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White Sox 2009: Alexei Ramirez

Signed out of Cuba (four years, $4.75 million), Ramirez wasn't considered major-league ready, but instead a very raw 26-year-old that played in a league in Cuba compared by scouts to single-A. He made the '08 opening day roster as a bench player, so no... Full Article at ChicagoNow

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  1. Chicago White Sox's Carlos Quentin, left, celebrates with Alexei Ramirez after hitting a three-run home run against the Detroit Tigers during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. The White Sox won 8-4.
  2. CHICAGO - SEPTEMBER 5: Alexei Ramirez #10 of the Chicago White Sox fields a ground ball and then made an off balance throw to record the out in the 6th inning preserving Gavin Floyd's perfect game against the Boston Red Sox on September 5, 2009 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois.
  3. CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 19: Shortstop Alexei Ramirez #10 of the Chicago White Sox throws to first base as Miguel Olivo #21 of the Kansas City Royals slides into second base at U.S. Cellular Field on August 19, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox defeated the Royals 4-2.
  4. A Cuban soldier mans the entrance of a military base in Havana November 26.
  5. HAVANA - NOVEMBER 20: Cuban dissident Reinaldo Escobar (C) waits for a Cuban State Security agent to show up, on November 20, 2009, in Havana, Cuba.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) and ranking member Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) talk before a hearing on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  7. THOMSON, IL - NOVEMBER 15: Main Street is marked on November 15, 2009 in Thomson, Illinois. The Department of Defense is considering using the closed prison facility in Thomson to house suspects from Guantanamo Bay after President Barack Obama ordered the closing of the prison in Cuba.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 13: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces that the self-described mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, and four other Guantanamo detainees accused in the plot will be tried in federal court in New York during a news conference at the Department of J...
  9. HAVANA - NOVEMBER 12: Cuban singer Omara Portuondo (R) and jazz pianist Chucho Valdes of Cuba perform the song 'Veinte Anos' at ceremony for Portuondo after she won the 2009 Latin Grammy award, on November 12, 2009, in Havana, Cuba.

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