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QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 3, 2007 -> 07:44 PM) So you just switch it up every year huh? He is crazy. At this point I am sure he sits around with his dolls saying, its puts the lotion on the skin, or it gets the hose again.

QUOTE(SEALgep @ Mar 3, 2007 -> 02:59 PM) It's been said many times over from players in the club house, that Ozzie takes the pressure off his players. He's not a distraction to the players, he draws attention from the media, that would otherwise be focused on the players. So let there be articles about what Ozzie says about McCarthy and Rich Hill. Who gives a ****? The players find him refreshing! Well at what point does a potential FA say to themselves, well I would like to go to the whitesox, however do I really need to deal with the landslide of crap when I eventually leave.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 09:52 PM) I'm with Whalen -- seems like it's much to do about nothing. You are in the minority.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 09:33 PM) Hey guys! Context! http://blogs.dailysouthtown.com/whalen/ Ozzie's comments. McCarthy's are his right before, but I'm excerpting Ozzie's specifically to show how much of a monster he truly is. Tonight there was an interview with John Paxon about the Tyson Chandler move. They asked him a question that painted Tyson in a bad light, and John said "I like Tyson, and I am not going to go there. Some players need a change of scenery to reach their potential. And I am happy for Tyson that he is." Now I am not naive enought to think that the bulls or John has answered this correctly before. But this is how management should answer a question in an interview. You thank the player for being a part of the team, you thank them for their efforts, and then you talk about your team and how its good. You dont go into character assassination. Anyone who is in management in any field has to be able to put aside their emotions and talk in a professional manner. I have had people tell me f*** you to my face at work, and I have acted in a professional manner because that is what you do. I would of liked to have jumped across the table gave them the double bird, and then bashed their face in. However I have a responsibility to be professional, for me, for my employer, and for my family who enjoys the money I bring home. The same should be for any person of management. You dont lower yourself to other people. Someone says something, you just calmly and collectively answer it and state facts. You dont have to get into a yelling match, or character assassination. You dont get into a tit for tat with someone. The more you make of it, the more it gets played in the press. If Guillen shuts up, and says something like "I thank Brandon for what he gave the Chicago Whitesox. I pride myself in having a good clubhouse, and would like to think that everyone was a part of a family. I feel saddened that Brandon felt that way, and hopefully in the future we can talk about it. I wish him well in his endevors as we look to move forward with the 2007 Chicago Whitesox." by tomorrow its old hat and the press has moved onto something else. However now for the next few weeks we are back on Ozzie watch. Just dumb. A man who claims he is as smart as Guillen tells people should be able to have a buffer on how to check things. I heard the interview in its entirety. Guillen spouted off without thinking.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 05:00 PM) I am sitting at Sky harbor airport right now. I must say i got to see 2 spring training games during my business trip. I saw the cubs/giants and the Padres/Mariners. From my experience at ST I have to say that Peoria Sports Complex is one of the best places to watch a ball game. 6 dollars to sit in the lawn seats and the complex is really nice with great food. I would def go back to that place. Mesa I thought was garbage. Peoria has a nice facility. Its right near a bunch of shopping and places to go. The grass area is nice. I brought my son down there before he turned one, and had him out on the grass while I caught the game. It was a nice time. Mesa is a pain in butt to deal with. You have a moron wooing, and you have to park on the grass fields. People park like morons there. The Park is okay, but the pitch of the outfield grass area is a bit too steep to setup comfortably.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 05:19 PM) Ozzie apparently (I didn't hear the interview) said that if McCarthy wasn't with the club last year we would've made the playoffs. There's no excuse for saying that. None at all. Putting it on one guy? That's a f***ing joke, you NEVER do that. And the hypocrisy is hilarious. Ozzie is the guy who continually trotted out Mackowiak in CF. Ozzie is the guy who continually trotted out Podsednik in LF, despite the fact that there were at least FOUR beter starting options. Next year at SoxFest, someone needs to ask him where the Sox would've been had McCarthy not been on the 2005 roster. This is so f***ing ridiculous. I'm embarrassed by his stupid ass comments. Mack in CF and our pitching sucking balls as a group had more to do with us being out of the playoffs, than a mop up guy in the bullpen. QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 05:19 PM) Pass me some of what you're smoking. Danks ain't a #1. Who is Danks agent. Maybe that will cool the entire decade comment from the previous poster.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 05:16 PM) Funny, BA didnt go out nearly as much as Cotts and some others, but yeah that must be it. He specifically linked Brian and Bmac. Its not just others or the media linking them. QUOTE(Wedge @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 05:16 PM) My people are better than your people Obviously your people are not as good as Guillens. Because his people obviously report back on partying of white sox players.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 05:12 PM) Why is that official? Maybe Ozzie meant that BMAC should have befriended some veterans to teach him more about the majors, maybe to give him some guidance. Why automatically does it always have to be so negative. It could have even been a joke between him and Brian. There are assumptions on both sides, and they are probably ALL wrong. His comments were direct. Ozzie made the comment in this reference. He said he only had Brian Anderson as a friend, he made the wrong friend. I have people around town. I know when they are out at the bars.

