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QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 11:56 PM) He said he doesn't care about all that peripheral ...then he caught himself as he started to say "s***" and apologized, and said "stuff". He's just concerned with what's going on on the field. Very blunt. So he wasn't feeling sorry for himself, like a certain manager was?

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 11:49 PM) Ozzie called McCarthy the next Jack Black didnt he and he said that if he could B-Mac would of made the team out of spring training..... I think he likes the kid a lot. Its just that Duque is a veteran and they brought him in for the stretch and playoffs so Ozzie wanted to give him every last chance. HE'S NO ROGER CLEMENS!

Great news: Mike Sweeney is out of the lineup vs Indians tonight

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 11:46 PM) I do like Ozuna leading off against Santana, the rest really wouldn't matter to me. Nobodies going to hit him anyway. Besides for the great leadoff hitter Grady Sizemore

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 11:09 PM) Fathom, I think I would be looking at the list of underachievers. That's why we have a 2 1/2 game lead versus having already clinched this thing. In due time my friend.

You're going to hear a lot of b****ing from Hawk tonight if this lineup struggles.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 10:39 PM) Hasn't Ozzie said each of the last 3 days that he wasn't going to play with the lineup? That's his justification to not play any of the young guys and keep Everett in the lineup.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 09:58 PM) All righties tonight: Per MJ&H: Ozuna LF Iguchi- 2B Everett DH Konerko 1B Rowand CF Dye RF Uribe SS Widger C Crede 3B Ah, the same lineup that did so well against Johan last time. I'm not a fan of Pods, but I think it's pathetic that we traded Carlos Lee, a big time run producer, for a player that our manager isn't even comfortable enough to have face lefties during the stretch run.

BTW, I have a feeling we'll see the return tonight of Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, and not Ken "Sox Homer" Harrelson. He was fairly critical of this team this morning, especially about our past approach against Santana. He said we should stack the lineups with lefties. If we have a righty lineup tonight, and they struggle, Hawk's going to be quite critical.

Since there aren't many 3rd base options, he'll see an even bigger contract than he probably deserves.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 09:14 PM) I am sick and damn tired of seeing this reference. 95 games is not something to be happy about. So, let me get this straight, NOTHING but 110 wins was acceptable to any of you people who are saying this? Well, Katy-Bar-the-F'in-Door. NOTHING BUT 110 wins or you SUUUUUUUUCCCCCK. You can see it all over the place, people are over pitching, over swinging, because they have something to lose. At the beginning of the year, they had NOTHING to lose. The pressure is killing this team, and the attitude of "nothing but a 10-15 game lead matters or you're CHOKERS" is absolutely killing me. I bet any fan of the 2003 Cubs would have loved to not only make the playoffs, but to win a playoff series. Still, that season is considered by every Cubs fan as a disappointment because the expectations were justifiably raised due to what took place during the year. Fair or not, anything but making the playoffs will result in this being categorized as a disappointing season for the Sox.

I can't believe I forgot another excuse we'll definitely get sick of hearing: the Pods injury excuse.

Mueller plays very solid defense, has put up very solid numbers over the past few seasons, and is a switch hitter. He's definitely going to get more than 2 million dollars on the market.

Guys like Dye get traded every offseason, and they rarely get a lot of value in return. There are a lot of outfielders that can hit .270 with 25-30 homers. Guys like Burnitz, Dye, Reggie Sanders bounce around a lot because these type of guys are a dime a dozen. We might as well keep Dye, because with his solid contract, we're not going to get a better replacement for a cheaper cost.

Best case scenario: This team actually nuts up, plays with some fire against a team that is missing some of its better players, and takes 3 out of 4 against them.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 08:43 PM) He is a free agent after the 2008-2009 season. But his contract is up after next season. So I take it he'll be arbitration eligible then after 2006?

If Jerry Manuel pulled the same s*** that Ozzie has done for the past few weeks, there would have been riots at the Cell.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 08:18 PM) Bill Mueller will cost a ton of money? I can't imagine a team giving him more than two million dollars over two seasons, possibly 2.5 Mueller will get like 2 years, 8 million easily.

Pods is a FA after next season, I think. If you trade Dye, you're getting rid of one of our only sure fire power threats.

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 06:04 PM) 2006 outlook. Make Pods the DH, get a real LF that can hit #3. Better suggestion would be to trade him to a team desperate for a leadoff hitter. I know it won't happen, but a lot of teams might overpay for him.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 07:45 PM) My friend and I were commenting on the handsome Mr. Hafner last night. His scoreboard photo looks like Shrek. Thankfully we have the supposedly good looking Pods.

QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 07:41 PM) something tells me this article is a crock! i don't buy any of it! media making something outta nothing once again! Are you serious? The guy who did this interview was on the radio today, and he was saying that he asked Ozzie a few times to make sure he was being serious.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 07:24 PM) Ozzie has already said it hasn't he? Something like... ''how can you you consider a team that wins 90 games a choke'' Yes he has, for three straight days now. I have a feeling we'll be hearing that from Hawk and DJ a lot recently. And FWIW, I agree that the Sox have had an excellent season though. However, to lose a 15 game lead with 2 months left in the season, that would have to be considered a catastrophic disaster for any franchise. Lets just hope this team can squeak into the playoffs.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 22, 2005 -> 06:26 PM) I mentioned this somewhere earlier. The team looked bored to tears last night. Between pitches they are all looking down, there was no look of intensity at all. How does that happen in a game as important as last night? If Manuel was still managing the lack of energy would be blamed on him. We always look that way after a big win. This team has done a horrible job at maintaining momentum in stretch runs for 3 straight seasons. Way too many guys trying to hit homers when line drives are needed.

Ozzie fears Matt Stairs more than any other batter in baseball.