Ozzie Guillen on Alex Rios: "What have I seen from Rios? A lot of outs. The only batting ninth guy making $5 million was me. This mother [bleeper] is making $10, $12, $14 million, he ain't going to be batting ninth [in 2010]. I'm going to make sure he earns his money. But right now I have to put him there because he's struggling. Next year, if we have Rios batting ninth we're in deep [crap] once again.''
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Because you don't pay off on your failed bets.
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Man Crush on Ozzie
for being so real,idk but the white sox are the team i identify with more than my other teams the raiders and lakers. ozzie is the man even though i think he gives struggling players to many chances i.e count,linebrink,and pena.
ozzie tells it like it is and is so old school i love it. when he told cle they choked that had me laughin for days.
hopefully he will do it the last game against the tigers.
prediction: Rios will start balling out after the angels series
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD YES!
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You like the Lakers and Raiders? No one should take your ass seriously.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Sep 13, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
outstanding
I love that Ozzie cares about OBP, and even more that he realizes how awful his was.
Is Rios really this bad?
Serious question. Is this just a horribly unlucky slump or have his offensive skills deteriorated that much? Do any of the sabermetrics on him suggest a bounce back year in 2010? Can we hope he at least posts a .330 OBO and a +.430 Slug% next year?
hes gone full retard for a bit.
i expect him to be back in 2010
But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza
After the kid is born,
you’ll have a proper frame of reference.
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And you bastards want to fire Ozzie!
Maybe he just sticks Pena/Linebrink out there so he can have one of these for future use.
i imagine he keeps using players
like pena and linebrink because the gm of the team, presumably with the “blessings” of the managing partner of the sox, traded away a top prospect and agreed to a relatively large contract to acquire the guys. ozzie would be a moron to not give the those players every chance to succeed until the folks that sign his paycheck tell him to do otherwise.
by explodingpinwheelsforfunandprofit on Sep 13, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
These days I actually do like it when he uses the shit we have in the pen.
Kenny needs to see the real “talent” of the team.
The Boogeyman cometh
by omnipotent grab on Sep 13, 2009 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions
put it on the board
You’re not going to take anything away from the pitching staffs that we’ve faced, but we’ve been facing some pitchers this year it’s like, ‘Who the [bleep] is this guy?’ " Guillen said. “They don’t even belong in the [bleeping] big leagues, and they just kicked our ass. … I know who beat us, and I know who should beat us. We’ve faced some guys where they’ve called him up, faced us and get him back to [bleeping] Double A. … That’s how bad we’ve been.”
Yep, and this shit's been going on since '03 at least
...take your hobbit circle jerk to another thread
by larry on May 18, 2009 8:58 PM PDT
since '04 i think
this is all on walker
i'm alex rios' last fan
by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 13, 2009 5:43 AM CDT up reply actions
we just haven't gotten on a roll yet
wait til we get hot at the same time DJ.
Adios Walk
we’ll miss you during the cold months of April and May
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by El Duque's Raft on Sep 13, 2009 1:07 AM CDT reply actions
Ozzie can go.
sick of him and his rants. tony larussa would look swell in the dugout.
Kenwo4life=ratings
Is he a free agent?
The Boogeyman cometh
by omnipotent grab on Sep 13, 2009 1:51 AM CDT up reply actions
He is going nowhere.
Get over it.
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Yeah. 3 1/2 hour games and seven pitchers a night = fun.
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Sox Machine
I'd still prefer Ozzie
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
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by Sox Machine on Sep 13, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Pfft. I don't go to sleep until 4.
But seriously, you lose about four days a year being a fan of a LaRussa team, or the Red Sox, or the Yankees.
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by Sox Machine on Sep 13, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
but you if youre a fan of a larussa team, or the red sox, or the yankees,
you enjoy october a lot more.
But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza
or the red sox or the yankees.
But if you self-loathing- sad-bastard-fuckhammers see that as "appropriate", well, then… I suggest you go fuck yourself while nick swisher looks on, completely unfucked. - SkanchoDanza
we're all losing days of our lives to the red sox and yankees.
/thank you espn.
