In Which Don Guillote Lays Down And Dies

by defensive indifference on Mar 31, 2008 6:24 PM CDT

I realize that it's only one game but Ozzie missed an opportunity to let his actions speak for all of his Spring Training talk. There were three very questionable calls by the umpires today, which clearly effected the outcome of the game. Ozzie came out three times, nodded politely, and proceeded back to the dugout every time. While I don't think it's necassary to pull a Bobby Cox every time there is a questionable call, or that arguing calls will get you better calls later, I do believe that Ozzie led with his mouth on this one.

All spring we heard Ozzie saying that he's going back to old Ozzie. That he's going to be setting a fire under these guys. Immediately he has the opportunity to fight for his men, especially Crede who was clearly upset, and he does absolutely nothing. I don't think this necessarily hurts the team but I do think Ozzie held the match to light the proverbial fire under the asses of this team.

Instead, Ozzie laid down and died.

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it was the turn of the 'soap-opera' personality!

by The Wizard on Mar 31, 2008 6:43 PM CDT reply actions

Meh

I'm not sure it's good to have umpires pissed off at you either...the question is which helps the Sox more: fiery Ozzie who gets the team going and the umpires hate or subdued Ozzie who sort of does the opposite? Given that this is baseball, I think the latter isn't a bad choice.

by hitlesswonder on Mar 31, 2008 9:06 PM CDT reply actions

Two of them weren't questionable.

Crede may or may not have been out at home.

A.J. was out and Orlando interfered.

hw also brings up a good point that you don't want the umpires to be pissed off at you either. It's a fine line between inspiring your team and pissing off the guys that run your game.

That said, I agree that he should've argued the Crede play at the plate. Crede rarely gets that emotional, so it would have been nice for Ozzie to defend his player.

Another interesting aside: A.J. handled his "questionable" situation most maturely out of the three. Go figure.

"P.S. if Cintron gets traded or released I will buy drinks for the whole board" - tubesox 6/24/07

by mjthor on Mar 31, 2008 10:40 PM CDT reply actions