Awhile ago, I posted an old quote from the commemorative SI edition of the World Series victory (he talked about his team in Montreal, writing a report on the team and only mentioning four players because nobody else "knows how to play the game").

 

Here's an interesting one, from the Tribune's post-Series book:

 

Last year I wasn't managing. I was just changing pitchers. That's it. I feel like a manager this year. I feel like I have a better chance to do a lot of different things. I have the ammunition to do it and the players to do it.

 

Wonder what he'll say about this year's team -- from July of 06 now -- in time. He doesn't have many options with this lineup, that's for sure. A bunch of fundamentally retarded players (who can't lay down a bunt, for one, or hit the other way) with little speed and weak baserunning instincts?

How ya been Pratt?

Brian, I have never been happier, healthier or more productive/successful in my endeavors. And it seems like everyday is better than the last. Thanks for asking.

Brian, I have never been happier, healthier or more productive/successful in my endeavors. And it seems like everyday is better than the last. Thanks for asking.

 

Hehe. You're just having too much fun.

 

 

Hehe. You're just having too much fun.

 

Yeah. It all started when I graduated from high school. That place was hell. An hour and a half commute to and from? s***. It completely f***ed with my ability to go to parties and hang out with people from the school. And then there's the fact that most kids aren't all that smart in high school, so I was operating on a very different level than just about everyone at my school. And then you have the staff at my old school, which ran a terrible school newspaper and didn't allow me to write for it because the editor held a grudge against me. It was a terrible f***ing time. But as soon as I graduated I got a summer job working at the Board of Education (I still laugh about that), met some truly remarkable people, made a bunch of friends/connections, started College from there and dove right in to parties and dates and newspaper and all the things that were cut off by the fact that my HS was so far away. And now I'm taking classes I enjoy, have great working relationships with professors, am free to do whatever the hell I want on campus, am going to Washington later in the month, cooking for my friends and peers today, man, these are happy days. And it all started when I graduated high school and got a job at the board of education. Ha ha ha.

Huuuuum! The state of the American education system is dubious at best.

Yeah. It all started when I graduated from high school. That place was hell. An hour and a half commute to and from? s***. It completely f***ed with my ability to go to parties and hang out with people from the school. And then there's the fact that most kids aren't all that smart in high school, so I was operating on a very different level than just about everyone at my school. And then you have the staff at my old school, which ran a terrible school newspaper and didn't allow me to write for it because the editor held a grudge against me. It was a terrible f***ing time. But as soon as I graduated I got a summer job working at the Board of Education (I still laugh about that), met some truly remarkable people, made a bunch of friends/connections, started College from there and dove right in to parties and dates and newspaper and all the things that were cut off by the fact that my HS was so far away. And now I'm taking classes I enjoy, have great working relationships with professors, am free to do whatever the hell I want on campus, am going to Washington later in the month, cooking for my friends and peers today, man, these are happy days. And it all started when I graduated high school and got a job at the board of education. Ha ha ha.

You never replied back to my last personal message --

 

When are you and I going to meet in one of UIC's bathroom stalls for a series of toe taps and other bodily signals?

 

Stevenson Hall, I'm told, is the place for no-strings-attached, Craigslist-ad sex. Or was, until they put up the "GIRLS ONLY" signs on the doors.

 

I tried to respond to your sexy sexy message and was told that I can't stuff your inbox because it's already stuffed. I said, "Dude's going to get toxic shock syndrome," and figured, "That's his problem, I suppose." But really, I'll try sending you a message now and if you don't get anything, it means you're still, ah, full and need to empty out.

Here's an interesting one, from the Tribune's post-Series book:

 

Last year I wasn't managing. I was just changing pitchers. That's it. I feel like a manager this year. I feel like I have a better chance to do a lot of different things. I have the ammunition to do it and the players to do it.

 

I'm certainly not an Ozzie-basher to the degree of some people, but this particularly annoys me.

 

Hey, Ozzie, the baseball team doesn't exist so that you can "feel like a manager," dips***.

Just change the pitchers and be a good cheerleader in the clubhouse.

 

Tizzle and Pratt have a pretty crazy inside joke going on.

Care to let us in on it?

Go Sox!

I'm certainly not an Ozzie-basher to the degree of some people, but this particularly annoys me.

 

Hey, Ozzie, the baseball team doesn't exist so that you can "feel like a manager," dips***.

Just change the pitchers and be a good cheerleader in the clubhouse.

 

 

Tizzle and Pratt have a pretty crazy inside joke going on.

Care to let us in on it?

Go Sox!

 

No.

I'm certainly not an Ozzie-basher to the degree of some people, but this particularly annoys me.

 

Hey, Ozzie, the baseball team doesn't exist so that you can "feel like a manager," dips***.

Just change the pitchers and be a good cheerleader in the clubhouse.

I don't think that is what he meant. The '05 team was the Best Sox team in recent memory in being able to manufacture runs. Pods was a much better leadoff hitter than Harris was. He could do more with Guch and Uribe than he could with Valentin and Harris. Everret was much faster than Thomas. Ozzie was able to do a lot more situational hitting with that lineup compared to the '04 lineup. With the '04 one it was just sit and wait for the HR. '05 could get the job done without the HR. More managing was done. Really a simple concept.