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Greg, that's interesting. First time I thought of it that way, that Ozzie believes he has more credibility because of his big league career, in comparison with KW's. You might be on to something there. Plus, he has the boosted confidence from having been around the Marlins and Braves organizations when they were winning, combined with being "King of Chicago" after 2005.

But the Cardinals thing is a 50/50 chance, it seems....either he retires, is traded, stays with Sox or goes to STL as FA for his final big contract.

Okay, couldn't resist. Maybe someone will have their day brightened by attacking my starting a thread after a "competitive" loss. Go for it.

Why would AJ block a trade....to stay on this White Sox team? He's as good as gone.

I can honestly say it's a pleasure to hear Paciorek again. He was always my favorite. Also, John Rooney and Wayne Hagen. Sad when the announcers being paired (Hawk and Hurt, good radio show appelation) and Whimpy and Farmio is more interesting than the game.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 14, 2010 -> 08:21 PM) I honestly don't have as big a problem with Juan Pierre on this team as I do with Omar Vizquel, Mark Teahen, Randy Williams, Ramon Castro. Those guys have absolutely no value to this/ANY team whatsoever. Actually, I'm fine with Castro. Look at the back of his baseball card. But Schneider really needs to work on his conditioning. He's called some very good games defensively, has some pop in his bat and can throw the ball a lot better than AJ and V-Mart.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 14, 2010 -> 08:18 PM) He has an analytical mind, and seems to have a good head on his shoulders. He’s worth a shot. Hell, I’d even give Depodesta a shot here too. I want someone who studies the game like he has to take a test on it at 6:00 AM in the morning. I want a manager like that too. Look at Daniels, I think he went to Cornell, but his "real" background is in marketing and retail corporate work, someone like P&G I think. Look at the minor league pitching depth in TEX. That's nice. They never should have traded A-Gone away (or Chris Young, the pitcher), but he's done a very respectable job the last 24 months. Buehrle with the player of the game award from FARMER, that's how bad things are.

Kotsay is fine as the 25th man (if he's hitting like last year with us, not BOS)...on the roster. Not as a prominently featured player who gets 300-350 AB's. There's no point in even talking about it anymore. Inane.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 14, 2010 -> 08:11 PM) I love KW, but the sabermatician in me does glow a little when i hear the name Rick Hahn. I'd prefer to bring in someone with experience. I don't even like LaRussa, but I would give him a blank check to be the GM and manager. I'm not sure Hahn has the qualities to be a good GM. It's uncertain. Evans was a disaster in LA.

I really think this is worse than 2007 already, because this team legitimately had a chance to compete if KW made the correct off-season moves. Teahen, specifically, will go down as one of the worst, paired with the completely undeserved extension. Unless KW got a "kick-back" like Wilder from Teahen's agent?

Teahen=GOLD GLOVE And it's not even a close vote. Whether he's more like Rolen or Brooks Robinson, there's some debate. I would really prefer Chris Snopek or Greg Norton at 3B. Herbert Milkman Perry would fit in with our bench.

Go deep Pods!!!! Just because that will result in 3-4 threads from little known posters and one or two Twins and Tigers trolls.

I'm really done with Ozzie after this. No reason to even bother with a new thread, all the Sox boards are slowly becoming ghost towns....nobody left to read them. There might be more interest in where LeBron James ends up eventually or the FIFA WORLD CUP than this White Sox team.

Do we actually hope for a Royals' sweep? LOL. Everyone on the field and in the dugout not noticing Josh Hamilton hadn't tagged up, costing the Royals 2 runs eventually, is what cost Hillman his job in the end, along with Hillman fining Betancourt for missing a pop fly. That would put us at 9 games under .500 and tied for last place w/the Royals.

We now have the most boring team in MLB. At least the Royals have a new manager, and the Orioles have their minor league pitching depth, the Indians at least have all their youth from their trades of V-Mart, DeRosa, Sabathia, Cliff Lee, etc. How do you not go the pen? There's just no sense of urgency to actually win games, especially considering the fact that the Twins are losing.

