MLB.com: What movies did you see last Christmas Eve?

Fields: "Pursuit of Happyness" and "Night at the Museum" -- two good ones.

MLB.com: Can you remember the best gift you ever received?

Fields: Back when I was 6 or 7, in 1988 or 1989, back when the Nike windsuits were real sweet, it's a sweat suit, I got one that was purple and green, neon colors. For some reason, I thought that was the best gift in the world. My dad's best friend also gave me a baseball bat that same year, and that was my first bat.

MLB.com: Let's go in the opposite direction. What's the best gift you've ever given?

Fields: In fifth grade, I bought my mom, and you could buy these at school, I bought her this super fake necklace that said mom and had a heart. It looked like it had diamonds, and I thought it was the best thing ever.

She still has it, and I think it cost me ... It was an upgrade from the 25-cent twist things that come out in a plastic circular [container]. It cost a dollar. I felt like I stretched my budget and hooked her up with a nice gift.

When you are talking about the best gift I ever gave, my wife and I also got married before Christmas last year.

MLB.com: How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa Claus?

Fields: Santa's not real? Are you kidding with me or are you being serious? (He laughs, following a brief pause).

MLB.com: I hate to be the one to break the news to you.

Fields: It was like third or fourth grade. I was one of the last ones. I was still trying to talk people into believing in Santa. My mom finally told me, and I got real dramatic and said that everything she told me in my entire life was a lie.

MLB.com: That moment sounds life-changing. Has Christmas changed for you since you got married?

Fields: It changed a little. I used to go to my parents' or my mom's parents' before Christmas Day and stay the night and wake up and open my presents. Now, I still make it to both grandparents' and make it to my wife's parents' and grandparents'. We still get to go. Our families have been cool about changing dates to cooperate. That's about it.

MLB.com: Name your favorite Christmas song.

Fields: (Yells to his wife, double-checking the selection). Oh, yeah. "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth."

MLB.com: An appropriate choice for a former college quarterback. Name your favorite Christmas movie.

Fields: We have a marathon going on, and actually, it's another tradition. You can't beat "Christmas Vacation," and all the "Home Alones." You have to put those in there, even though "Home Alone 3" dropped down.

MLB.com: So, you even watch "Home Alone 3"?

Fields: If you are going to polish off the whole series, then you have to watch it. Otherwise, that's like having peanut butter with no jelly. If you are going to watch the series, then you have to watch "Three," too. It gets a little crazy if "Three" doesn't get played.

MLB.com: Are you someone who makes a great deal of New Year's resolutions, aside from never forgetting "Home Alone 3"?

Fields: I do not. I just make sure I eat my black-eyed peas after New Year's.

MLB.com: Is there some reason behind that food choice?

Fields: It's supposed to be good luck for the next year. Slop a little ketchup on them, and it makes it taste good.

MLB.com: OK, let's say Santa does exist and you get to be him for a day. What gift would you give to the following people? Let's start with your manager, Ozzie Guillen.

Fields: I'll send him a block of ice from our storm (near Oklahoma City), since he would never be in a place anywhere remotely close to icing.

MLB.com: How about general manager Ken Williams?

Fields: I would send him a picture of me in my White Sox hat, with elf ears.

MLB.com: Do you own elf ears?

Fields: I have elf ears. You can't have two Santas. Someone has to be an elf. You can't have four people wearing the Santa hat.

MLB.com: How about White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski?

Fields: I would probably send him the Grinch with a Speedo and some knee pads on, making him look like he wanted to wrestle.

MLB.com: And your hitting coach, Greg Walker?

Fields: I would send him some eggnog, and if he didn't like it, I would have a card that said, "So" (an inside joke between Walker and his hitters) on it real big.

MLB.com: How about White Sox fans?

Fields: I would send them tickets to our playoffs and World Series for 2008.

MLB.com: And most important of all, the Chicago media?

Fields: What's that fabric softener called? Downey? I would send you all that fabric softener to say, "Be gentle."

MLB.com: Now, here's a personal one to close. You were a standout quarterback for three years under this guy at Oklahoma St., and I'm a Michigan graduate, so he has recently crossed paths with my alma mater. What would you give to LSU football coach Les Miles?

