Just for the record 11 minutes for the Ventura part.

scotgregor Scot Gregor

Ventura on Dunn, Rios, Beckham: "They need a break. I'm not sticking a bad year on any guy coming into spring training"

 

ESPNChiSox Doug Padilla

Ventura on fixing Dunn, Rios and Beckham: Right now they just need a break. ... I don't think it's anything I can do right away.

 

scotgregor Scot Gregor

Ventura still sorting through candidates for bench coach, hitting coach, 3B coach

 

whitesox Chicago White Sox

Ventura: “I’ll be honest and upfront. Every player is accountable. I don’t change from day-to-day, they’ll know what to expect.”

 

whitesox Chicago White Sox

Ventura: “As a player it’s hard to sit there & think you’re going to be a manager. But later in my career, I felt confident I could do it.”

 

I'm so glad The Score decided to air a Doug Buffone rant instead of a press conference introducing the new White Sox Manager. Way to go, guys.

I'm so glad The Score decided to air a Doug Buffone rant instead of a press conference introducing the new White Sox Manager. Way to go, guys.

 

You didn't miss anything. There was literally nothing new broken in those 11 minutes that wasn't said before in the call-ins on the radio.

Now Kenny on the other hand...

 

ChuckGarfien Chuck Garfien

Kenny Williams said that he did consider making Paul Konerko player-coach.

 

He'd never DH himself, to the team's detriment

if there ever were a player coach on this team, i'd want it to be AJP. Thankfully there isn't however.

Now Kenny on the other hand...

 

ChuckGarfien Chuck Garfien

Kenny Williams said that he did consider making Paul Konerko player-coach.

Crazy.

I think I'd have somehow talked myself into loving PK as player/manager.

Now Kenny on the other hand...

 

ChuckGarfien Chuck Garfien

Kenny Williams said that he did consider making Paul Konerko player-coach.

 

Wow, that's interesting.

Somehow I think the conversation would go this way:

 

KW: Would you consider being a player/manager?

 

PK: f*** no.

I think I'd have somehow talked myself into loving PK as player/manager.

 

I'm happy it didn't happen, as I would hate to eventually dislike my favorite Sox player of all time

ChuckGarfien Chuck Garfien

Kenny Williams says that Harold Baines will be working more with hitters on the mental side of the game.

 

scotgregor Scot Gregor

GM Kenny Williams said #WhiteSox will "retool" in 2012, not "rebuild."

 

scottmerkin Scott Merkin

Kenny did consider Konerko as a player/manager but never talked to him about it. Wanted Konerko just to focus on playing

 

CST_soxvan Daryl Van Schouwen

Robin on Ozzie era: I enjoyed it as much as anybody else

 

ESPNChiSox Doug Padilla

Coaching staff to be finalized in a day or two. Parent expected as bench coach, McEwing at third base.

 

CSNChi_Beatnik Brett Ballantini

KW confirms Harold Baines will return as 1B coach working with outfielders but will also have increased hitting coach duties...as will Robin

 

Can't wait to read Kenny's autobiography some years down the line after Jerry has passed on and Kenny is out of baseball to find out what REALLY happened in the 2011 off-season because nothing is at all what it seems. Something is fishy and when Robin quits or is fire in 2 years time that will only confirm it.

I don't think I like this direction they seem to be going in with the hitting coaches. Having three people telling our hitters what to do at one time is not a good thing, in my opinion.

 

 

I don't think I like this direction they seem to be going in with the hitting coaches. Having three people telling our hitters what to do at one time is not a good thing, in my opinion.

They certainly would have a hard time getting our hitters to perform worse...

Can't wait to read Kenny's autobiography some years down the line after Jerry has passed on and Kenny is out of baseball to find out what REALLY happened in the 2011 off-season because nothing is at all what it seems. Something is fishy and when Robin quits or is fire in 2 years time that will only confirm it.

 

Why? Think back to Ozzie's staff. What was any different? It was a bunch of guys with organizational connections and no major league coaching experience, if any experience at all. What had Harold Baines done before the Sox?

CSNChi_Beatnik Brett Ballantini

KW just tells us Robin's contract is three years, no option.

 

CSNChi_Beatnik Brett Ballantini

KW deflected any question today that might be reinterpreted or spun as critical of Ozzie. The high road remains very much intact on his end

 

CSNChi_Beatnik Brett Ballantini

KW deflected any question today that might be reinterpreted or spun as critical of Ozzie. The high road remains very much intact on his end

 

Just following the Cowley approach . . .

ChuckGarfien Chuck Garfien

When Robin Ventura charged the mound on Nolan Ryan, guess who was a fan in the crowd? A young Paul Konerko.

 

ChuckGarfien Chuck Garfien

When Robin Ventura charged the mound on Nolan Ryan, guess who was a fan in the crowd? A young Paul Konerko.

Did not know that.

I'm happy it didn't happen, as I would hate to eventually dislike my favorite Sox player of all time

 

Great post. Glad to see you admitted that. Refreshing post.

 

That is the danger of hiring a former player. It's why the Royals wouldn't let Brett or White ever manage.

Ventura will be hated at some point just as Ozzie is despised.

That is a given.

Hopefully he'll win a WS though as that will give him some love no matter what. But it will end badly. It almost always does.

That is the danger of hiring a former player. It's why the Royals wouldn't let Brett or White ever manage.

Ventura will be hated at some point just as Ozzie is despised.

That is a given.

Hopefully he'll win a WS though as that will give him some love no matter what. But it will end badly. It almost always does.

 

You're really overplaying the hatred angle. Even the biggest Ozzie haters around will be indifferent to him within a matter of months if not weeks. All is forgotten with time.