Dick Allen

''When I asked him how he felt, he didn't give the right answers,'' manager Ozzie Guillen said of his decision to give Ramirez a day to get acclimated. Yep, he's fired up and can't wait to jump into a pennant race.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 01:41 AM) Another good rip piece on Manny by Passon on the cover of yahoo. He would only speak in Spanish today, even though he has no problem with English. Cora who had to translate said he had no idea why Manny insisted on Spanish. He also intimated it was Manny's call not to play cause of the early wake up call. I'm sure he wanted Cora "translating" in case he said something that would cause problems, Joey, who I believe is an ex teammate of his, could clean it up for him, and maybe give a "White Sox" answer.

Edwin Jackson is pretty good.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:52 PM) What is going on with Quentin. He's totally streaking offensively and outside of his hot streaks he's a pretty easy out and defensively he's been horrendous. I wonder if the Sox will move him this off-season since he'll be due a range. At the same time, you know the tools are there for him to just be a completely dominant offensive player. Yeah, I'd hate to give him up. He's a 45 homer guy easy if he puts it together.

Generally when a guy is a bad LF, he will be a bad RF. Quentin is no exception.

QUOTE (rafacosta @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:47 PM) manny is not playing tomorrow bc is a 1 pm game. ozzie will say he is tired and still is on pacific time - all of this for kotsay. the reason we brought damn manny was in situation like right now...f***..cant get the damn man on 3rd with less than 2 outs. Manny wasn't going to bat for Pierre, but I do agree, he needs to be playing if for nothing else to get sharp again. He hasn't played all that much the last month and a half.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:46 PM) Ugh Yeah, advancing a runner to third isn't ideal for Pierre because if he hits the ball in the air, chances are the runner isn't going to score.

I don't think I've ever seen Pierre loaf it.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 06:09 PM) Yeah. Cowley the lead Drama Queen looking for a "scoop". Like he's breaking some story. Whatever. If you want informed, impartial reports watch the MLB Network. Not ONE mention as to Manny not playing as anything other than a baseball decision by the manager. The Chicago media just can't wait to create some crap to generate interest and call the gulliable fanbase into controversy. This is Ozzie imposing his authority. Nothing more nothing less. You're talking Manny Ramirez and calling someone else a drama queen?

Cowley said earlier that Manny was out of the line up tonight unless Manny could convince Ozzie to play him.If he is too tired to start I would think be would only get more tired watching the game fromthe side and by th time th 8th or 9th inning rolled around he would be in no condition to pinch hit.Send him back to the hotel to sleep, and hopefully he wakes up in time to play tomorrow.

I would think if the guy was fully motivated and excited to be in playoff contentoin,c flying in fiirst class for 4.5 hours would not keep him out of the line up. This, Imo, isnt going to go well.

QUOTE (WinorDie88 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 07:52 PM) Wasn't there someone better than Torres in Charlotte to call up? He looks to have no promising ability whatsoever Of course not. He's 27 or 28 years old.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 07:51 PM) dylanohernandez Colletti said the #Dodgers were willing to pay the #WhiteSox as much as $1.5MM for a prospect. Probably Mitchell.

AJ pulled his glove up, if the other catcher did that Hawk would tell you that meant the pitch was low.

This reminds me of a spring training game.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 07:38 PM) Where's the sense of urgency with this organization? Every single game counts. Stop putzing around. Manny being Manny. Get used to it.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 07:00 AM) From a fan or media perspective, I'm not sure exactly why the fact Manny makes $4M over the remainder of the season is even in the conversation when evaluating the move? This expenditure has no impact on next season's payroll, no impact on acquiring additional help this season, and cost us nothing in terms of talent. The only person that should care about the size of Manny's remaining 30 day contract is Reinsdorf and the other investors. As fans or as media, you can only judge this move based on what Manny does for the White Sox chance of winning this division.....any move that replaces Mark Kotsay with Manny Ramirez has absolutely got to be looked at as an improvement. How do you know what financial impact it has? Its $4 million that could have been spent on something more useful, perhaps earlier in the season. Manny is 38 and injured. If he could lead a team from a 4.5 game deficit all by himself, you would think he would have been in the line up this past weekend.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 11:38 PM) I'm not one to hate Barry Bonds, but I do think they are different, other than Bonds being a more of an "overall douche." I'm not sure what Manny's level of PED use was, but I'm fairly certain it does not approach the level of Bond's use. And that's not to judge Bonds or Manny, but to say they are the same, in terms of what they have done to ensure success on the baseball field, I think is incorrect. Barry Bonds was an MVP when he weighed 185 lbs. I think a lot of people assume Manny just started with the PEDs when he was busted. I would be willing to bet he took them most, if not all of his career in Boston and maybe some in Cleveland. Manny is a huge douche. Did Bonds ever fly out to the OF and not even run to first, just walk back to the dugout? Manny did. Manny dicked his way out of Boston and now LA. Maybe it will work out for 30 days. I tend to doubt it, but to me the worst thing that can happen is Manny plays well, the Sox still lose and they ignore history and give Manny some money in the winter. Even Ozzie said the other day Manny says hi to you one day and the next acts like he's never met you. He's a clown.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) $40 a ticket, on average. 10,000 people. = $4 million. Concessions, parking etc on top of that. And a single playoff game...with nearly 40k paying $50 a ticket and also guaranteeing season ticket sales for next year... It doesn't take much in terms of publicity to cover $4 million. You said 500 extra tickets sold a game. There are 16 home games left. 8000 x 40=320,000. If he helps them make the playoffs, then perhaps it will pay off, but odds are against that at the moment.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 07:55 PM) This team is better off financially than we think. We need something like 500 ticket sales per game the rest of the season, or perhaps even less, to cover for Manram's salary. 8000 tickets covers 4 million +? If anyone knows they are better off than what we think, or what they say, its me, I've been trying to point it out for a year and a half. What I'm saying is if you're willing to spend this money for a broken down 38 year old for one month, you would have been better off spending it last winter and perhaps those 8000 people would have already bought tickets to several games. I personally think this acquisition is a borderline publicity stunt.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 07:50 PM) KW doesn't hate prospects THAT much. That's what I'm saying. What White Sox minor leaguer not on the 40 would you pay at least $1 million for if they were selling all of them?

QUOTE (EMONEY @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 07:47 PM) Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. The two worst things in sports are cheaters and quitters. Manny's been verified as both. I can't believe KW is bringing that garbage to the South Side. Since I live in Colorado and can't do it myself, I'm paying for one of my friends to go to a game just to boo Manny for me I'm in your camp, but the majority of people really don't care about the character of the players they cheer for if the team wins. If he helps them win, no one will really care what a jackass he is. Chances are, he's not going to help them win. If he does help them win, fans will be clamouring to have him re-signed and that honeymoon will end quickly as well.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 07:44 PM) Yeah, I would think at this point the Dodgers would just want to dump his entire salary. We'll see by tomorrow..... That's what I'm thinking. Its not like a trade where they really don't have any option except maybe partial salary relief and a garbage prospect or 2. If I'm Coletti, I'm taking as much cash as possible unless KW wants to give me a guy like Mitchell or maybe take a chance on a guy like Flowers for $1 million , although I doubt he'd make it through waivers.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 07:37 PM) Jayson stark is reporting that there still could be a swap of a player for some salary relief. I wonder about this. Who not on the Sox 40 man is worth $1 million or so to the Dodgers? I'm not questioning you at all, I'm just wondering. I would think if the Sox want significant salary relief, the prospect must be significant as well.

Am I the only one who thinks his picture on the wall looks like Andruw Jones?