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In some ways, I think it makes sense. The problem with the White Sox hiring from within all the time is that they do not hire people with a history or success or a different philosophy from what they already have. That is not the problem with Ozzie. He has proven that his way of doing things can be successful. He was not successful in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2012, and a lot of that at the end was do to hubris and not being able to stay out of his own way. However, he also managed teams that won 83, 99 (World Series), 90, 89, and 88 games in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2010. His ability to push himself into the limelight whenever the media started to focus on struggling players in 2005 was masterful. He kept the pressure off of them. The question would be whether his failure in Florida was humbling enough for him to learn from it and become that guy again. I think a half season as interim manager would be worth it to find out.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 1, 2015 -> 10:06 AM) who else would be funny, Jeff S Rodon??? this is nice. and funny How did I do?

I'm going with 89 wins. I think there are still too many question marks in the lineup and the rotation, but the bullpen should be much better. That's a third of the game, and Rodon should help the rotation at some point.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 11:17 PM) He has been giving up hits and home runs ALL year to everybody not just tonight. What EXACTLY have you been watching all year? He has been coming off shoulder surgery all year as well. Should we have hoped someone would take Peavy when he had a 4.92 ERA in 2011 when he was coming off surgery? We wouldn't have gotten much for him. Trading a player when his value is at its lowest seems pretty short sighted to me.

You have to love the loud, sarcastic cheer when we finally scored. Naturally, Rios followed it up with a double play.

Danks has given up a homerun on 17.5 percent of his flyballs. That isn't sustainable. Players tend to cluster around a 10.5 percent rate over larger sample sizes. Trading Danks now would be stupid because you would be trading a player when his value is lowest. It's better to wait this out.