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Falls under the total base part. HBP and BB count for a point. Ah-ha! Sorry! No biggie. It is the first day and all, plus that stuff isn't always clear.

When he wasn't disputing characterizations that his sub-.500 team is lifeless or downplaying the apparent way his manager had called out White Sox fans and hitters at the end of a 2-4 road trip, general manager Ken Williams left the perception Tuesday that the negative spotlight on two of his sons might prompt him to consider quitting. Dedrick Quinn Williams, 21, and Kenny Royal Williams, 16, who were in Durham for sister Temeka's graduation from Duke University, were arrested at 3:02 a.m. Saturday in North Carolina on two counts each of breaking and entering a motor vehicle and larceny, and one count of possessing stolen goods. "I guess the chink in my armor is my family," Williams said during a lengthy media interrogation in the home dugout at U.S. Cellular Field before a 1-0 victory over Baltimore. "I really have to at this point in time weigh the positives of the job versus the negatives of it and whether or not I want to continue to subject them to it. "I still have two younger ones—in addition to the 16-year-old, I have a 14-year-old and a 12-year-old at home—and I'd hate to think that my job and the scrutiny of it and the microscope that is obviously on them takes away from their innocence and their childhood. So there are some conversations that need to be held in the Williams household." When asked if he was considering stepping down, Williams said: "I didn't say that. I didn't say that. My wife and I have to do some talking at home. "My kids are embarrassed. We are suffering a little bit, to be honest with you. "It's compounded by the fact that they wanted to come out and communicate themselves that they didn't do this. The advice from my lawyer is to say as little as possible. You don't want to put the [district attorney's] office in North Carolina on the defensive, so I'll leave it at that. It really makes you think about some things." Williams declared himself prepared to handle the scrutiny that goes with his position but admitted being caught off-guard by the way he believes his profile bled over into the coverage of his sons' arrests. Williams said Kenny Royal was suspended indefinitely from his Plainfield High School baseball team, an action that could carry into football season. Williams indicated he would move his son out of that school and might consider moving the family out of the state altogether. Again, however, Williams wrestled aloud about issues involving shielding his family from the spillover of his public prominence. Again, however, Williams said it was "definitely a little premature" to believe he would quit as GM at the end of the year and that he would do nothing drastic in the short term. "No, no, no, no, no, no," he said. "No, we're not going down that road. We've got a job to do. "I'm here to try to hand a World Series trophy to Jerry—both Jerrys [Reinsdorf, the chairman, and Manuel, the manager]. That's the focus." Williams said he met Tuesday with Manuel and Frank Thomas about comments they made after Sunday's loss in Seattle. When questioned Sunday about the reception the Sox could expect at home, Manuel had asked with a smile, "Have we ever had a good welcoming?" and said he expected "55,000" fans in the stadium that holds 47,098. The manager also said it was time for his offensively struggling regulars to shoulder some responsibility and "look in the mirror." Thomas was quoted as saying he didn't have to look in the mirror "because I know what I'm getting day in and day out [at the plate]—and it's garbage." "A lot of what Jerry said with regards to the fans and the attendance, as well as the Frank issue, is a little bit overblown," Williams said. Williams took issue with the way Manuel's and Thomas' comments came out. "It came as though it was a confrontational kind of message, and it wasn't," Williams said. "It was a direct message. "We don't need to be confrontational to anyone around here because the messages have been communicated and we're all on the same side and all have the same goals." Williams, who said he has a date in mind—but declined to cite it—for when it will be time to make a major move, denied his 18-20 team was lifeless. "In the dugout here, they're fighting, believe me," he said. "In the clubhouse, after games, they're fighting, believe me." Then Manuel's job isn't in the kind of jeopardy everybody thinks he is? "I never said he was," Williams said.

Falls under the total base part. HBP and BB count for a point.

Beltran is UFA after '04.

The way he is pitching $3.5 mil is a bargin.

God I hope not, I don't want to see us sign a wife beater.

I thought half of the Williams kids were in jail? Who the heck is voting for him???

wow only 46, that is so sad.

52% think he is doing a good job? ARE PEOPLE STUPID???

That was a dumbass move, and a great heads up play by Jerry Hariston Jr to throw the ball over there. I don't know what DA was doing...

Does he look like Jimmy Smits?

Didn't he sign a contract that gives the Sox an option for next season? That is what I thought too.

Watching Koch last night the HUGE difference was he threw first pitch strike to all 3 batters, and he kept the ball down. Plus he used his off speed stuff much more effectively which kept the hitters off of his fastball.

Remember when I asked you if they could hold onto a 20 point lead last night? I guess it had to be 25 points

He has had tons of mental problems too. I have a feeling that this kid is flaming out right before our eyes.

Are you hinting that they have a replacement in mind? Just curious. And if you don't want to tip your hand too much just say so.

Going into the season who would you have guessed would have been 7-1 with a 2.05 era and who would have been 2-6 with an era of almost 4. And if you say Loiaza at 7-1 you are a LIAR!

I would bet it was Harold, just a guess though.

This is going to kill him when he gets to the higher levels. Players are going to better recognize the break on his pitches and lay off of them. It is the same problem that guys like Garland have had when they get to the bigs. Neil is going to have to dramatically drop his walk totals or he will be in trouble at the major league level.

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Maggs had 4 point with a double, walk, and a run scored. Pickers were IDSeer, ESPNJohn, Hotsoxchick, SoxfaninBeverly, Rofacosta, and Mathew Congrats to the first day winners.

get in the chatroom, I'll do some play by play, I have the game on TV. Me and Alex are in there now.

I can't help it, being the oldest I have this insane urge to pick on those younger than me

Not that it matters for you tonight Ugly, but I go by the first pitch of the game. Plus with the baserunning he has done...