Fields: I would just send him a card. No, honestly, I would send him (White Sox director of media relations) Bob Beghtol for a week and tell Bob to give him a week's worth of PR classes. I'd have Bob run him through on the do's and don'ts on what you should be telling the media and your team.

MLB.com: We come now to the final question, our traditional portion of this yearly holiday interview. How do you spell Hanukkah?

Fields: H-A-N-N-A-K-A-H.

MLB.com: As I've said before, there really is no right or wrong answer with so many spellings. But there should be a U in there somewhere.

Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

-------------- Original message from "Mark Phillips" <markp8867@...>: --------------

That was awesome!  I knew the Sox would win it that night when he made that catch.  What I don't understand is why the Astros fans got out of his way and gave him room to make the catch or even tried to take the ball from him.  If a player goes into the stands to make a catch then he has to come out of the stands with the ball in order for it to be an out.  If a fan took the ball from his mitt after he caught it then it would not have been an out.  That same thing happened to another former Sox/CNLBC player, George Bell, when he was playing for Toronto. 

 

On Dec 28, 2007 7:23 AM, <writerly@...> wrote:

This was an AWESOME play!

 

--
Kathy Strelow
www.kathleenstrelow.com
Author of the Head Case rock series

-------------- Original message from "william anderson" <andersoxy@...>: --------------

With nothing going on with our club right now I thought I'd send this along.  I've mentioned that I'm not much of a Uribe fan but he did have this moment- and anyone who doesn't recognize it is a cnlbc fan! 

GM Bill

 

-------------- Original message from "william anderson" <andersoxy@...>: --------------

With nothing going on with our club right now I thought I'd send this along.  I've mentioned that I'm not much of a Uribe fan but he did have this moment- and anyone who doesn't recognize it is a cnlbc fan! 

GM Bill

 

Hope you all had a nice Christmas!  Our Christmas
wasn't as Soxy as last year.  I got my sister a bunch
of Jon Garland cards and the funny Garland card was
the card when he was with the Cubs, he was wearing
geek glasses similar to Drew Carey glasses.  I
couldn't believe that was Jon Garland.  I also got her
a Sox jacket similar to the one I have with the big,
big SOX logo on the back.  And, of course, the Sox hat
I got for her Christmas gift arrived in the mail on
Thursday.  Sheesh.

I would like to find a mini 2008 Sox calendar, too.  I
didn't know they had them anywhere.  I've seen the
tear-off calendars.  And I have some of the free 2007
calendars they gave away at a game last year.  The
next game we went to they had boxes and boxes of
leftover calendars sitting around so we took dozens of
them without trying to look like total pigs.

Happy New Year.

Joan

http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/617662.php
http://www.uniwatchblog.com/
http://www.prosportsdaily.com/mlb/mlb-rumors.html
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/


      
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Typical anti-White Sox stuff from ESPN.  I'm sure he mentioned good things about the Yankees and Red Sox though!

 

On Dec 26, 2007 3:06 PM, Dena Briars <dbriars@yahoo.com> wrote:

ESPN's Jayson Stark mentions Our Sox four times in his 2007 "Wackiest

Things in Baseball" list.  Do you remember:

 

1. In an Aug. 21 game against the Royals used 5 different pitchers over 5

    pitches.  Ehren Wassermann got a fly-ball out. Mike Meyers gave up a

    single on the next pitch. Ryan Buckvich gave up a single on the next

    pitch. Matt Thornton got a double-play on the next pitch. Bobby Jenks

    started the next inning with pitch #5.

 

2. White Sox manage to do something on May 31 that no other team since

   1900 has done--lose a game where the opposing team had NO BASERUNNERS.

   How? The Blue Jays got two hits--both solo homers--and no other hits, walks,

  HBP's or any other kind of event to cause Mark Buehrle to throw a single

   pitch from the stretch.

 

3.  After the Sox scored 8 runs against the Yankees in the top of the second

   inning Aug. 2, what do you think the Yankees did?  Scored 8 runs in the

   bottom of the second.  Of course.

 

4. The White Sox gave new meaning to the expression "you've got to get 'em

    early."  They went 0 for 61 against opposing relief pitchers over EIGHT games,

    from May 27 to June 3.

 

Bring on 2008!

