Dick Allen

Hub Arkush is really bitter about the demise of his magazine. They asked him if the Ravens would be good this year, he asid they weren't good last year they just got hot. Then someone said that they like the Seahawks. Hub said a lot of people love the Seahawks, they need to study more. Then he said they were a good football team. So a team he said was no good last year won the SB, and he is ripping guys for liking a team he said is good. Of course he just laughed off the Bears. He would laugh off the Bears if the had the current day equivalent of the 1985 team.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Sep 5, 2013 -> 12:31 PM) i think kenny just gave ozzie all he wanted that season knowing he would crash and burn. it was well known this was ozzie's preferred way of constructing the team. it really magnified how bad of a manager he was. If that is/was the case, it really is not better than Ozzie sabotoging 2011 to show KW's failure.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2013 -> 07:36 PM) robin will find a way to keep him on the bench as long as I'm watching... Robin didn't practice calling the bullpen and having Webb warm up enough in spring training.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 4, 2013 -> 06:36 PM) Put $20 on the Sox to tie/win the first five innings. Won't trust our pen again after last night. At least it is only $20

This is awesome. #highdraftpick

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2013 -> 05:41 PM) Do you mean like a minor league position or as a 3rd base coach? If I were a manager I'd want no part of Ozzie Guillen on my staff. That's like signing Tebow in terms of generating an unnecessary media swarm. I think he will be a 3rd base coach or bench coach. Ozzie did say he regretted the Castro stuff, but he wasn't fired because of that. He was fired because the Marlins sucked. I thought he was obnoxious here the last couple years, but he has friends in the game. It is hard to describe how different he seems now. I know he is still going to say stupid things. He said the Castro thing when he was managing the White Sox and nobody said anything. But it seems his attitude has been reset to 2004. If I was an owner, I wouldn't let my GM hire him to manage, but to coach, definitely.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 4, 2013 -> 03:13 PM) Serious question here... What general manager is going to stake a large part of his job security on the stability of Ozzie Guillen? I suspect Ozzie will take a coaching job where he can build up some trust and support if he was to manage again. It wouldn't surprise me if he spent the rest of his time in baseball as a coach. He's actually surprisingly good when he is just about baseball and not about Ozzie and his bank account.

Mercy! You know Yaz's birthday is August 22nd. I would have to say there are no birthdays better than August 22nd. There may be some as good, but none better.

Theo took Bard off the BoSox hands.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2013 -> 08:51 AM) Hector was also pretty wild last time out, a few extra days off makes sense and he's scheduled for later this week iirc. Cooper really layed into him publicly after that last start. Considering Santiago seems like a really good guy, I was kind of surprised. There seems to be something more there than meets the eye. Cooper seems to really not like his style for some reason, and it isn't like he is the first guy to have issues with throwing strikes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 10:15 PM) lol. If Ozzie was humbled, he wouldn't be doing the media rounds about the time teams are deciding whether to fire their managers or not. He's actually promoting a charity softball game. He said he misses managing, but I do think he likes getting paid to do nothing. During the interview, it was very apparent he regretted not appreciating what he had with the White Sox. I no Ozzie apologist, but this was a different guy than the Ozzie since 2005 that was speaking.

Ozzie does seem humbled to me. I don't know if anyone would ever hire him again, but I think he would be about baseball and not about Ozzie for at least a little while now.

That is not a strike.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 09:09 PM) Reading this made me feel ill. Its all about the draft pick. I was being sarcastic, but the way CC has been pitching, Johnson proabably has to be really bad tomorrow for the drafters to be happy.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 08:08 PM) It was a poorly designed play then, as Beckham needs to be closer to home plate when he catches that. Instead, he was only a few feet in front of 2nd base. It was poorly executed for sure. If it was executed correctly, it wouldn't have even been close.

From what Hawk was saying earlier, it looks like Konerko,Dunn, Alexei, De Aza are all in their final month as White Sox. He said Beckham was the most accomplished hitter returning next year.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 08:01 PM) I saw the play, and it still gave Wells way too good of a chance to score. With Sale on the mound, you don't risk it IMO. A decent throw he is out by 10 feet. The play is designed to get the runner at home. I don't understand how that is bad managing. It was a good call, poor execution.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 3, 2013 -> 07:35 PM) It was just another example of poor managing. With Sale pitching and Stewart hitting, it's ridiculous to even consider letting that runner head for home. You missed the play. It was set up to nail the runner at home. Beckham made a bad throw. They didn't throw through to secondbase.

Ozzie was just on Sportstalk Live. I just caught the end. He was pretty classy. I think he realizes what has gone wrong. He actually complimented KW and Hahn and JR.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 31, 2013 -> 07:46 PM) The Bears made 20 draft picks from 2009-2011. Five players are left on the roster. Wright, Conte, Paea, Wooton, and Melton. All defense of course. The Bears are the White Sox of the NFL when it comes to developing offense, with Forte being an exception.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 2, 2013 -> 05:08 PM) Okay, I have been completely out of the loop for the last 2-3 weeks starting new job in Indonesia/travelling... WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED with Walker, Mitchell, Jacobs, Thompson and Hawkins???? Could there be a more disastrous set of statistics for any organization's top outfield prospects? (To top it all off, Iowa lost to NIU at home). OMG. At least Viciedo and Avisail Garcia seem to be playing well...anything else of note the last month? Those guys just make this year even more of a disaster. People will spin it, but there isn't a person here or with the White Sox that wasn't anticipating more with each of these guys. A lot more.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 1, 2013 -> 02:12 PM) Daniel Bard was designated for assignment by the Red Sox. I would hope the Sox pick him up. 27 wallks, 6 strikeouts in Rookie, low A and AA this season in 15 IP. Mayne sign him to a minor league contract once released, but I certainly wouldn't trade for him, unless they wanted Jared Mitchell.

QUOTE (mike89128 @ Aug 30, 2013 -> 07:55 PM) I almost went because I don't gamble. But once again s*** disguised as thought came out of your mouth instead of your asshole. Nice.

QUOTE (mike89128 @ Aug 30, 2013 -> 07:51 PM) You think a minimum of 45 people just arrive at a hotel and get to their rooms immediately? It takes two room clerks about 3 minutes per guest, even with groups, to check them in. Forty five people, minimum, takes a little over two hours, plus unload time from plane, travel time to the hotel, if the bus is waiting, wait for the bus to unload personal luggage, Actually, the pretty much get their room keys immediately upon entering the hotel. This isn't like normal people checking in. Its a lot faster turnaround than 3 hours upon landing, checking into their rooms.

QUOTE (mike89128 @ Aug 30, 2013 -> 07:40 PM) That's the reason most of you betters lose bets. Dunn and a few other players flew on a charter earlier in the day, they didn't like the late evening take-off. Know the facts first. LOL. I love the bigshot gambler who says he "almost" went to the sports book. As I stated why did it take over 3 hours to get from Logan airport to their hotel which normally takes about 20 minutes at most? What other players were on the charter? Dunn has fanned twice.