cwsox Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 So Jose is in the same company as Ripkin, ARod, and Tejada? Wow! Maybe we should pay him double! WHITE SOX EXERCISE OPTION ON JOSE VALENTIN CHICAGO – The Chicago White Sox have exercised their 2004 club option for $5 million on veteran shortstop Jose Valentin. Valentin, 34, batted .237 (119-503) with 28 home runs and 74 RBI for the White Sox in 2003, while posting a .969 fielding percentage, the second-highest of his career, at shortstop. His 28 home runs tied a career high (also in 2001). Valentin became just the fourth shortstop in major-league history to hit at least 25 home runs in four consecutive seasons in 2003, joining Cal Ripken (1982-87), Alex Rodriguez (1998-present) and Miguel Tejada (2000-present). The switch-hitter became the 11th player in franchise history to hit at least three home runs in a game when he connected three times on July 30 at Kansas City. In 10 full major-league seasons with Milwaukee (1992-99) and the White Sox (2000-present), Valentin has batted .246 (1,082-4,392) with 196 home runs and 652 RBI. He has a lifetime .958 fielding percentage in 1,093 games at shortstop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 It was a good move in picking up Jose for another year. Maybe we can sign him for a second year as he mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 :puke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 It was a good move in picking up Jose for another year. Maybe we can sign him for a second year as he mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubKilla Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 So Jose is in the same company as Ripkin, ARod, and Tejada? Wow! Maybe we should pay him double! K-layton made the same comparisons for himself..... only difference is that he claimed he was upper echelon "defensively." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 K-layton made the same comparisons for himself..... only difference is that he claimed he was upper echelon "defensively." Thanks for mentioning the Choice again. Whenever I get all negative about our shortstop situation I just have to remember the Klayton era and JosE6 gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 $5 million for that garbage. If they can spend that, then KW better not use that spending a dollar if you only have a nickel crap. It would have been an upset if he received $2 million on the open market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFanForever Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 f***!! :fyou Jose, go back to Milwaukee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 f***!! :fyou Jose, go back to Milwaukee. Yeah.. it's HIS fault the Sox paid him that much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochpuppy Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 With the Sox picking up his option I wonder who they'll now hire to try and piss him off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSOX45 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 f***! f***! f***! f***! AND f***! 5 f***s for 5 million dollars wasted. CWSOX45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochpuppy Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 f***! f***! f***! f***! AND f***! 5 f***s for 5 million dollars wasted. CWSOX45 That's a pretty expensive f***. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike12345 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 i really dont understand why we signed him...he has shown us limited range and an average that always ends in the .230's...well since we got him back and we are paying him 5 million i hope he plays a lot better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 f***! f***! f***! f***! AND f***! 5 f***s for 5 million dollars wasted. CWSOX45 That's a pretty expensive f***. Five f***s, actually. That's only a million a f*** -- small potatoes (if you are Robert Redford). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 f***! f***! f***! f***! AND f***! 5 f***s for 5 million dollars wasted. CWSOX45 That's a pretty expensive f***. Five f***s, actually. That's only a million a f*** -- small potatoes (if you are Robert Redford). But expensive if you are Hugh Grant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac9001 Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Hey, maybe he'll have a career year, wait, don't you need a career before you can have a career year? Hey it could be worse (that should be the slogan for 2004) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandoFan Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Jose will teach the rest of the team how to have fun and get the job DONE! I also think he made tremendeous strides hitting right-handed in the past 2 seasons. Who knows, he may hit RH exclusively in 2004. 5 mill is a bargain. Only a true leader could have taken less than his market value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winninguglyin83 Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 just a sad commentary on how barren our farm system is at shortstop. nuttin at Triple A nuttin at Double A. nuttin at single a -- unless Gonzalez and Morse turn it on. it's Valido or bust -- and he is 3 or 4 years away. That's why Jose is a White Sox lifer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 So Jose is in the same company as Ripkin, ARod, and Tejada? Wow! Maybe we should pay him double! WHITE SOX EXERCISE OPTION ON JOSE VALENTIN CHICAGO – The Chicago White Sox have exercised their 2004 club option for $5 million on veteran shortstop Jose Valentin. Valentin, 34, batted .237 (119-503) with 28 home runs and 74 RBI for the White Sox in 2003, while posting a .969 fielding percentage, the second-highest of his career, at shortstop. His 28 home runs tied a career high (also in 2001). Valentin became just the fourth shortstop in major-league history to hit at least 25 home runs in four consecutive seasons in 2003, joining Cal Ripken (1982-87), Alex Rodriguez (1998-present) and Miguel Tejada (2000-present). The switch-hitter became the 11th player in franchise history to hit at least three home runs in a game when he connected three times on July 30 at Kansas City. In 10 full major-league seasons with Milwaukee (1992-99) and the White Sox (2000-present), Valentin has batted .246 (1,082-4,392) with 196 home runs and 652 RBI. He has a lifetime .958 fielding percentage in 1,093 games at shortstop. I needed a good laugh what a joke of an article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFanForever Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Jose will teach the rest of the team how to have fun and get the job DONE! I also think he made tremendeous strides hitting right-handed in the past 2 seasons. Who knows, he may hit RH exclusively in 2004. 5 mill is a bargain. Only a true leader could have taken less than his market value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDsDirtySox Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 I really believe the Sox giving Jose 5 million sort of shows us that they aren't too worried about money. Sure they may try to move Koch and Konerko, but I think a signing like this says they may try to re-work Magglio's deal and lock him up long term. I really hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastime Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 This move shows one of two things: 1. The team will spend more money than we think. 2. Kenny Williams is truly trying to unseat Ed Lynch as the most clueless, stupid, brain-dead moron GM in baseball history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Lopez Ghost (old) Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 I really believe the Sox giving Jose 5 million sort of shows us that they aren't too worried about money. Sure they may try to move Koch and Konerko, but I think a signing like this says they may try to re-work Magglio's deal and lock him up long term. I really hope so. You should be working in politics, as the Master Spin Doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Lopez Ghost (old) Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 The press release is the second way to use Ripken, ARod and Tejada in the same sentence as Jose Valentin. The first, more common, way is to say "Boy, Jose Valentin is no Ripken, ARod or Tejada!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 This move shows one of two things: 1. The team will spend more money than we think. 2. Kenny Williams is truly trying to unseat Ed Lynch as the most clueless, stupid, brain-dead moron GM in baseball history. It also shows that some sum dumbass GM's r gonna overpay for talent once again this off season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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