BigSqwert

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) You think his in-game strategy is that different from all other managers? Yes. Most AL managers don't bunt and play for 1 run before the 4th inning of a game.

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 01:15 PM) Ozzie screams at Brent and puts Rios in the lineup again. He has to be insane. Ozzie! Ozzie! Ozzie!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 01:29 PM) -- He knows how to win the big one. We got to the WS and completed the deal instead of pathetically just being happy to be there. "Living in the past is for cowards and losers" -- Mike Ditka Time to let go of something that happened 6 years ago.

Guess who's in the starting lineup again! It's our favorite guy, Rios!!!

Happy birthday!!!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 12:32 AM) Yeah, well, the Pirates didn't owe their 1B $36 million, nor their DH (because they don't have a DH) $56 million. They were able to simply let him go. Williams made room on the roster for Alejandro De Aza, who is capable of playing CF and has played well in the minors. He also made it pretty clear that he wanted De Aza playing quite a bit. Maybe Ozzie should get him in the lineup a little more often instead of going back to the same s***ty well in Rios.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 11:52 AM) I do not know dude. You can search these boards...until very recently I have NOT BEEN AN OZZIE basher. I've let go of his childish antics, his idiocy, his arrogance, his general foolishness because I thought he was a capable manager and he did bring us a World Series. However, his handling of Rios...and then publicly bashing another player just is mind-boggling. A player who just messes up deserves no public scorn from his manager. A player who plays like he doesn't give a chit? Deserves it. I have slowly gone from big Ozzie supporter to total disdain for the guy. I'm tired of him ... the Rios thing is the last straw. I am embarrassed that such a piece of crap is still taking starts for our team. And I totally blame Ozzie. Just imagine how some of the players feel regarding this situation. They must want to wring Guillen's neck.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 11:46 AM) Whether Rios was making a zillion dollars a year or was working for free on prison furlough, under NO circumstances should he have played in at least the next innings or the next game(s) after his sickening play against Boston. The NUMBER ONE thing we teach kids at TEE BALL level is...you bust your tail. You try. You care.... If you can't do those things, play another sport. How do his apologists defend him in this situation?

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 11:42 AM) Ozzie has a double standard. Further evidence that he is garbage as a manager. Bashing a cheap paid utility player who at least gives effort....yet reward a trifling prima dona with start after start after start. IT. MAKES. NO. SENSE. But it's Ozzie's world....one void of logic. He even got the OK from Kenny that he didn't have to play his highest paid players yet continues to trot Rios out there. That's inexcusable.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 11:26 AM) First you're getting married and now this? He enjoys the wave and Ozzie Guillen. Need I say more?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 11:17 AM) It bothers me more than BigSqwert, who is supposed to be a very peaceful person who tried to attack me when we met. With compliments! Why did you leave that part out?!

For the Guillen apologists, please list out the reasons why you think that he needs to stay here as the manager of our ball club. I'm trying to objectively come up with reasons why he deserves to stay and I'm struggling to come up with anything other than he's entertaining with the media.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 11:06 AM) Wow. Tell us how you really feel. As harsh as it sounds there is some truth to it. I don't think he even finished high school.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 10:57 AM) Will you will try to convert me to some wackado religion again? You will see the light one day my brother.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 10:54 AM) Then go talk to the conservatives that do that. I'm not doing that here, and I never suggested it. My bad. We need to break some bread tofu and make amends.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 10:51 AM) See, that was never said. Talk about taking what I said and really twisting it. Well a lot of conservatives blame the housing crash on them.

For me it's: - 2005 World Series - Blackout game - Ozzie getting a black eye from foul ball - Ozzie getting fired (whenever that happens)

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 10:43 AM) Because as far as I'm concerned their stake in the game is making sure they keep people in office that keep giving them free money. That's a bleak future. I know it's not right, but it is what it is...at least I'm being honest about how I feel. The problem is this. Over time, our welfare system went from being something where the original intent was to get people back on their feet and help them through bad times to something designed to keep them where they are -- reliant on the government. I have no problem with the system existing, but it's abused...and IMO, those that abuse it deserve no say. While the liberals may have the best intentions of taking care of these people...this isn't the right way to do it. Feed a person fish, and they eat that day...teach them to fish, and they can eat for as long as fish exist. That said, the neocons have the opposite in mind and would rather see them die...or something, I don't know what they think would magically happen if they just cut these people off, and this is a mentality I also disagree with. If the system was running as it was originally intended to design, I wouldn't have a problem with them having a say in this country's future. But the system isn't running as intended, it's being abused, and the politicians are helping them abuse it...the very politicians they will vote for. OK. People on welfare control this country.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 10:26 AM) Not sure why needing government assistance should mean giving up one of your most fundamental rights. Agreed. Makes no sense to me.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 10:19 AM) I've already cut my game total down quite a bit this season. If Ozzie and Kenny are both back next year, it will be cut to 0. If Ozzie is back, I'll have a hard time rationalizing going even if Kenny is fired. If Kenny is back and Ozzie is gone, I'll still be unhappy with our GM but can at least go back to not being angry at my team, so I could probably rationalize going to about as many games as normal. Hopefully, they're both gone and I can be refreshed as a fan. I no longer plan on seeing a game in person until Ozzie is gone.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 10:03 AM) St. Louis says hi. Liar. There's just no way you know everyone in that city.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 10:00 AM) The day Ozzie is fired will be the happiest for me as a fan since we won it all. No exaggeration. Likewise. I loathe that family.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 07:32 AM) The sad thing he probably reaches more people than Krugman. Same goes for Jersey Shore. What's your point?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 09:00 AM) If the player really wanted out, they sure would. It might be different here since wanting to be traded might seem like a slap in the face to the Guillen empire. A player wouldn't want their dirty laundry aired if it appeared that they weren't happy working for this "family".