http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/327 Recent articles about Bobby Jenks en-us CHICAGO (AP) -- White Sox general manager Ken Williams says he's not shopping Bobby Jenks and too much has been made of a perceived rift between the team and its closer. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:20:55 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/ChiSox_GM_Williams_Dealing_Jenks_not_in_works/1682400 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/ChiSox_GM_Williams_Dealing_Jenks_not_in_works/1682400 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/ChiSox_GM_Williams_Dealing_Jenks_not_in_works/1682400 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg White Sox general manager Ken Williams says he's not shopping Bobby Jenks and too much has been made of a perceived rift between the team and its closer. Williams insisted Friday that he hasn't had any trade talks involving Jenks. Jenks' status has been an issue since the end of last season, when a calf injury sidelined him for the final two weeks. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:57:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/White_Sox_GM_Dealing_Jenks_not_in_works/1682108 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/White_Sox_GM_Dealing_Jenks_not_in_works/1682108 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/White_Sox_GM_Dealing_Jenks_not_in_works/1682108 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg White Sox general manager Ken Williams says he's not shopping Bobby Jenks and too much has been made of a perceived rift between the team and its closer. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:55:28 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Chicago_White_Sox_GM_Ken_Williams_says_dealing_closer_Bobby_Jenks_not_in_works/1681933 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Chicago_White_Sox_GM_Ken_Williams_says_dealing_closer_Bobby_Jenks_not_in_works/1681933 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Chicago_White_Sox_GM_Ken_Williams_says_dealing_closer_Bobby_Jenks_not_in_works/1681933 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg Some links for Thursday...
 
 Sam Borden of the Journal News wonders how many long-term contracts the Yanks can take on. 
 The Yankees get the sense that Andy Pettitte isn't done yet, according to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News. 
 They aren't expected to consider an extension for Joe Girardi this offseason. 
 Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune reports that the White Sox have begun preliminary talks with arbitration-eligible reliever Bobby Jenks. &#... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:46:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Odds_amp_Ends_Jenks_Polanco_Tate_Marquis/1673836 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Odds_amp_Ends_Jenks_Polanco_Tate_Marquis/1673836 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Odds_amp_Ends_Jenks_Polanco_Tate_Marquis/1673836 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg Sporting News staff reports White Sox general manager Ken Williams tells the team's Web site he isn't shopping closer Bobby Jenks. "He's my closer, and I haven't had one trade discussion about him," Williams tells the site. "That's not to say I wouldn't entertain anything, but I'm not going out there actively having talks. He's one of the game's better closers and people need closers, but so do we." Many observers be... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:51:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Jenks_not_on_the_block_White_Sox_GM_says/1672334 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Jenks_not_on_the_block_White_Sox_GM_says/1672334 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Jenks_not_on_the_block_White_Sox_GM_says/1672334 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg When you prepare the turkey, don't forget to add these tidbits for flavor...
 According to Marc Carig of the Newark Star-Ledger, Yankees GM Brian Cashman will deal with his own free agents before moving to others. "I'll talk to our guys first," Cashman told Carig. "And after I have my conversation with our guys, 
 I'll be full blown into the marketplace." 
