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QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 06:06 PM) Do not understand the rush to give Baines a multi-year deal. He was not going anywhere else. Walker must feel like a sore thumb the next 2 nights and he desrves every minute of it. Yes he does.

It's no LoMo, but I'll take it.

Greg is right guys, when I went to Lawrence two weeks ago, everyone was talking about Ozzie Guillen. Oh wait, no they weren't. Greg, give the outsider s*** a break. No one cares what Royals fans have to say about the topic.

I'll be wearing my Buehrle shirt.

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 12:00 PM) Cora and Walker and Baines and probably Cox are all going with Ozzie to FLA, rumor is Cooper stays I can't see Harold anywhere else.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 03:05 AM) Follow the thread. Ozzie lovers didn't turn it to the darkside. Who brought KW into it? I'm not gonna go back and pull up quotes like last time because I'd rather not defile this thread more than it has been. It was an OG Appreciation, now its a KW/Ozzie bash because Team Ozzie can't get over it.

I really love how the f***ing Ozzie lovers took a good natured thread and s*** all over it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 02:43 AM) That's an excellent take. I respect your comments about KW. I couldn't agree more. If Sox can't resign Mark, that should be the death knoll for KW with this franchise. Unacceptable to ruin the pay structure of the team where you can't pay a legend. Well, apparently Mark was sick of Ozzie's s*** so, yeah. QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 02:57 AM) Very true. Should be interesting to see how he rebuilds the team. He won the war vs. Ozzie now ...good luck turning this bunch into a winner, KW, considering payroll, and a pitching staff that consists of Floyd, Danks, Humber and Stewart and ?. That is a last place pitching staff. The bullpen is very unreliable. The new manager is just gonna get FRIED on here, cause we know how this board gets upset when the wrong choice is made. And the Sox have a bunch of relievers (with exception of Sale n Sergio) who fail a lot. And as great as Sergio is, he blew what, six saves? That's not exactly phenomenal, though I do like him n his potential. As far as the offense? Still very very slow with power hitters that have lost the home run touch. Rios? LOL. Dunn? Good luck skipper. Beckham? One of the worst offensive 2B in the game right now. AJ? Slow n can't throw. YIKES. Rios? LOL. He was almost an All-Star last year. We all saw this coming. Dunn? Ahahaha. Super-consistent sluggers always have historic fall offs. Beckham? You're right. We should have given up on him after the 0-22 or whatever it was. AJ? You know that s*** is Ozzie.

