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QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 07:47 PM) Does it make me a bad fan when I hope that certain players go on the DL tonight in order to improve this team? Of course, I'm not rooting for serious injuries...just little things that they'll recover 100 pct from. Players or manager? What if I said I'm hoping Ozzie goes Stroger.

QUOTE(jamalmanburg @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 07:38 PM) Maybe bmac should change his last name to martinez, learn to speak spanish, and bump his level of play down a notch... then I thing ozzie would like him more. Exactly.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 01:15 AM) I have not one complaint with Greg Walker this year. Ozzie Guillen? Yes. Joey Cora? Yes. Don Cooper? Yes. Greg Walker? Hell no! I've complained about him. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...;hl=greg+walker

Remeber when people thought he deserved to be starting? LOL QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 02:41 PM) Id rather DL Cotts give him some time off and also in essence make both of them available for the playoffs so in Sept. whoever outperforms one another we can take and leave the other one home. Great idea. Cotts is the perfect candidate for that.

QUOTE(Wealz @ Aug 26, 2006 -> 11:56 AM) Riske has been more effective than McCarthy. Maybe he should have brought Jenks in to face Hunter in the 6th, huh? McCarthy is the long reliever, and he should have been the pitcher to replace Vazquez, not Cotts and then Riske. Your comment about bringing in Jenks is inaccurate.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 11:57 PM) What really is a testiment to Minnesota's talent and determination is how they've continue winning WITHOUT Liriano. Without one of the best (perhaps the best) pitcher in baseball. Amazing what a good manager can do for a team.

I wonder who Tom Kelly would bring in as hitting coach.

QUOTE(Wealz @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 11:21 PM) Again, if Riske can't be trusted to get an out in the 6th inning, he should not be on the roster. Your problem is with Kenny Williams. That's a losing philosophy, and I'll teach you why. In a game as important and winnable as tonight's game was, a manager must use his best pitchers first, because it allows his team the best odds at winning that game. No one is saying Riske should never be expected to record outs in the 6th, just that he should not have entered tonight's game before McCarthy, Thornton, MacDougal and Jenks have.

Speaking of Sean Lowe, Jerry Manuel's use of him in 2000 was the blueprint of how to use a good long man. Lowe was nails and Manuel recognized his success and relied on him. It worked out great. Ozzie, OTOH, doesn't recognize McCarthy's talent, or does recognize the talent but doesn't use him because he's avoiding a starting pitching controversy with one of his Latin boys, and the team suffers from this decision.

This sounds bad, but I'm looking forward to the end of this season. I hate this team's inconsistency, failure to win important games, and worst, the manager's use of personnel. Ron Gardenhire is a better manager than Ozzie Guillen.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Aug 25, 2006 -> 10:42 PM) Now officially everything has gone wrong (at some point) with the Sox this season. The manager, coaches, position players, pitchers, GM all have contributed to the lackluster play and too many losses since the ASB. Now even a fan is helping to bury the Sox by making the last out. At least it is a complete team effort. That ball would have definately been caught if the fan didn't interfere. The fan did something I'd like to see more of. It's a very smart play for a fan to make if that ball was in the stands. Fans have the right to stand their ground and not move for a player who sticks his glove in the stands. In fact, they can even hit the ball before it comes down into his glove.

What's worse: David Riske or Ozzie's use of him?

QUOTE(greg775 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 09:54 PM) I think Oz is great. Players win games, not managers. I have a gut feeling the Oz haters are not going to have to worry about him much longer. I think Mariotti will win his vendetta and Oz will leave the team after this season if not before. His columns blasting Oz, like today's where he indicates Oz again violated protocol by playing the race card, will drive him from the team. He'll come back and manage somewhere else where he's less passionate (the guy truly loves the White Sox; even his critics must realize that) and he'll pull a LaRussa and manage a quiet 25 years somewhere else. Too bad, cause like Ditka, he's a great great personality and will forever be remembered fondly for pushing all the right buttons last year. Blaming the manager is so easy. Mariotta thrives on it. Just like get ready for his constant columns on the Bears' QB situation which will be coming up shortly. It's easy to call for a new manager and for the second string QB to play. Mariotti sux. True, but a manager needs to use his players in the best way to win as many games possible. The thorough first post of this thread cites many ways Ozzie doesn't do that. Thus, he's a poor manager.

