South Side Fireworks Man

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 28, 2011 -> 04:17 PM) All this extra bs because Ozzie didn't have the stones to yank Dunn for Quentin. Ozzie has to be the worst in-game manager in major league baseball. If the Sox don't replace him soon it just shows that they are willing to acept this garbage. "All in" my eye! I don't blame any Sox fan for not spending money to come out and support this bulls***. Fire Ozzie and Walker NOW!

Fire Ozzie NOW! Quentin should have PH for Dunn. A blind man could see it.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 24, 2011 -> 05:46 PM) Is Viciedo going to have the same impact as Dunn on the back of his baseball card? At least Viciedo won't watch strike three go by with runners in scoring position. ;-)

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 24, 2011 -> 04:47 PM) I hope not. That means his contract has become a bust OR Carlos Quentin has returned to 2008 MVP form. If Dunn hits like his career norms he is a perfect number five hitter. The only legit number three currently on the roster is Quentin-circa 2008, that is- so we better hope he regains his form. Konerko is the perfect cleanup hitter.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 24, 2011 -> 03:37 PM) Dunn dropped to 5th in the lineup, Q hitting third. Finally! Let's hope Dunn stays at fifth, where he belongs, for the rest of his Sox career.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ May 21, 2011 -> 10:02 AM) Why does it seem like Dunn is at 1B whenever Buehrle is pitching? Doesn't make any sense. What really doesn't make sense is Dunn always batting third.

QUOTE (daggins @ May 19, 2011 -> 03:35 PM) Morel might be benched for two games because the two starters we've faced (especially Masterson) are notoriously tough on righties. It might also have something to do with him not drawing a walk yet. Oh screw walks already. Morel should be playing. Period.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 16, 2011 -> 12:54 PM) Looks like Pierre will be leading off for the foreseeable future: Also, there's apparently no reason to call up Viciedo: Honestly, KW needs to DFA Pierre soon or we'll be stuck with him leading off until it's too late. Fire Ozzie.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 15, 2011 -> 01:30 PM) Viciedo is getting called up tomorrow. I believe Teahen will be DL'd. It will be interesting to see how and if Ozzie uses him. Who knows what Ozzie will do, but I wish he would start Viciedo in LF and bench Pierre. Let Omar start a lot more alternating between 2B and 3B as the leadoff man. When Omar is not starting, let either Ramirez or Rios lead off.

I hope they do bring up Viciedo, but only to use him as the starting LFer (or RF if they want to move CQ to LF). I say stick with Morel at 3B, but if they do want to start someone else ther, it better be Vizquel.

I hope we see Omar Vizquel leading off playing second base for a while with Dayan Viciedo starting in LF. The odds are against it but so are the odds of the Sox winning the division. Still, I have hope on both accounts.

Pierre Ramirez Dunn Konerko Quentin Pierzynski Rios Teahen Beckham Peavy

Pierre Ramirez Dunn Konerko Quentin Pierzynski Rios Beckham Morel Jackson

QUOTE (DukeofChicago88 @ May 6, 2011 -> 06:04 PM) It's absolutely ridiculous that Dunn is back in the 3 spot. He's done nothing deserving to be put back there. Hasn't even barely come out of his slump if you ask me. Dunn should move back to 5 and Paulie in 3. Once again, our manager makes more glaringly bad decisions. Even when Dunn is hitting to his career norms he doesn't belong in the three spot.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 3, 2011 -> 05:40 PM) You can tell he's not an asshole because of how he interviews? Personally, when I see him do an interview, I always kind of get a "I'd rather be somewhere else" vibe from him. But that's my feeling, and it doesn't prove a damn thing, because you can't tell anything from interviews. And just because he has above average intelligence for an athlete doesn't mean anything about him being or not being an a-hole. There are plenty of smart people who are huge pricks and plenty of dumb people who are the nicest people you will ever meet. OK, where is the evidence that he is an ahole? It's all hearsay and mostly comes from his one year stint with the Giants by a couple of people who some others may consider aholes themselves. Someone else said he is a bully. Where is the evidence of that? All we ever hear are vague statements about him being an asshole from someone who heard it from some other unnamed friend or "source." I can only judge people by what I know and what I see. If there is a lack of evidence I give people the benefit of the doubt. And what I said about how he comes across in interviews is he doesn't seem like an ahole. He seems like a nice guy. The only time he seems to be trying to act like an ahole is during games when he's trying to get in an opponent's head. I write that off more to gamesmanship than anything else. If AJ were such an ahole I'm sure by now there would be many documented cases of blowups and incidents with teammates. But in fact it's usually all quiet on the AJ front except for the occasional anonymous gossip from unnamed sources that he's an "asshole".