 White Sox GM Ken Williams slammed his closer, Bobby Jenks, once again for a lack of condit... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:45:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Odds_amp_Ends_Yankees_White_Sox_Red_Sox/1620750 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Odds_amp_Ends_Yankees_White_Sox_Red_Sox/1620750 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Odds_amp_Ends_Yankees_White_Sox_Red_Sox/1620750 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg Welcome to 'Duk's Dozen, a streamlined selection of 12 morning-fresh links and items to start your baseball day. It welcomes your email submissions and tips here or via Twitter. 1. Chicago closer Bobby Jenks(notes) thinks he's being scapegoated after a season of injuries. Ozzie Guillen, meanwhile, thinks his portly pitcher "has to stay in shape if he wants to play for the White Sox." Remember when these two were baseball's odd couple? Sun-Times2. Andrew Reilly thi... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:50:20 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/D12_Honeymoon_over_for_big_Bobby_Jenks_and_Ozzie_Guillen/1617296 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/D12_Honeymoon_over_for_big_Bobby_Jenks_and_Ozzie_Guillen/1617296 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/D12_Honeymoon_over_for_big_Bobby_Jenks_and_Ozzie_Guillen/1617296 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg White Sox closer Bobby Jenks claims his season-ending calf injury occurred while covering first base. His employers insist it happened during pregame stretching. If I were Jenks, I’d figure the answer for 2010 to be “no more stretching”, but in the meantime, the Chicago tub of goo fireballer considers himself to be “an [...] Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:17:07 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ozzie_Jenks_Is_A_Victim_Of_Sizism_Who_Should_Lose_A_Few_Pounds/1608798 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ozzie_Jenks_Is_A_Victim_Of_Sizism_Who_Should_Lose_A_Few_Pounds/1608798 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ozzie_Jenks_Is_A_Victim_Of_Sizism_Who_Should_Lose_A_Few_Pounds/1608798 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg More photos » by Paul Beaty - AP Browse more photos » Free agency is 24 hours old, and the supposedly inactive White Sox are keeping things interesting. As you've no doubt heard by now, they're supposedly close to a bringing in Omar Vizquel to play a backup role, and now Joe Cowley has won the weekend with some juicy quotes from Bobby Jenks and Ozzie Guillen: "Did I feel I was being picked on? No," ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:47:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Bobby_Jenks_Cements_His_Place_as_White_Sox_Regular_Most_Likely_to_be_Traded_this_Off_Season/1605877 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Bobby_Jenks_Cements_His_Place_as_White_Sox_Regular_Most_Likely_to_be_Traded_this_Off_Season/1605877 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Bobby_Jenks_Cements_His_Place_as_White_Sox_Regular_Most_Likely_to_be_Traded_this_Off_Season/1605877 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg With Bobby Jenks going the way of the rest of the 2009 White Sox season - large, slow, injured, finished - the real fun now turns to playing everyone’s favorite game: What’s next? Jenks has long been the subject of trade rumors (anyone remember when he was headed to the Mets?) but with the star closer [...] Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:15:57 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/And_Now_For_Some_Irrational_Irresponsible_Uninformed_Speculation_On_Bobby_Jenks_Future/1231092 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/And_Now_For_Some_Irrational_Irresponsible_Uninformed_Speculation_On_Bobby_Jenks_Future/1231092 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/And_Now_For_Some_Irrational_Irresponsible_Uninformed_Speculation_On_Bobby_Jenks_Future/1231092 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg More photos » by Ted S. Warren - AP Your beard is good. Just a compliment. About your beard being good. Browse more photos » I had just closed my tab at the Sodo Showbox bar and boasted to the bartender about what a lovely curveball Bobby Jenks could throw, when that very same Bobby Jenks hung two pitches belt-high over the plate, to two different Mariners; both of whom sent those pitches into le... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:00:29 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Bobby_Jenks_Hates_Us_All_And_Drowns_Puppies_On_Off_Days/1193487 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Bobby_Jenks_Hates_Us_All_And_Drowns_Puppies_On_Off_Days/1193487 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Bobby_Jenks_Hates_Us_All_And_Drowns_Puppies_On_Off_Days/1193487 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/4/848c1339db0d77cf496c2bc9a97a528254ffd958/small/cb.jpg The incredible of legend of White Sox closer Bobby Jenks continues to grow. As described in a new book Odd Men Out by Matt McCarthy, Jenks was brash, lazy, and a drunk during his time in the Angels farm system. Here is an excerpt, with McCarthy describing Jenks' arrival in Mesa: Mitch froze after his eighth throw to me. From his expression I thought he'd either pulled a muscle or seen a ghost. Turning around, I saw a tall, overweight, bald man getting out of a truck. Mitch walked t... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:10:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_Legend_of_Bobby_Jenks_The_Drunken_Violent_Second_Coming_of_Christ_with_the_100_MPH_Fastball_and_Self_Diagnosed_Bad_Back/507522 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_Legend_of_Bobby_Jenks_The_Drunken_Violent_Second_Coming_of_Christ_with_the_100_MPH_Fastball_and_Self_Diagnosed_Bad_Back/507522 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_Legend_of_Bobby_Jenks_The_Drunken_Violent_Second_Coming_of_Christ_with_the_100_MPH_Fastball_and_Self_Diagnosed_Bad_Back/507522 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/d/bd8a26f959958c08b3c5b6932e04c910c1a3a1b1/small/Jenks-Angels3.jpg