April 22, 200718 yr Radio pregame reporting that Alex had to leave to go back to PR for a few days due to his grandfather having suffered a stroke. Andy Gonzalez is up for a few days while Cintron tends to family business. Reports are that Alex's grandfather basically raised him so he's closer than the standard grandfather/grandson relationship. Best to #8!
April 22, 200718 yr http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines Cintron leaves Sox to be with ailing grandfather By Mark Gonzales Tribune staff reporter April 22, 2007, 11:03 AM CDT DETROIT -- White Sox infielder Alex Cintron was placed on the bereavement list Sunday, and infielder Andy Gonzalez was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte. Cintron left this morning to fly to his native Puerto Rico to attend to his grandfather, who suffered a stroke. This is Gonzalez's first promotion to the majors. He was batting a team-leading .333 with two home runs and a .400 on-base percentage. Interesting that they have a link there "Lower your blood pressure". Edited April 22, 200718 yr by knightni
April 22, 200718 yr Good luck and prayers. Hopefully all will be well with Alex and his grandfather, and maybe Andy (Angel) can help us a little.
April 22, 200718 yr Best of luck to Alex. Can anyone remind me if it was Gonzalez or Valido who used roids?
April 22, 200718 yr Valido. We have quite a few not very good players on our roster right now. Does Gonzalez have a chance to ever actually make the bigs? It must be great to get called up the majors for a game or two in an emergency like this. You get bumped up to a ML salary, right?
April 22, 200718 yr QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:42 PM) AGon was on the 40 man already. Does that mean he was making a major league salary already?
April 22, 200718 yr Andy Gonzalez inf 1 year (2007) re-signed 2/07 contract purchased 11/06 drafted 2001 (5-163) ML service: 0.000
April 22, 200718 yr Sad news about Cintron and his grandfather. But, the good news is now, we have 2 scrubs on our roster who would not be on any other team in the majors.
April 23, 200718 yr QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 03:53 PM) Sad news about Cintron and his grandfather. But, the good news is now, we have 2 scrubs on our roster who would not be on any other team in the majors. Wilson Valdez is on the Dodgers, and Tony Pena Jr. is on the Royals roster, and that's just off the top of my head. So yeah, these guys would be on other rosters.
April 23, 200718 yr QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 07:28 PM) Wilson Valdez is on the Dodgers, and Tony Pena Jr. is on the Royals roster, and that's just off the top of my head. So yeah, these guys would be on other rosters. Wilson Valsez, yes, but Tony Pena has made some sick plays for the royals, and is hitting like .280 something.
April 23, 200718 yr QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 10:33 PM) Wilson Valsez, yes, but Tony Pena has made some sick plays for the royals, and is hitting like .280 something. The highest his OPS ever was in the minors was .671. He may be good defensively, but he's a horrible hitter. and he's hitting .197
April 23, 200718 yr QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Apr 23, 2007 -> 12:15 PM) I am to lazy to look but who was the jouryman 2B that is at AAA. I think you are thinking of Junior Spivey
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