August 28, 200619 yr http://whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/pr...sp&c_id=cws Jermaine Dye of the Chicago White Sox named Bank of America Presents the American League Player of the Week Chicago White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye has been named Bank of America Presents the American League Player of the Week for the period ending August 27. Bank of America, the Official Bank of Major League Baseball, is the presenting sponsor of the American League and National League Player of the Week Awards, which reflect Bank of America's long-standing tradition of promoting and recognizing higher standards of accomplishment. Dye hit .393 (11-28) with a .964 slugging percentage, a double, five home runs, 10 RBI and 27 total bases. In a four-game series against the division rival Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park from August 21-24, the 2005 World Series Most Valuable Player went 7-for-16 with four home runs and seven RBI. On August 24th, Dye went 3-for-3 with two homers, three RBI and four runs scored. In three games against the Minnesota Twins over the weekend in Chicago, the two-time A.L. All-Star went 4-for-12 with a round-tripper and three RBI. Dye is batting .326 with 38 homers and 102 RBI on the year. This is Jermaine's second weekly award this season (other: 7/10). Other candidates who received consideration were Dye's White Sox teammate, third baseman Joe Crede (.345, 1 2B, 3 HR, 4 RBI); Baltimore Orioles outfielder Nick Markakis (.435, 4 HR, 6 RBI); Twins outfielder Torii Hunter (.320, 1 2B, 4 HR, 6 RBI); Kansas City Royals first baseman Mike Sweeney (.360, 1 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI); and Tigers left-hander Kenny Rogers (2-0, 0.64 ERA, 14.0 IP, 5 SO). In recognition of this honor, Tourneau, the world's largest watch store, is proud to award the Bank of America Presents the American League Player of the Week Jermaine Dye with a Tourneau luxury Swiss timepiece.
August 29, 200619 yr Judging from the crowd of the game on Sunday, he's become the most loved player on the team. about damn time.
August 29, 200619 yr He has had an incredible season, really fun to watch. He deserves it. MVP! MVP! MVP!
August 29, 200619 yr "Jermaine Dye of the Chicago White Sox named Bank of America Presents the American League Player of the Week" God, that's a mouthful. But I suppose that word 'presents' sells more checking accounts and home loans than just calling Jermaine Dye the Bank of America Player of the Week. How I love corporate America...
August 29, 200619 yr Congrats to JD, hopefully it is the first of much more hardware, both of the personal, and team oriented variety.
August 29, 200619 yr QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 29, 2006 -> 08:50 AM) Makes me forget about the last guy we had out in right . . . Joe Borchard? He was a good kid, and he got us Thornton
August 29, 200619 yr QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 29, 2006 -> 09:05 AM) Joe Borchard? He was a good kid, and he got us Thornton Yeah him. I forgot his name.
August 29, 200619 yr QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 29, 2006 -> 08:50 AM) Makes me forget about the last guy we had out in right . . . Makes me remember all the people that absolutely hated this signing cause he was nothing compared to Magglio. Great job JD!!! Also, remember when a lot of us liked JD just for this alone: "Once Dye made the verbal commitment to the White Sox on Wednesday, though, he would not change his mind. After the deal was finalized, Williams found out that one of the other interested teams started calling Dye while he was taking his physical and worked on him well into Wednesday night with offers of sweeter compensation. "There were significantly more dollars out there over the next few years," said Williams of Dye's decision. "But he told the other clubs, 'I gave my word to Kenny Williams, and I'm going to honor it.' "It's a breath of fresh air. I sat down with my own son and had the chance to expand on things such as virtue and a man's character, instead of just turning toward money." He's given us so much more since then. Class act from day one!! Edited August 29, 200619 yr by Controlled Chaos
August 29, 200619 yr Exactly. In this era of money hungry athletes, Jermaine is the bizarro world athlete. He would probably have no shot if he ever wanted to be president or vice-president of the players union because he might sell everybody short. Honesty and integrity go a LONG way...and here's to Jermaine going a LONG way with us. If his defensive skills start diminishing more and more, he's our DH once Thome decides to hang 'em up.
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