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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 02:22 PM) That's what I feel like. Guillen expected certain players to be able to do certain things, and every year many of them came out of spring training unable to them. Whether it be bunting, stealing, hit and running etc, either Guillen couldn't teach, or he couldn't recognize that certain guys didn't have the skills to learn what he was teaching. I am really interested to see what spring training looks like, and what the team does coming out of the gate. I guess the word "professional" is a very loose term in MLB these days.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 26, 2011 -> 04:35 PM) Is Thad the gayest name ever? I propose that it is. No. There's some unisex names that I can't think of right now.

They need starters more than relievers.

One of the greatest post season performances in baseball. BTW, what was the title of that big ass box DVD set. I want to order it someday.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 24, 2011 -> 11:44 AM) The White Sox fans want: 1. A winning team on the baseball field. I'm sick of what they call "competitive".

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Oct 23, 2011 -> 06:06 PM) Cards getting rid of Colby: HUGH + White Sox getting rid of Teahen's contract : + BJs getting Colby and Teahen's contract : - - .....suckers.haha! Some revenge for Rios! Fixed it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:42 PM) http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/..._medium=twitter If the White Sox want to keep Hahn, they might want to show him what he means to the organization. They already do that with a nice salary for a #2 guy.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 11:52 AM) And maybe one day Joe will actually have an idea of what a journalist does and appreciate the work that everyone else in the Chicago media does. Really? He already doing that.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 11:22 AM) Exactly. Plus, if anyone watched Atlanta at the end of the season, they really couldn't hit much worse. But with Walker the potential there is to hit worse. We seen it here.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Oct 19, 2011 -> 10:17 PM) I don't really care about any farm reports since most prospects bust anyway. Santos and Sale are two of the best young arms in the game and have established themselves as guys who get the job done. Beckham and Morel at least play amazing D so I have no problem letting them learn up here. And maybe Dayan really is a powerhouse, I dunno. What's wrong with that? How is that bad? Because we don't have highly touted guys like Eric Hosmer? Where are these teams that are graduating superstars every year? Matt Wieters and Greinke sucked for a long time. I just don't see how being at the bottom of these grading articles has any importance when nobody EVER knows if a guy is going to be good until he's called up. And even that doesn't settle it since the learning curve at the big league level is usually multiple years, even for many HOF players. GMAFB with all this jazz. Even if we had Hudson we'd still hear about our crappy minors. Whatever. There are only 750 MLB players and most of them suck compared to the 30-50 good players and the 20 or so superstars. We're doing fine IMO; it's the veterans that are pissing everyone off. I wouldn't say Santos and Sale are established. Dayan has trouble catching a baseball. I don't doubt it is one of the worst farm systems. They probably go after athletes as opposed to baseball players. The Sox never impress with fundamentals so that is low on Kenny's list. If they are not developing any players then you are stuck with veterans pissing you off.

Baseball owners aren't much different in spending than the officials in D.C. A salary cap would save them from their bad spending or eliminate guaranteed contracts. The Yankees seem to put more resources on offense and it's proving to be a failure in the post season.

Ozzie is gone. Robin is in. Cowley no longer serves a purpose. I could care less what Ozzie via Coward says anymore. Can we move on? Did they find a hitting coach yet?

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 08:35 AM) I think this is a good thing. It shows KW's commitment. It's like a member of management getting off of his ass and going out to the floor to see first hand what is going on. Kenny's commitment was never an issue. It's his philosophy I question. Is he going to find another DH or 1B? Or another guy totally clueless about the fundamentals of the game? At least there's a better chance he won't find another football player who happens to play baseball on the side.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 14, 2011 -> 06:16 PM) People are already deciding that they'll be OK with starting a rebuild by the midpoint of next season, but when that time comes, they'll just say to do the same thing in 2013. This team's f***ed. Only half of the problem was solved.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 15, 2011 -> 09:11 AM) Job security could also have been had by doing his job well. It looks like he still has it.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 11, 2011 -> 09:08 AM) I understand, but I at least like to have some shred of reality to it. If a thread is started due to a rumor picked up by an actual journalist, then it doesn't seem so futile. Do they still exist in Chicago and how many are still in captivity?

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Oct 12, 2011 -> 03:26 PM) Is there something wrong with a beer? As long as you don't have more than one or two and aren't drunk then who cares? Mantle admitted to being drunk during games. How eras change. He used "unhancers" and today they use enhancers.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Oct 12, 2011 -> 01:19 PM) This thread makes absolutely zero sense. I think what he really meant to say was "This organization operates as under achievers and that's what they do best".

I wonder if prospects would be a good thing. I'd prefer to have a guy who is already playing.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 7, 2011 -> 11:07 PM) Fair enough...just thought he was being a bit too cynical before the guy's even gone through a spring training (another weakness for the Guillen regime, which was fundamentals/execution/bunting/throwing to the correct bases, etc., it seemed Ozzie never cared at all about winning or losing in ST and it seemed over time to have an effect on how we started in April). I guess he'll (Robin) have to earn our faith over time. Some will take it on faith, and some will be doubting Thomases. Neither stance is empirically right or wrong, obviously. At this point, I give him (Ventura) credit for being loyal to JR and the Sox family and stepping into the breach. You know he'll do the job to the best of his ability, and always remain dignified and professional. And there will always be a second-guessing crowd you will use it as one more nail in KW's (and by extension, JR's) coffin. I wouldn't paint that all on Ozzie. That's an organization, scouting thing. I consider it a KW trademark.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Oct 7, 2011 -> 11:13 PM) Personally, I've liked the teams he's assembled over the last couple years. On paper we should have been bettter. We weren't. That's life. That's baseball. I don't think he's the best GM around, bit I think he understands how to build a competitive mid market team. You have to take some risks. You're right. 2005 didn't grant Williams a lifetime contract. I am bothered by this attitude that he's baseball retarded despite building a World Championship team though. They've been paper tigers since the century. Since Kenny wanted to be demoted, maybe he will quit in a few years. I have hopes Al Davis gives him a call.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 7, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/7...-thinking-brawl The inevitable Nolan Ryan article with Ventura being named Sox manager... That will never go away. I still laugh at it. That should be the 2011 Sox poster. Getting b**** slapped.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 6, 2011 -> 11:08 PM) Go Umpires! Both these teams can go to hell. I'm still laughing at this. Great post.

What a choke job. Their offense turned out a very "Walkeresque" performance.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Oct 7, 2011 -> 09:11 PM) Rios and Peavy were definitely risks, but I don't have much of a problem with his other major moves. Who could've predicted that Adam Dunn would post a .569 OPS this year? Most of his other acquisitions (Garcia, Dye, Contreras, AJ, Danks, Floyd, Jenks, Thome) worked out really well. If anything, his aggressiveness was a plus. The one very legit criticism is the farm system under Kenny. THAT'S what's going to harm his legacy. That may be Reinsdorf's doing as well.