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Grandstand's Website????

I'm tired of Farmio and his no-sock-wearing, baseball-pants-sporting ass.

Crap I'm scared.

http://www.deadspin.com/sports/nfl/bear-do...bear-128831.php

I wonder if Farmer is wearing baseball pants.

HAve they shown any champagne or plastic covering the locker room yet?

Sox fans have no reason to listen to the attendance argument any more from Cub fans. Playoff atmosphere baseball is what Chicago baseball is all about the rest of the year.

Accoding to the Copley News Service: Thursday, September 22, 2005 Feeling so stressed out that he regularly vomits and feeling unappreciated by Chicago's boo-first fans, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen says he might quit after the season if his team wins the World Series. "I've got (championship) rings already and I'm proud of them, but if I win here, if I help the White Sox do this, it will give me a chance to walk away if I want to," an emotional Guillen told me before Wednesday night's 8-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians. "I will think about it. I will think about it twice. The way I'm thinking right now, I will tell (general manager) Kenny Williams to get another manager and I'll get the (bleep) out of here. I'll make more money signing autographs instead of dealing with this (bleep)." I have heard Ozzie say some wild things during his two seasons as Sox skipper, but this one floored me. Here's a 41-year-old, second-year manager who has guided a modestly talented team to the American League's best record, a guy who in just a few weeks could be the first Chicago manager in 88 years to spray championship champagne, a former White Sox All-Star who gets misty-eyed when discussing his love of the organization ... and he is seriously contemplating his grand exit. I wanted to make sure I heard him correctly, so I asked him repeatedly to clarify his comments. And he kept saying the same things, often raising his voice to accentuate certain points. "I'm not kidding, not at all," Guillen said. "I want the fans to be able to say, 'Hey, we finally did it!' I want to make them proud. I want to win the World Series, and then maybe i'm gone. I'll even help Kenny look for someone else. "I don't give a (bleep) about the money; I've got all I need. The thing is, I'm stressed every day. "Do I have the best job in the world? Yes, because I'm managing the team I love. I'm managing my team. But every time we lose, I feel sick. I (vomit) sometimes. I get mad. I throw things in my office. It makes me crazy. "I went to the World Series as a player (with Atlanta) and won one as a coach (with Florida). If I can do it as the manager here, I can say: 'Everything I want to do in baseball, I did it.' Then I'll make my decision." Frankly, I doubt Guillen will have to worry about winning the World Series. Although Wednesday's loss reduced their one-time 15-game AL Central lead over Cleveland to 21/2 games, I still think the Sox will make the playoffs (perhaps only as a wild-card team). I simply don't believe they have enough firepower or pitching to advance beyond the first round. The Indians are so much more talented it's ridiculous. Travis Hafner alone is as good as any three White Sox. Nevertheless, with the division lead dwindling, many fans are taking out their frustrations on Guillen. A half-hour after telling dozens of reporters that he didn't mind being booed at U.S.Cellular Field - even joking about "the 30,000 managers helping me out" - Guillen showed his vulnerable side during our long conversation. "It makes me sad when they boo me," he said. "Sometimes I think they don't appreciate me. They should, because I played my (bleep) off for them and now I'm managing my (bleep) off for them. "You know how many managers are dying for 91 wins right now? And we have that and they don't appreciate that? It makes me wonder what happens if I only have 71 wins, how are they gonna treat me? I mean, they treat me like (bleep) when I'm winning 91. "My kids are here at the ballpark and they ask me later why I'm getting booed. I say it's part of my job, but deep down inside, it hurts. If I was doing a (bleep) job, sure, go ahead and boo me, but I think I'm doing pretty good." So do I. With his boundless energy, confident personality, brutal honesty, zany (and often profane) sense of humor and aggressive style, Guillen convinced a completely retooled team - one many preseason prognosticators predicted would finish in fourth place - to believe it could accomplish anything. The White Sox have blown most of their 15-game lead largely because the starting pitchers have slumped these last seven weeks. Just when it seemed the Sox were ready to choke completely, Guillen led them to a series victory in Minnesota. Then came the first two games of the Cleveland series, in which the Indians kept taking leads and Ozzie's resilient Sox kept battling back. If the White Sox do qualify for postseason play, credit Tuesday's stirring comeback. Guillen's forceful, can-do attitude played a huge role in that triumph - and in the team's other 32 one-run victories. Though it's easy to quibble with in-game decisions, the true measure of any manager is his ability to steer his ship through both smooth and choppy waters. That's why he's often called a "skipper." Ozzie Guillen has been a superb skipper. If White Sox fans don't realize that, they don't deserve him. Mike Nadel is the Chicago sports columnist for Copley News Service. Write to him c/o Journal Star sports, 1 News Plaza, Peoria, IL 61643 or e-mail [email protected].