Well, even the Royals hold their managers accountable, and they'll only be 2 games back after tonight for last place.

Luckily I went out and got drunk last night, so I was able to miss the first 6-7 innings of this snoozefest by sleeping through my alarm. Jesus, our offense sucks. But I'm sure Hawk said we have to tip our caps to the opposing pitcher, even if it's Bergesen or Eveland.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ...ired/index.html Wonderful Posnanski article, I was thinking as I was reading all these articles about the Royals that maybe I have been undervaluing Ozzie Guillen by quite a margin.... Now maybe Cooper or Walker or any number of candidates could do a better job strategically, but it's really hard to find someone who loves putting on that White Sox uniform more than Guillen. And to find someone who can understand and motivate each player individually, to press the right buttons a the right time. Whether Guillen has "lost" the Sox or not (and I don't think he has), it was clear that Hillman lost the Royals a LONG LONG time ago. Maybe Ozzie with an almost completely new cast of players will be able to get things turned around again. I would much rather try with Ozzie than someone like Buddy Bell, that's for sure.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5187219 Interesting new twist to the Griffey story....

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/13/19446...d-could-be.html Very good analysis coming out of the KC beat writer Mellinger... http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/13/19448...r-hillmans.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/13/19448...-struggles.html

Alfred Molina and Carey Mulligan are excellent in that one, same with Skaarsgard (CREEPY!) I don't know if I buy the Audrey Hepburn comparisons just yet, but I can see where they're coming from...she does have a presence that someone like Jennifer Love Hewitt can only dream about conjuring up.

Sort of. The one justification given for 3B was his arm strength, and reports he was timed at 89-92 MPH by various guns at tryouts. 1B, because of his height and being RH'ed, maybe not a natural fit either. I'm thinking LF. As long as we don't have Teahen, Viciedo, Josh Fields and Alex Gordon all trying to defend positions, our future D should be okay. Well, actually Gordon would be fine with me as a "speculative" replacement for Konerko at 1B. Definitely, I'd take him in a heartbeat over Teahen at 3B. Speaking of Royals/Sox trades, whatever happened to Tyler Lumsden and Daniel Cortes, those guys didn't work out so well, did they? It seems Cortes was a Top 40-60 prospect not so long ago, and now you never hear about him.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 13, 2010 -> 03:52 PM) I like just about anything with Brendan Gleeson. Gangs of New York also comes to mind right away. He's got that hang-dog expression down pat. I used to really really loathe Colin Farrell, I'm actually starting to warm to him a bit. Plus he's got the same taste as SouthSide Don and Robert DeNiro with the ladies of color, lol.

Letters from Juliet Robin Hood Prince of Persia Which movie, if any, will get your movie-going dollars in the weeks ahead? At first I thought I would like Crowe in Robin Hood, but they're trying to go all dark, like Daniel Craig Bond and Matt Damon Bourne, and it's getting tiresome with all these reboot copycats, maybe it started with Batman Begins. So the real question will be which is the biggest box office disaster, the Costner or Crowe version? Women will want to drag you to the chick flick, of course. It's bad enough with 2-3 releases of Nicholas Sparks movies every year. Then there's EAT LOVE PRAY coming out w/ Julia Roberts. BE VERY AFRAID of that one. I don't really play video games, but some of the reviews I've read of "PERSIA" have been pretty good. Gemma Atherton's hot, so I'll definitely check it out, even if not a big Gyllenhaal fan (like his sister more, especially CRAZY HEART). Has anyone seen THE MESSENGER yet? Worth checking out? If someone has seen BABIES, I hope they don't admit it here.... And remember the "it's hilarious!" comment about IT'S COMPLICATED. Whoever wrote that, they should be b****-slapped by Flavour Flav and Willie Harris. Joking. Well, sort of.

Just because it was one of those Renaissance Fair tops that was crowding her boobies in and smushing them down, lol. As long as SouthSideDon doesn't add Nancy Faust, I'll be okay. Some of his choices, questionable, but that's the beauty of beauty...totally subjective, in the eye of the beholder, as they say.