Dick Allen

I don't think Frank's ever fired an agent. His first one was killed in a plane crash. Of course.. I don't keep up with that stuff, so I could be wrong. His agents, one being Scott Sanderson, fired him.

There are rumors that he will quit, win or lose.

Torre is used to making $5 million a year. I don't know how effective he would be managing a team with a quarter of the payroll he is used to. IMO, if he isn't managing the Yankees next season, I don't think he will be managing.

He managed in KC, OAK, and SD before he got to Cincinatti. Had one decent season in KC, one in SD. If Buddy Bell is considered a retread, then Jack McKeon is indeed a retread.

I really doubt Cito would go for the Chairman's guy, the heir apparent, coaching 3rd base. I really doubt Ozzie will be coaching 3rd for the Sox no matter who they bring in. Unlike Chisoxfn, I wouldn't mind seeing Buddy Bell make out the line up. He is a no s*** guy. It would be nice to see players held accountable for their laziness, and mistakes. My first choice would be Backman, but with that story that came out last week, even if it isn't true, he'd never live that down, so its best the Sox and Wally part ways. I think the big thing I dislike about Buddy is he's a retread manager thats never won anything. I know he never had talent, but I see some guys, like Garner who just went around a few times and seemed to always land a gig and never suceed. I'd prefer a new face like Yount/Guillen to Bell. I don't mind Gaston cause he's got the rings and that in itself commands respect. Joe Torre was a retread. Jack McKeon a retread. Bell just had horrible talent in Detroit. The talent was a little better, but not much in Colorado, and you really can't call what they play there baseball. Bell is highly respected around the league. Is it deserved, I don't know, but the White Sox were heartbroken when he left the organization in the mid 90's. The thing that concerns me about Cito is why he never got another managing job after Toronto. Those Blue Jay teams he had, were loaded with professionals, something that can't be said about our guys. Cito is laid back like JM, Buddy is a bit more disciplined. What it all comes down to for me is who would handle the pitching staff better. To me , thats the most important part of being a manager. Ozzie would be interesting. You know he would have a blow up with Frank.

I really doubt Cito would go for the Chairman's guy, the heir apparent, coaching 3rd base. I really doubt Ozzie will be coaching 3rd for the Sox no matter who they bring in. Unlike Chisoxfn, I wouldn't mind seeing Buddy Bell make out the line up. He is a no s*** guy. It would be nice to see players held accountable for their laziness, and mistakes. My first choice would be Backman, but with that story that came out last week, even if it isn't true, he'd never live that down, so its best the Sox and Wally part ways.

I guess he won't be coming then because I don't see Colon coming back. If we have indeed offered 3 years and 40 million and have gotten no response, I don't think he's coming back. I guess we'll see how much he really likes playing in Chicago. If he doesn't take that deal, apparently not very much. I really doubt the Sox offered 3 years and a guaranteed 40 million. Its probably more like 30 million guaranteed, and an additional 10 in incentives. He might have to win the Cy Young, 25 games, and the Sox draw 3 million to reach them, so who knows. I'm sure the Sox offer is decent, but he'll get more elsewhere. On the other hand, he may sign. There is no rush to sign right now, although if Bart got hurt slipping out of the buffet line in the next few weeks, it could cost him a lot of money.

Even though I'm not a big fan of hiring Cito, one good thing is if the Sox hire him they won't be rebuilding.

It was reported in the Southtown today, that the interview has been scratched, due to the alledged actions by Wally.

I loooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvve stupid Cub fans that interfere with their own team. I'll buy that guy a keg if I ever see him.

When Kenny fired Manuel, he bought himself a little bit of time. You have to remember that KW did not hire JM. Manuel was in place when KW got the GM position. I would say that JM was KW's safety net. Well, he's cut the net, so now KW would be the one on the hot seat, from this point forward. You are right, Kenny didn't hire JM, but he did give him the extention for which he will be paid $1.2 million to do nothing next summer. Of course, the argument can be made that he was paid $1.2 million to do nothing this summer. There definitely is some fire to the stories HSC and NCorg have come up with. KW's seat is very hot, if he even has a seat in this organization.

What was a Red Sox groundskeeper doing in the Yankee's bullpen?

Players with 400+ homeruns aren't asked to bunt. When's the last time you saw Ordonez bunt? Lee tried to bunt, and couldn't do it, and JM still had him try. Its bad managing. Don't try to have your players do something they are not capable of doing. I don't see Barry Bonds ever lay one down. To criticize Thomas for not bunting is ludicruous. How many bunts do you think Babe Ruth put down a year? Going the other way, I can see you criticize Frank for not doing that. He did that the first 7 years of his career. If this story is true, it really paints an uglier picture of JM the manager. He basically is admitting he had no control.

Well, if JM asked FT to bunt, he shows right there what a true idiot he is, and how in over his head he was managing a MLB team.

I'll bet you a beer

Giles contract is MUCH more attractive than Magglio's. Cheaper and longer. The prospects given up where nowhere near what everyone is talking about Ordonez. Look at what the Sox were able to get Colon with . He had 1 year and $8.5 million left. 1 year and $14 million is going to get you a heck of a lot less.

To think you would get a slew of prospects, and have someone take Magglio's salary is a pipedream of the greatest proportions. If you want prospects, you will have to pick up some of his salary, if not most. If you want full salary relief, you will get a 2nd or 3rd tier prospect at best for him. The White Sox could ill afford the backlash from that, so he'll probably play out his contract here.

GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And if he said he wasn't interested, they would have held THAT against him. He couldn't win answering that question. Its really too bad, but someone will give him a chance, and in a few years everyone will be hoping the White Sox hire a big name, and his will be at the top of the list.

I just read that Backman played for Torre, Leyland, Davey Johnson, and Piniella. He probably picked up a few things from those guys. It would really be a shame if he isn't considered.

He said he'd be very interested in the job if it opened up. Evidently, that was the wrong thing to say, and his chances on becoming the next White Sox manager-they gone.

If you like good pitching, you wouldn't like Freddy Garcia the last couple of years. That said, supposedly if he got out of Seattle, his problems would be solved.

No way Carlos gets non tendered.

These "experienced" candidates that a lot of fans want, were at one point 1st time managers. Joe Torre was 117 games under .500 in his managerial career, before he came to the Yankees. Now he's a genius. The Yankees fans were up in arms when he was hired. There are guys out there that haven't had a shot, or who had a shot where it didn't work out, who could be very effective managing this team. This is a huge decision. A bad hire could set this franchise back 5-10 years.

I read somewhere about 10 years back, that Frank fell out of a tree or something like that as a kid. It supposedly screwed up his shoulder, and that's why he has a funky throwing motion and no confidence as to where its going to go when he lets the ball go. It might have been a football injury, I can't quite remember.