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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 8, 2010 -> 03:14 PM) Jamie Kotsay wouldn't even put her husband in the line-up so much...and certainly not in the 3 or 5 spot. Yet Ozzie's "man crushes" (I Love You, Man!) for Vizquel and Kotsay continue unabated. oh yes the ever loving rotating DH!

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ May 8, 2010 -> 03:07 PM) That may be true...but when your team is already bad, getting outmanaged just multiplies the problem. Lastnights game was a great example of a win that thanks to Ozzie...ended up being a loss. The team isn't good enough to outperform Ozzie's head-scratchers anymore. thank you Jeffro! i couldn't have said it better.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ May 8, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) Not too difficult to "out manage" this team. Such a stupid argument, not a manager on f***ing earth would have done anything with this team. So your blaiming Kenny? Give us more reasoning other than saying its a 'stupid argument'.

We are 7.5 games back, 6 games under .500 and only have 3 guys hitting the ball and the pitching just hasn't been there for the most part. This rotating DH thing has been a nightmare. Ozzie has been outmanaged in most of the games thus far. We are built for now and next year and so far have been failing bad. Its obvious KW laid an egg by listening to Ozzie's wishes. He wanted a high OBP guy in the middle of the lineup but failed to bring him over. We need to start thinking about the future if this thing continues to unravel. If we don't finish May .500, something needs to be done with the organization. I think a change at the top needs to happen. I'm not saying KW needs to go- i'm more or less leaning toward axing Ozzie- his rants are getting old and he doesn't seem to have the team pulling on the same side of the rope like he used to in the past. That being said, I'm not a big fan of firing a manager during a season. Before that happens, I would like KW get some value back for certain players. 1. Sell high on PK. He is playing way over his head right now- it would be a perfect time to deal him for young arms. KW can use those young arms + some to aqcuire Adrian Gonzalez. Why trade PK to bring in AGon if the season is a wash you say? Well, you would have AGon for cheap for 1.5 seasons- if we struggle in 2011- you can deal him for probably more talent than your giving up for him. 2. What about AJ? I would see whats out there? Maybe bring in a few mid-level arms that can hopefully develop in our system. I want to see what Flowers can do sooner than later. 3. What about Peavy and Rios? Its simple, nobody are going to want these contracts and to be honest with you i dont mind. I love these 2 players. Rios has been great this year- his defense is solid and he is perfect in the 5 or 6th spot. Peavy is looking better and better each time out. If there are a few guys making the big bucks on our team the next few seasons, i wouldn't mind it being them. In fact i wouldn't mind if KW keeps the rotation in tact. 4. Teahen and Pierre- I'm not a big fan of both of these guys. Teahen's defense is below average and his hitting is subpar at best. I want to improve 3b. If anything start thinking about developing Viciedo over there. As far as Pierre goes, get this guy off the field. Yea he can steal them with the best but his defense is attrotious. There is a reason LA made him their 4th OF and primary pinch runner. Thats what he is. 5. Ozzie and his coaching staff. Ozzie said, i will go down first before his coaching staff. Well maybe its time to go because Walk isn't maximizing his hitter's potential and Ozzie is getting outmanaged frequently these days.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 5, 2010 -> 08:09 PM) I'm calling bulls*** on that. Or I'm calling he is kidding, but he thinks he will be if he finishes the season in games threads. I think Heads has the best record out of anybody over the years. Or NSS. haha thats what i thought. .

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 5, 2010 -> 08:05 PM) The White Sox have sensed that the thread was started by me. 146-16 here we come! Your 146-16 in game threads?!? get on it daily steve!!! we need a long winning streak kid!

QUOTE (The Baconator @ May 2, 2010 -> 04:56 PM) I know Paulie seems to be a great guy for the organization (didn't he say he would take a pay cut if it would help the team?), but will he be the type of guy that will take a 'play cut' ie move to DH? I know Dye is adamantly against move to DH; is it likely that Paulie is ready to take on that role? I'd have to say yes. Frank Thomas made the move at around the same stage of his career as well. I'm going to go on a limb here and say KW DOES bring AGon over IF the Sox can get back into contention by the ASB. As of right now, the Sox are ALL IN on contending and there is no going back. You can't trade Peavy or Rios back. We are just underperforming right now. We have a 2 year window ('10, '11) to win and since AGon has those 2 years under contract for cheap, this is right up the Sox alley to make such a move.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Apr 24, 2010 -> 10:18 AM) The sad thing about the whole situation is that if Jones continues to perform at this level for the rest of the season there's no way Boras is going to let him re-sign with the Sox. And if he reverts back to the Jones of the past few seasons, the Sox won't want to keep him (then again, if Ozzie falls in love with him he may be the starting CFer for the Sox next year even if he bats only .199). Either way, Jones is likely a one year rental, which is a shame because I'm really starting to like him. All this means is that we got a great deal for a 1 year rental who is playing like he has everything to prove. He can help us win a lot of games if he continues to swing the stick like that. I'm not worried about next year. . we got a steal for this year and thats HUGE!

Lets go Sox! Winning is tough enough for you guys. At least be competitive!!! :begood

QUOTE (whitesox901 @ Apr 20, 2010 -> 04:50 AM) Seattle is going to beat the f*** out of us. I thought we were playing tampa? See. . all this losing has a lot of Sox fans confused!! Just WIN!!!

I know its very early to give up on a season. But what happens if the Sox keep on losing? Lets say they are 10-15 games back by the all-star break. What does KW do? Does he try and trade Peavy? Would anybody take Rios' inflated contract? Konerko and AJ would most certaintly be dealt due to their expirering contracts.. . What direction would the team take? They put a lot of marbles in this 2010 season- its a shame KW couldn't put together a more productive offense- aqcuirering a true DH would have helped.

We probably have the worst offense in our division. Is it Greg Walkers fault? Who knows. . however, something needs to change.

Just Win! Lets finish April with a .500 record and then catch fire!

2 in a row!! If we can somehow take 2 in Toronto i am going to be jacked!!!

HAMMER!!!

insert 'heart attack here'

Insert 'brooklyn cheer'

just throw strikes damn it!

Wow. . 2nd and 3rd with nobody out and they are left stranded? thats EPIC FAIL!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 09:32 PM) i can't believe they are pitching to Carlos that right there is why they pitch to carlos. . he isn't hitting well right now.

Come on Q. . we need at least 1 here.

I LOVE Kotsay as pinch hitter. . . thats who he is!! Keep Andruw Jones in there EVERYDAY!

TEAHEN!!!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 09:26 PM) Mark Kotsay never looked better. Anything beats Alexei. Alexei always starts off slow. . .

I'm calling for a pinch hit HR by Nix or Kotsay. . .