South Side Fireworks Man

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 09:45 PM) How, again, is Thornton not a closer? His D has screwed him for the second time. His stuff didn't vaporize overnight. He faced three batters and they all hit the ball hard. He wasn't fooling anyone tonight. Hasn't looked good in the closer role at all so far.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 02:31 PM) How I wish we had Milledge or Viciedo on this roster. I can't stand Lillibridge starting in a corner OF spot. Viciedo, yes. Milledge, no.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Apr 10, 2011 -> 10:23 AM) I think most, if not all, catchers would have done the same exact thing. I dont put much stock into what AJ did. He did what he was suppose to do there, nothing more nothing less. And frankly I would never expect him to actually start some type of physical confrontation. I still laugh at him for the fight with the Cubs he was involved with. He got jacked in the face, didnt do s*** about it and was the first one being led to the dugout. And while being taken to the dugout, he was flailing his arms up, trying to pump up the crowd. Dude, you didnt do s***. AJ knocked that punk Barrett on his ass with a good clean hit at the plate, knocked him out of the way and scored. Barrett responded by sucker punching AJ in the face which didn't even seem to phase AJ. At that point, if AJ retaliates he's facing a big fine and suspension. AJ rises above it and walks back to the dugout because he still got the best in that exchange--he scored, he knocked Barret on his ass and took Barrett's best shot without batting an eye. And yet, AJ still got suspended and fined which was pure BS.

QUOTE (since56 @ Apr 9, 2011 -> 06:33 PM) We lead the league in getting hit and are last in hitting others. Last year and so far this year. A.J. protects our pitchers? Our pitchers are supposed to protect our hitters. Hit back! Don't just be a punching bag! Sox lead in getting hit by pitches, are last in hitting opposing batters, but I'd bet they've led the league in having their manager threaten to hit opposing batters publicly since Ozzie has been here, and that's the problem.

As I've said before, the 2008 version of Carlos Quentin is the only legit number three hitter on the team. If the 2011 version of CQ is closer to the '08 version than the '09 or '10 version, I would hope Ozzie would bat him third. Dunn is more of a fourth or fifth place hitter anyway.

I'm not worried about Dunn's offensive production, but I would prefer him batting fourth or fifth. Trouble is, the only legit number three hitter the Sox have is the '08 version of Carlos Quentin. If Carlos can produce close to what he did in '08, he should be batting third. I'd like to have a guy with a higher batting average and a little more speed to go along with some pop batting third. Rios would be alright there if he were more consistent.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 04:55 PM) I don't care how much of a competitor Peavy is, or how hard he's trying to come back to be of value to this team. He's nothing but a drain on this team. Go f*** yourself, you glass piece of s***. FJP?

Doesn't Peavy have a history of shoulder problems dating back to his time with the Padres?

This is the right decision. Hopefully he plays the vast majority of games there, and when he doesn't let's hope it Vizquel. If Teahen remains on the roster, let him fill in at 1B or pinch hit once in a while.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 05:04 PM) I hope he gets a haircut and mashes all season while providing all star caliber defense. I thought I read somewhere that he was a below average defender. Is he reported to play plus defense?

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 05:27 PM) Has Dunn played a lot of games at 1b? Too many.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 09:51 PM) Yeah, AJ is probably a better signal caller too. Probably???

QUOTE (everafan @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 10:04 PM) The guy had it coming and was acting like an ahole. If whatever the guy was doing was so bad, why didn't someone sitting close to him call for security? Why did Oney's "girlfriend" have to come from all the way across the room and confront him? Then, whatever the kid said to her, did it warrant a physical attack? Why couldn't she just call security if whatever he said to her was so offensive? And given that the girl walked across the room to assault a heckler at a roast, wasn't she also acting like an Ahole and didn't she "have it coming"??

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 04:01 PM) Everafan just posted of being right there and seeing the whole thing and that the heckler deserved it so I'm unclear what the controversy here is. I don't think anybody agrees that Oney's a tool, but I'm not sure why this incident is being used to indict Ozzie. A poster on WSI says he was there sitting right next to the kid who got slapped. Here's how he described it: "I sat right next to the kid that got slapped by Oney's skank and tossed out for doing almost nothing." So we have a descrepancy as to how bad whatever the heckler said was. But there's no disputing the facts that a guy was heckling Oney at a roast when Oney's girlfriend went out of her way to walk across the room and confront, then slap the guy. Then he gets thrown out but apparently not her. Oney then tweets in what I guess was supposed to be a threat that he's waiting outside for anyone that had the audacity to boo him at a roast. Then apparently Ozzie, instead of ignoring the incident uses the microphone to curse at the heckler then call him a "Southsider" in a derogatory manner. It wouldn't be too big a deal if this was an isolated incident but it's just one more time that Oney/Ozzie have been involved in a public display of poor behavior.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jan 22, 2011 -> 01:42 PM) I'm glad Ozzie is here for at least two more years, hope he's here even longer. Just because they picked up his option for 2012 doesn't guarantee he will be the manager next year. It just guarantees he'll be paid next year. Since they sunk so much money in this year's payroll, the extra few million they guaranteed to pay Guillen next season was worth it to assure that Guillen's contract status didn't become a daily distraction throughout the 2011 season. But if the Sox don't win the division this year he probably will and most assuredly should be fired. And if he or his family keep embarrassing the organization, he should be gone as well. Winning will give him more leeway, but there's a limit to everything.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 22, 2011 -> 11:20 AM) Really? Is the guy who got punched going to press charges? I heard the guy who got punched was then thrown out of the event and then Ozzie called him a bunch of names, using the term "Southsider" as a pejorative.

Ozzie and Oney are an embarrassment to the White Sox and their fans.

If only Ozzie will use him properly as a LOOGY and not misuse him as he did with Randy Williams, Boone Logan, etc.

Misleading thread title.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 05:41 PM) In case you haven't checked, this has now hit the front page list on ESPN.com. I notice they didn't go into the remarks about Jenk's personal problems that Oney tweeted. Although they did mention the tweet about Jenk's crying in the manager's office because he had "problems".

I can't believe anyone would think what Oney did was good for the Sox in any way. Nor can I believe that any mature person would feel that Oney was justified for his tweets about Jenks. Jenks, rightly or wrongly, criticizes the way Ozzie manages his bullpen. Oney responds by making personal information about marital problems, drinking problems, and other embarassing situations public. In the "real world" people are sued and peop[le lose their jobs over things like this. The Guillen family has no class and reflects poorly on the White Sox organization. JR's misplaced loyalty to Guillen isn't doing him any good either.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 06:12 PM) As parting shots go, this one seems fairly tame. I hope Ozzie won't take the bait and just shrugs this one off, but it's unlikely. I wish Oney would just shut up already.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 24, 2010 -> 03:37 PM) Lol, they lost.... Pavano, Guerrier, Crain, Thome, Hardy, Harris, Cabrera, and Punto, right? And the only person they've added is some Japanese SS, right? Don't forget the Twins are "adding" Morneau and Nathan.

Apparently WSCR reporting Wood signed with Cubs for 1 year @$1.5M.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) I just want to say, I think Cowley has been the best Sox related reporter all off-season.