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:23 PM) Furthermore, he can't block balls, he can't throw anyone out, half the time he can't even find the ears on the ball, and he's been awful at the plate. "Intangibles" doesn't get it done as a major league catcher. Actually he has been quite good at blocking pitches in the dirt throughout his tenure on the South side. He has an average to slightly less than average throwing arm which is made to look worse because the Sox' pitchers have been terrible at holding runners and slow at delivering pitches to the plate. And intangibles do contribute at the major league level. Anyway, if you ever hear AJ do an interview he comes off as personable and it is clear that he has above average intelligence for a professional athlete. He can articulate coherent thoughts without inserting "you knows" and "I means" between every other word. He sure doesn't come across as an "asshole." Maybe it's the one or two "sources" who allege that his teammates don't like him who have the problem and are the real "assholes".

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 3, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) He likes to berate people. He not only doesn't help others he tries to make their life more difficult. The classic example is when he was with the Giants and he took a bouncing pitch in the nads during warmups. The trainer asked how he was feeling. AJ still kneeling hit the trainer in the nads and said "it feels like this a**hole" and began laughing about it. I have a feeling that "story" is the only reason why you feel the way you do about AJ. And from what I understand, that alleged incident may not have even happened.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ May 3, 2011 -> 12:27 AM) This whole organization is full of losers, chokers, and softies, and being that AJ is not one of them, it certainly makes sense that he'd have some enemies right now. There is zero reason for a team with this much talent to pack in it, night after night, series after series. This is the same s*** they did this time last year, only Kenny and Ozzie could be blamed for it that time. Now, there's no one to blame but the sorry ass players themselves. It's not September yet, boys, and these aren't the Twins. You don't have to tuck tail yet! Maybe Kenny needs to send off everyone who has a problem with AJ and fire Ozzie's ass too. Change the culture and just start this whole damn thing over. Please, Mark Buehrle, go somewhere else and win. You too AJ, and same with Paulie. John Danks - what a great call on not signing that extension! Money aside, why would anyone with your abilities want to play here? Go make some cash and win some games elsewhere. This team is 100% capable of not only righting this ship but trouncing those pretenders atop the division, winning the division, making the playoffs, and winning a WS. The talent is definitely there. But this AJ hating s*** is exactly why they'll do nothing but founder once again when the going really gets tough. This is a rant, but .....it's like half the noteworthy and conversation inducing team related events occur over Twitter posts by a Guillen family member. That's what we get as Sox fans instead of a baseball season, Guillen family Twitter drama. And choking. And now hating on AJ?! Really?! If you're a player and AJ's behavior is pissing you off then how about you take out yout tampon and let your balls drop and take it out on the field of play instead of confiding in some dbag Score host. Ugh. I'm done now. Preach the truth, brother!

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 09:38 PM) guess Lilli over Milledge was the right call Seriously, it was a no brainer at the time and tonight is just one example why.

First thing would be to try to dump Pierre and Teahen's contracts in any way possible and replace them on the roster with Viciedo and De Aza. At the same time I'd be trying to line up a good manager to replace Guillen.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 24, 2011 -> 10:00 AM) I love the fact that it says "Benchwarmer" under your avatar.

"All in" my eye.

LOL Adam Dunn!

The only thing worse than the way the Sox are playing this inning is the announcing of Mark Grace.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 04:06 PM) Pierre, Beckham, Quentin, Konerko, Dunn, Rios, AJP, Alexei, Teahen. Ozzie finally got the middle part of the order right.