Friday night, 5th innning. Oh and BTW, I predict one foul ball for Carl Everett tonight will be the only contact he makes.

I went yesterday and the place WAS rocking. That being said, the players suck for b****ing about attendance when we were there all year and they have pissed this thing away. It is in our hands. Cleveland can't gain ground if we win. They need us to lose. Go out and do your job.

Take 90 wins and miss the playoffs!!!!! That's really what you want? The goal is to WIN THE WORLD SERIES! Only one team is successful at the end of the year. We should hold THIS team and all Chicago teams to a higher standard. Now you are sounding like a Cub fan, hoping for moderate success. Anything short of a championship is a failure.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 19, 2005 -> 09:29 AM) There will be more than 30,000 ther for Tuesday, especailly if the Sox pull it out tonight. I am going tonight and Thursday vs. the Twins. But one thing I've learned: Never assume Sox attendance.

My prediction: Monday - 32000 Tuesday - 24000 Wednesday - 27000 I also want guys like Freddie and Burehle to shut the F up about attendance. Last I checked, those guys were getting rocked in the second half, causing this series to even be important. Your job is to pitch, not comment on the psyches of Sox fans.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 09:53 AM) How can anyone not feel good about a 17 game season and being given a 4.5 game head start, and playing your closest competitor 6 times? This is sooo awesome There isn't a fan on this board that wouldn't have gladly taken this position leaving Spring Training. How about a season where we were in 1st Place the entire time? Starting All-Star Pitcher? Voting in Pods? Possible Rookie of the Year? Soxtalk poster BMAC3520 achieving a career goal. Best record in the AL. It's a new season starting today. I'm going to enjoy every last moment. Get your recorders going. It's the home stretch and it's going to be fun. Wait, we had the starting pitcher in the All Star Game? Well, now who cares about the playoffs, that's all that matters. Pods, yeah he was amazing in that All Star outing in the outfield for one inning. Rookie of the Year ... Ozzie won't even let Iguchi start on our team. Best Record ---- Just wait.

Ozzie is just being a jerk with Iguchi. He is the team's most clutch, consistent hitter this year and I can't remember him playing more than 4 games in a row.

My personal life hasn't changed much, however, my future plans may change. My family has numerous people with birthdays throughout October and a few weeks ago, we were talking about how we were going to rearrange celebrating the birthdays with the Sox in the playoffs. Now, I am just planning on the birthdays.

Phrases I don't want to hear after this game: "Cleveland can not continue to play at this pace." Our lead in the loss column. "We haven't lost focus." "No one in the clubhouse is worried." "If back in March you could have a 4.5 game lead with two weeks to play." EL DUQUE! Kenny Williams for Executive of the Year.

Remember that "if we play .500" the rest of the year. Playing .500 sounds like a great record at this point.

If we choke this away and we better nont hear Ozzie, Buehrle or one friggin player b**** even once next year about attendance because it will be a morgue there after they piss this away.

Cool, Aj's on, good thing we have fast Willie Harris on the bench to pinch run for him. Oooooopppss!

Grinder ball, Ozzie ball, Smart ball, Small ball .... right now, it all looks like bad ball.

We are trying to piss the playoffs away. This is becoming a collosal choke job.

Greinke is the new Joe Mays.

This team is making me want to vomit.

A couple of months ago I began a thread asking what MLB was going to do if this Saturday's game was going to be a clincher because there is no TV. Looking back, I wish my biggest issue with this team is worrying how I would get the see the clinching game. Now I am just praying we do. So for all the wondering, speculating and worrying about Saturday's game not being televised, I apologize. And since Ozzie does not want to disrespect El Duque and he will be starting Saturday, I may be happier not watching.