QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 08:04 AM)
If they hated being on the Sox and Ozzie Guillen as much as is being said here, why wouldn't Carlos Quentin or Matt Thornton, or anyone else who has been in the rumor mill, have gone to Kenny and told him to trade them? He obviously wanted to, but couldn't. If they had asked him, it would have been much easier to do.
I have no doubt that some individuals don't like the Ozzie Guillen experience, and they seem to get shipped out pretty quickly. If it really were at pandemic levels, guys would have been begging to go, not asking to stay.
Didn’t I just say the players will TRY to sustain from making their teams anymore embarrassing? I’m pretty sure Quentin and Thornton still have the “All-In” mindset and as far as Alex Rios he’s in a world of his own. No one would want him if the Sox were to give him away! My point was that players will NOT go up to their GM and kindly ask to be moved. It just doesn’t work that way and if it did I’m sure baseball would be a big video game.