The more that comes out, the more Ozzie looks like a selfish ass. I can't wait till he's humbled, then he can come back.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 02:10 AM) While the Marlins will grab plenty of headlines over the next few years, the real winner here may be the White Sox. They had to be tiring of Guillen's continual public blathering about his contract situation, especially considering a year remained at about $2 million. No one else could have gotten away with talking so much about themselves when the team was desperately trying to remain in the race. But that is the gift of Ozzie. He can act selfishly, even petulantly, and folks think it's funny. White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, who has long loved Guillen, met with the manager today. But Reinsdorf seemed to support his GM Williams more in recent months, according to people familiar with the situation. While Williams isn't exactly the picture of calm behind the scenes, he's quieter publicly and a better team player. One person familiar with Reinsdorf's thinking hinted that his first choice to replace Guillen may be someone currently managing in the big leagues, and the natural speculation will focus on the iconic Tony La Russa, who is among Reinsdorf's best friends and whom Reinsdorf has regretted firing as White Sox manager for more than two decades. La Russa is on a one-year deal with the Cardinals, who are still battling for the NL wild card. In 2003, Williams shocked folks by hiring Guillen over his old Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston after an interview in which Guillen challenged Williams, and fought with Williams. Unfortunately, the fighting never stopped, escalating in recent years with one of Guillen's sons unabashedly ripping his father's boss on Twitter. Their relationship never seemed the same after middle son Oney Guillen kept targeting Williams, according to people familiar with the situation. I wouldn't blame Williams for wanting Ozzie to go. If Ozzie can't contain his own son, how can he be expected to manage the team? Guillen will always be recalled for winning the first World Series in decades for the White Sox, in 2005, overcoming clubhouse dissension late in the season to roll through the playoffs with unhittable pitching and Ozzie pulling the strings. But the winning slowed down, and the dissension never did. It was time for the White Sox to stop the madness. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writ...l#ixzz1Z8OvVgTB I feel like that first paragraph was for Greg. And of course Oney ruined it. f***ing Oney.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 26, 2011 -> 09:02 PM) EA Active 2 arrived at the apartment today. I let my roommate give it a shot first. She really liked it and I think we are both going to try the 9 week program. The only problem is, there are not multiple profiles on one game. How is that possible? Did they seriously make this game so only 1 person can work out? I ended up finding a workaround by creating another user on my PS3, and then logging in with that user, then starting the game up. This seems to work, but how dumb of them not to build in the ability to have multiple users and programs. Also, is there any way to just play the games, or do you have to do the workouts and hope you get some fun ones like basketball shooting and mountain climbing? You hope.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 01:40 AM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/newspap...,1331283.column I wonder if Buerhle was saying "shut up" more directed to Ozzie or just the whole situation in general with KW/Ozzie going back and forth, back and forth like a ping pong match. Will be interesting to see how this affects the situation with Buehrle returning, especially if Cooper's back. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosen...,3561864.column Will be interested to greg775's reaction to this one...he really leveled the boom on Ozzie. Buehrle, Paulie, and Hawk all ripped on Ozzie. Wow.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 27, 2011 -> 12:12 AM) Why can't the Ozzie haters say at least, "Thanks for the memories." I would think that will come in coming days or months. The man is not evil, folks. You can't take away 2005. And our favorite team's failures are not all on this man. Give him his props, please. Or consider doing so. See: My appreciation thread.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 26, 2011 -> 11:20 PM) I wish the Ozzie supporters on here would be as classy as their idol was tonight. Ozzie's gone, KW is still here. Is KW the problem? Quite possibly yes, but trust me when I say he won't continue to stay in his position the next few years if the team continues to falter.

Stop making this f***ing thread about KW. Go make another thread damnit. You guys lost the battle, the war, and are now defacing the memorial of your own soldier.

That made me laugh Ozzie.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 26, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) Ozzie had nothing to do with 2005. It's pretty easy to sit back and allow your starters, acquired by your GM, to just pitch you through the playoffs. Good riddance, Ozzie! Come on Milk...

Man, seeing Harold cry was depressing.

Axelrod! Flowers! Ozzie.

Please Sergio...please.

QUOTE (VictoryMC98 @ Sep 26, 2011 -> 09:22 PM) I don't get why you don't think he is humbled

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Sep 26, 2011 -> 09:18 PM) HELL NO!!! I'd rather keep Ozzie than either of those guys.

QUOTE (VictoryMC98 @ Sep 26, 2011 -> 09:14 PM) Ozzie is the best Manager this franchise has had in the last 50 years. And this is the worst day of any White Sox Fans life... The only people that are happy are Cubs Fans ALC non-White Sox fans Jay Marrotti. Could you not ruin a thread that's trying to appreciate the guy by trying to incite people? And man, I think Ozzie will be back, that Florida will be humbling for him. And if he really is humbled, I'll welcome him back with open arms.

Today, is a sad day. Ozzie resigning should be sad, it's a good baseball move, but I'm saddened by it. The man is responsible for some of the happiest moments of my life and also some of the most frustrating. But those joyous ones will always be with me. It's sad that the situation deteriorated to the point where the greatest manager in Sox history, became a parody and shadow of himself, obsessed with Ozzieball, imposing his will, and sustaining a senseless pissing contest. And his son didn't help at all. But despite all that, here's to you Ozzie, it was a hell of a few years and then it was hell for a few years. But most importantly, the good memories, they'll always stay.