Note to our management. Top lip, bottom lip marry them together. I guess the one comment is that he believes Brian and Bmac were out partying is what he says. BTW it is now official that Ozzie doesnt like Brian. Its not just a theory.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 03:56 PM) Masset has an unearned run charged to him because of Pedro Lopez committing an error. 4-2 Arizona, Top of the 6th. If they win, we'll have lost eight straight to Arizona dating back to last spring training. Well its hard to gage, but Masset had 2 ground outs, and I assume a grounder to Lopez. So that is 3 grounders to the one flyout. Not a bad ratio.

QUOTE(ScottyDo @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 03:36 PM) meh, the people i'm worried about seeing are doing alright: i.e. fields, BA, and erstad. i guess i'm also a little worried about uribe but all the vets have very little to prove I am worried about situational hitting from our entire team. In the 2nd half of last year, and in the 2nd half of just about every year we forget how to do the little things. Bunting is cute and all, but I am more interested in someone who can hit a sac fly, someone who can hit the ball on the right side, and someone who can hit a line drive. I want to see guys driven in, and not just a bunch of guys wearing out the 3rd baseman trying to hit ESPN for the night. Just do the little things, not hit the dramatic dong.

3 hits through 4 innings, sounds like they are the post all star sox.

QUOTE(IowaSoxFan @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 01:43 PM) That doesnt make much sense to me, if MB is pitching poorly we are better off holding on to him and getting compensation when he walks. If he is pitching well and the rest of the staff is doing well enough that we will not have a significant drop in production, then we can afford to move him at mid-season and bring up the best performer in AAA. However if the 5th starter is a lingering issue that will prevent us from making a run down the stretch you would have to hold MB for the playoffs. We dont get draft picks anymore, they changed that. When MB leaves you get nothing. The only reason to keep him is for the value of his pitching for the 2007 season to the whitesox and that is it.

Gio and Danks have looked good so far in their brief stints. Has masset pitched yet?

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Mar 1, 2007 -> 03:27 PM) NOT THE OPPOSITE WAY!! Walker must be away from the dugout, he wont put up with guys not lifting and pulling. Crede will be running sprints after the game.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 10:31 PM) obviously you are not a scientist like Balta, if you were you would realize the mighty Goracle can not be housed in a simple 8 room / 3 bath home. He must dwell in a energy devouring mansion. no less then 20 rooms, AC on 24/7. And one mansion will not due, 2 is a must else his life force weakens. So you see, his mass energy use is not hypocritical at all. This whole global warming and internet thing is keeping the goracle from his life work, finding and destroying the true menace to the world.

QUOTE(Nokona @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 04:40 PM) Before everyone busts an artery, remember that most pitchers don't throw everything they've got their first starts of ST. It's not the end of the world The main goal for the first part of ST is to get their mechanics in order, throw(hopefully with some pop to it), hit their spots and work on a pitch or 2. I just want to see Buerhle strengthen his arm to pre-2006 levels.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 03:42 PM) hope bobby just felt something funny and decided not to risk it. Hopefull that is all that it is.

Well Jenks might be hurt. I think I just vomitted in my mouth.

BA tags one. Nice, almost out. Double off the wall scores Crede.

Holliday puts on up into the hurricane and is rockets out of here.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 03:02 PM) traffic in tehran?? A car bomb opened up a traffic jam on the I-666 to Iraq.

One question would be is how Buerhle's velocity progresses this spring. Last year he was in the low to mid 80s. 2 years ago he was 88-90 for the most part. That little bit of velocity is huge for Buerhle. If he sits at 83-85 he better have pinpoint control.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 02:45 PM) Garland now giving it up as well. I'd really like to believe both pitchers aren't feeling 'loose,' or gradually working on certain pitchers and/or endurance. The big thing is to make sure that they arent walking people, and that they are keeping the ball down and hitting their spots. If they are walking people, leaving the ball up and getting torched its not so good.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Feb 28, 2007 -> 02:39 PM) I got a feeling we'll be seeing that alot this season. Kudos to Walker and Konerko. Sure because our teams for years have hit the ball to the right side. LOL. Until I see the pull monkey derby end for more than a few weeks, I still reserve judgement. Buerhle felt good about his performance.