 

Dena

 

 

I saw both and they were just as awesome the second time around!!  However I will say Thome's game was disappointing in that I can't believe we traded Garland for Cabrera.  At the end of next year I think we will be reading how that was the stupidest trade of the season.

 

 

On Dec 26, 2007 12:29 PM, Katrina Silas <katmusic2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

BTW did you catch the repeat of the Buehrle no-hitter
last night on Comcast???? OMG that felt so good!!
Some gifts do not require a price tag. I could also
have seen the Jim Thome's 500 game but I missed it.

--ks

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ESPN's Jayson Stark mentions Our Sox four times in his 2007 "Wackiest

Things in Baseball" list.  Do you remember:

 

1. In an Aug. 21 game against the Royals used 5 different pitchers over 5

    pitches.  Ehren Wassermann got a fly-ball out. Mike Meyers gave up a

    single on the next pitch. Ryan Buckvich gave up a single on the next

    pitch. Matt Thornton got a double-play on the next pitch. Bobby Jenks

    started the next inning with pitch #5.

 

2. White Sox manage to do something on May 31 that no other team since

   1900 has done--lose a game where the opposing team had NO BASERUNNERS.

   How? The Blue Jays got two hits--both solo homers--and no other hits, walks,

  HBP's or any other kind of event to cause Mark Buehrle to throw a single

   pitch from the stretch.

 

3.  After the Sox scored 8 runs against the Yankees in the top of the second

   inning Aug. 2, what do you think the Yankees did?  Scored 8 runs in the

   bottom of the second.  Of course.

 

4. The White Sox gave new meaning to the expression "you've got to get 'em

    early."  They went 0 for 61 against opposing relief pitchers over EIGHT games,

    from May 27 to June 3.

 

Bring on 2008!

 

Dena

 

 

BTW did you catch the repeat of the Buehrle no-hitter
last night on Comcast????  OMG that felt so good!!
Some gifts do not require a price tag.  I could also
have seen the Jim Thome's 500 game but I missed it.

--ks


      
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- Thank you Ray.  The very same to you and everyone else.  Spring
   can't get here fast enough for me!

   Dena


- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, "thechihawk"
<manta_ray4121@...> wrote:
>
> That's Hawaiian for Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year which I wish
> for everyone in this group.  Someone posted a "Seasons Greetings"
card
> from the White Sox team.  I hope that they "Greet" us with a
> better "Season" than last year.  Have a Happy Holiday everyone!
>
> Ray.
>

Thank you Ray!!!!!  And much the same.  :)

--ks


      
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That's Hawaiian for Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year which I wish
for everyone in this group.  Someone posted a "Seasons Greetings" card
from the White Sox team.  I hope that they "Greet" us with a
better "Season" than last year.  Have a Happy Holiday everyone!

Ray.

**I don't know if this guy will help but what the heck, signing him
can't hurt. It sure looks like quite a few clubs were interested so
he must have something going for him.
GM Bill

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, Kevin
<totalraw2002@...> wrote:
>
> ORLANDO -- The Chicago White Sox
> and Cuban exile Alexei Ramírez have agreed to a four-year contract,
> pending a physical exam, according to a source who spoke to
> ESPNdeportes.com on condition of anonymity.
>
> "Alexei got a good deal and he'll be looking for a starting
> roster spot during spring training with the White Sox," said the
> source. "He can play multiple positions, so his chances are good."
> The financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.
>
> Ramírez can play the outfield and some infield positions. He had
> collective workout sessions for scouts who work in the Dominican
> Republic. He also had individual sessions for the Boston Red Sox,
Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, New
York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics and the White Sox,
the source said.
>
> Ramírez was the home run leader in the Cuban baseball league last
> season, but he defected from the island and established residence
in
> the Dominican Republic in November to try and make the jump to
Major
> League Baseball.
> Ramírez hit .332 with 87 home runs and 391 RBIs in seven
> seasons in Cuba with Pinar del Río. In 2006, he hit .335 with 68
RBIs
> and led the league with 20 homers.
> Ramírez arrived in Santo Domingo with a visa to visit his wife
> Ingrid, who is Dominican. The couple has two small children,
Alexei,
> Jr., and Alexia.
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