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He does as good a job as any manager could with an underachieving pitching staff and wretched lineup. He has some relievers that whenever he puts them in, fans will say he's mismanaged the bullpen that day,. Give me a break. The parts he has to work with suck. Some people think he mismanages the bullpen when Bobby is put in to close. Put in Liney or Thornton or Jenks and some say he's mismanaged the bullpen that day. My guess is you'll be hating on any manager after you get to know him. It's the nature of the business. You can second guess 10 things in any loss easily. Players win games.

Why are you assuming in a month he'd turn down a trade to play for a contender? This team is going nowhere. He's not getting any younger. He won't block a trade to a contender. I wish you'd not pretend to know AJ. I don't know him and am not 100 percent sure, but I think these players want to play for championships. There's no hurry to trade him because of that clause. He'll be dealt either this weekend or sometimes later this season. Get ready for Castro time.

Cause he has a good voice and good personality. Lots of people (Dick Vitale) figured out you could make a lot of money broadcasting rather than being in the thick of the action on the field. It's easier and you are still involved in the sport and everybody loves an announcer, nobody loves the manager (except the month after winning it all). Aside from being a manager, it's kind of grunt work. Sandberg deserves credit for working up his way as a manager through the minors. He doesn't need the money.

Your new manager will be Buddy Bell or Cora. Big deal. Keep Ozzie. Sports are fun. Ozzie is fun.

Why do you think we won't be able to deal AJ later? He'll accept a f***ing deal if it means going to a contender. We're not going to get s*** for him either way. Nobody's going to give much for a guy his age who can't throw. Might as well keep him and go for the best deal when teams want to make a splash shortly after the all star break.

They should keep both, but if they have to get rid of one it's KW and promote Hahn (sp?). Seems a lot of people think Hahn is OK.

I could be wrong, but if he gets traded after Monday, I think he'd waive the no trade clause. Baseball players are proud (ego driven) and want to be wanted. Unless it's a trade to some s*** city or non contender, he'd go. He'd go to Texas. He's a competitor. He'd really help Texas.

I like Lou. If you watch that interview and you should on the trib site or sun times site, you'll see some interesting comments. I like the way Lou tries to stop talking about it, then continues on about Stone. It's a classic interview. I like Lou and Ozzie because they love the game and aren't afraid to stir s*** up. They both have been in the game a hell of a long time and are good managers. It's fun to see passion instead of the dull crap that guys like Trey Hillman (I know he's finally gone) spouted in interviews and most coaches/managers. Like the Philly flyers coach. Wow, what monotone. Give me Lou and ozzie anyday.

Nobody in their right mind would want Andruw Jones.

I need to see Putz pitch some more with my own eyes. I haven't seen him enough at all this season. Liney has been a disaster with the White Sox. If only they could release both he and Randy. I agree 100 percent with Jordan4Life. The lead was way safe enough to put in the horrific Liney.

I think it's all about the kid in this one. KW's manhood was threatened when he saw Oz's quote about the 50,000 and had to call him on it. Oz at that point was ready to punch him because KW's kid got drafted in the sixth round and Oz's so late. Oz got what he wanted in the offseason so why should he be mad about the roster? This is ego driven. I would agree that KW's calling out of Oz on Thome probably made ozzie despise KW entering the season, though.

Jake Rios AJ Paulie Bobby Lilly (after last year's debacle I'll take his hit and 2-for-3 on the year) Nice win. Team needs to come back tomorrow and kick ass again. Mark needs to return to the old Mark.

Then I guess looking at the roster you wanted Putz. Fine. So we should never pitch Randy or Liney unless we are down by five. That's two members of the staff rendered useless. Just call for the Sox to release them. The management is to blame. If they are on the roster taking up two spots they have to be used unfortunately sometimes with a 5 run lead. And this was garbage time BTW. It's the s***ty Cubs, wind or no wind.

Sorry bout that TRU. I thought you were dogging Bobby there. My apologies. You are a Bobby backer. You are on the right side of the issue.

They only want him to pitch when we have a huge lead, Jordan. Wait ... we had a huge lead today and they're mad. No, they only want him to pitch when we are down 10-2 I guess. I'd love for them to release Liney and Randy but if they are not going to release him, he has to be used.

My god. The definition of a bandwagon fan. He does fine and you TOLERATE him. He blows one save and you want his ass. Welcome to the working world. Hope your boss doesn't treat you like that. My god.

How can you guys say Bobby f***ing Jenks is not one of the best? Amazes me.

Take that again, Bobby haters. He is one of the best. Jake awesome! Bobby. Rios. Paulie. AJP. Nice win.

Bobby is da man.

How can you blame the manager for walking 2 batters? Get real.

Liney must be embarrassed at his ineptitude.

OK you win that argument. Why get mad?

LOL at Liney. He is soooo rotten.

Is Linebrink the most overpaid employee in the history of the United States?

It'd be nice to beat them 10-5 and double 'em up in Game One.