QUOTE(tony72 @ Aug 22, 2006 -> 08:51 PM) A starter get pulled right away such as in the first inning when it is obvious they are going to lay an egg pitching that night.. Say for example tomorrow Freddy goes in the very first inning (after we give him an early 2 to 0 lead) and gives up back to back to back singles right away... I would love to see Ozzie or Cooper just go in and pull them then and there and just embarass the h--- out of that pitcher, although it would wear our bullpen..I would just love to see the message sent.this crap is not going to be tolerated! If you can't pitch you sit! What are we 'saving' our bullpen for if they always have to come in in the 7th or 8th down 4 or 5 runs? It might send a message to Freddy, Jose, Javier, etc to man the heck up and pitch ! I like your idea. Pull the next pitcher who gives up an early lead.

I wish they all could be California boys?

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 03:37 PM) Not sure if this was posted: Does the quote stating that Politte got a second opinion mean that the Sox were his first opinion and didn't realize he needed surgery?

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Aug 19, 2006 -> 10:14 PM) Thank God that Jeremy Reed did not pan out or this would be even worse to stomache. I have a hard time getting mad at FG for what he said, obviously he said it after a frustrating outing. That said, dude is dead weight and he should have dealt at the deadline when he had at least some value. He has "negative value" right now and he will have to packaged with a prospect to be gotten rid of most likely. I wonder if the Sox can just buy out his contract and send his ass packing next season. Remember that this isn't the only incident where Freddy has publicly disrespected his teammates. He's thrown baby fits on the mound after his defense made errors behind him. What's happening is that Freddy knows he's a worse pitcher than he recently used to be, and he needs everything to fall into place for him to succeed. When everything doesn't work perfectly for him, he knows he's exposed for the bad pitcher he now is. I imagine being a declining athlete is a very tough mental state to be in, but that doesn't give him excuse to insult his teammates.

QUOTE(AirScott @ Aug 14, 2006 -> 01:00 PM) well every pessimist sees themself as a realist, that's evidence that they do have an optimistic side. and all along I've been eyeing a Tigers collapse in the second half, Rogers always gets rocked and Todd Jones is awful, that's bound to bite them in their collective asses. I wouldn't call reducing a 10-game lead to 5.5-game lead a "collapse."

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Aug 11, 2006 -> 12:50 PM) Today from Yahoo Sports: This sounds like more than a muscle strain. The article you quoted said Liriano had this injury in 2002 and kept him out of 4 starts. I just read online that this injury is one that occurs repeatedly in a pitcher's career, and since this is Liriano's second case of it, I wonder what this means to his career.

I used to have a distaste of ARod, but the way he went out of his way to make respectful comments to the Sox when his team swept us, and the way he's handled criticism from his own team's fans, has earned my respect. ARod signed a ridiculous contract worth more than a quarter billion dollars, was represented by a scheming agent, was a little too polished with the media, was terrible in the clutch despite being the highest paid player in the game and supposedly the best, and John Kerry'd on which country he'd play for in the WBC, so there's been plenty of reason to boo him. I guess I'm finally seeing the good in him like his willingness to give up millions to play for the winning Boston Red Sox, his willingness to move to a new position despite being a better fielder than the incumbent, and the way he refuses to publicly say anything negative about the fans that rip him daily (as far as I know). The guy was/is seeing a therapist to work through his problems and I believe the poor guy loves the Yankees franchise so much and wants to retire a true Yankee legend, and it's got to pain him that fans don't think of him as a "true Yankee." ARod must be asking himself what more he has to do to become a "true Yankee" when he's already the best player in baseball. And through it all, he keeps a grounded attitude, agreeing with the fans who criticize him by saying he wants to do better. I respect ARod's daily approach and classy style.

I'm thankful this series is over because this umpiring crew had a very tight strike zone. Sure, it was equal for both sides, but I really thought Mussina ended an inning striking out Anderson. Fortunately for us, BA doubled later in that at bat and Pods drove him in with the winning RBI single.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 02:03 PM) There was a night involving an entire bottle of Grey Goose and a few of my friends this spring. Stuff got broken.

QUOTE(BFirebird @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 04:53 PM) He says that every time...what a tool. I like it. It's a unique way of saying the score.

Any news on the beaten terrorists, like who are they, what organization they belong to, if they acted because of their religious beliefs?

Hated the commercials for it, but accidentially saw an episode. It was decent, so I watched another episode. The characters grew on me quickly and I'm now hooked. Danny DeVito sucks, thankfully his screen time is short.