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Is anyone else reallya annoyed by Washington's managing this series?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 12, 2011 -> 08:02 AM) pgammo Peter Gammons Houston ownership change expected to go through in mid-November, w/ AL move. Arent the schedules out already? Are they gonna move to AL and play NL teams for most of the season?

With beseball being mental game I could see it. Let's face it.. when are you doing your best at beer pong? Few cold ones deep aint it?

Reporst on twitter saying Theo will be bringing in *surprise* *surprise* Sandberg to be the manger.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 11, 2011 -> 05:54 PM) The Cubs probably won't spend big for a while and the pieces they have right now don't fit Epstein's approach to building a baseball team. He's going to need at least a few years to get the right pieces together before this Cubs team can win again. Don't they have bunch of cash coming off the books this year?

Looks like I'll be going this year, ya I know, my first time, hopefully will be a good time. Would love to meet any SoxTalkers for a drink or seven. Also SoxFest is last weekend in January, not November. Not sure if this was resolved earlier in the thread.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 11, 2011 -> 03:54 PM) One thing you can take away from his interviews, his middle name should be "obviously". Captain Obvious! ?

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 10, 2011 -> 09:36 PM) They never said that Parent was the bench coach for sure. Just that he was getting a coaching job. I bet that they're double-checking to make sure that Harold doesn't want the bench coach job again - since he's already had the job with Ozzie in the past. Well they have a story up on the official website, albeit saying NOT CONFIRMED, but for me is as good as done deal.

QUOTE (Fantl916 @ Oct 10, 2011 -> 05:04 PM) So just to summarize at this point: Manager: Ventura Bench: Parent Pitting: Coop Hitting: Manto/Laker (Manto favored) 1st: Baines 3rd: McEwing Correct ya? We're pretty much done after the hitting coach is decided? Seems like it pal.

Some questionable decisions by Washington in the last few innings.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Oct 9, 2011 -> 11:03 AM) A close family friend is a candidate to join the White Sox coaching staff, his name is Tim Bogar.. I hope that he gets a job with the White Sox. Interesting, he is the current third base coach for Boston Red Sox. Would they bring him in to be the bench coach?

Go Brewers! And I hated the idea of LaRussa becoming Sox manager, but man gotta give him some credit.

Go Rangers, I'm in Texas right now, and they get my vote vs Detroit any day.

Yankees out, Phillies out, loving this. Gotta get the Tigers out now!

How does Ozzie dare calling himself Chicago tough, when that f***ing idiot quit on the team in June. Chicago tough is not quitting on your team NO MATTER what circumstances. SO GLAD HE IS GONE, again.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 7, 2011 -> 09:07 AM) Listening to Cooper talk, it really makes you feel like KW and Ozzie were really lacking in focus this past season with regards to what took place on the field. Very disappointing Very well said!

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 7, 2011 -> 08:56 AM) The Coop interview: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/?podcast_url=h...mp;dcid=CBS.CHI You're the man flav.

I guess we can bump this in a year to see how many of us PREDICTED right or wrong, because we clearly won't know until then.

How much coaching/manager experience did Kirk Gibson have?

Cowley on Ventura... and how Cooper became Judas.

No one else seeing this move as Kenny putting himself on the line even more now? MattSpiegel for example sees it like that, so does my huge Sox friend that doesn't frequent the board.. he also thinks we're not in rebuild mode and that he expects a solid offseason and competing next year, TTFWIW.

Well, Ventura was hired by the Sox 'months' ago, as a special... as a next manager, so there you go.

Buddy Bell bench coach?

Will people that already stated they won't follow the team next season please disable your accounts, talk about #b****ingfest. I'm shocked as much as the next guy, let's see what he's got. Also I'm hearing Frank Thomas will be on the staff, so probably hitting coach like someone said already. PS. At least he speak English!

Not gonna be here.