Cashing checks and having sex.
by MarketMaker on Sep 13, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He'd also look good behind the wheel
zzzzzzz
by Pander on Sep 13, 2009 5:35 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, let's fire Kenny as well and assemble a roster based on LaRussa's eye
Also, Ozzie is not white. According to KenWo’s rule of self-loathing, you must love Ozzie and hate Don Cooper.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Sep 13, 2009 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
that rule doesn't apply to coaching staffs
i usually hate all of them unless they are harold baines who gets a free pass no matter what he does.
Kenwo4life=ratings
i'm taking ozzie's word on rios
i'm alex rios' last fan
by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 13, 2009 5:44 AM CDT reply actions
I see two equally troublesome possibilities with Rios...
1) Forgot how to hit. He’s been pretty healthy over his career, no reason for his performance to be hampered. So he just simply has lost his swing in a big way, and can’t find it again. This is solvable, probably with a new hitting coach or voodoo blood rituals. Get his LD% back up to 20 at least, take a few walks, shorter swing, much improved baBIP (.154? Ouch.), higher hr/FB%…nothing insurmountable, he just needs a cluestick.
2) PED use that tapered off after he got his contract year. He had a sub .700 OPS from 18-21, when it hit 750. At 22? .924. Scuffled a couple years at first, then up around .850 for two years. What changed? Same rough K:BB rate. Bout the same speed. Only thing that appears to change was power…take homers for example. 1, 10, 17, 24 by 2007 (15 in 2008 and 2009 so far). Not Sosa-esque, but it IS quite a jump. Even in the minors in his banner year he only popped 11 in 563 PA. Perhaps he dabbled in the use, got his contract, and quit them.
If that’s the case, uh oh.
I’m hoping it’s just his horrible, ridiculous swing.
He just needs to remake his swing.
The Sox don’t need ridiculous numbers from him. I’d settle for a 800 ops and outstanding defense.
"Oh well back to work"
Settle? You'd run a tight ship Tdogg
800 OPS and outstanding defense would make him one of the most valuable CF in baseball
This motherfucker is making $10, $12, $14 million.
by larry on Sep 13, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
haha, rec'd
i'm alex rios' last fan
by onlysoxfaninboston on Sep 13, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
I hope we see .800 too
But after seeing replacement level (or less?) output from CF for the last 3.5 years, if he was just worth his contract, I’d be happy
Rios forgetting how to swing vs PED use
Neither good. Hope for #1 I guess. Can Sox fix a bad swing? Haven’t seen evidence of that. Given how prevalent PED use was, worried that is a possible explanation for his declining offensive numbers. Could be in real trouble on that front. Right now he’s making Juan Uribe look like an offensive juggernaut.
Yeah, PED's....Wait, when did they ban them?
Seems pretty illogical considering that it was 2005 when the ban started and after this is when he started putting up good numbers but good try. Keep swingin’ kid.
anybody notice lately
how there hasn’t been much talk about the great Clayton Richard?
hmmm I wonder why?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richacl01.shtml
He’ll be a decent option for them next year but not worth any of the debate discussed here at the trade deadline.
"Oh well back to work"
Yeah i had
Geez what the hell happened to Carter and Poreda?
Aaron 37 walks in 32 innings? Carter tattooed. Damn.
"Oh well back to work"
He had his moments this year.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he develops himself into a decent second / third pitcher. Still, I’m glad we pulled off the Peavy deal.
The Rios deal, on the other hand, I’m still waiting on.
"wordy and overly verbose."
by larry on Jul 3, 2009 3:43 PM CDT
by Black Sox Baseball on Sep 13, 2009 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Second / third for the dismal Padres, by the way.
Third / fourth anywhere else – which still isn’t exactly spilled milk.
"wordy and overly verbose."
by larry on Jul 3, 2009 3:43 PM CDT
by Black Sox Baseball on Sep 13, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
fuck ramon castro
hows that?
i was thinking late last nite how with day off tomorrow and day game yest aj would play despite no day off in a while and versus lefty kazmir. i would assume without data he has passable history versus kazmir? yes no? so indeed, i am here to badmouth castro per carbiners request.
5 for 64... is there an issue?
One catch (and 1 hit) does not make you a major league player... or does it?
The best part of Oz's rant was about Uribe
Someone pointed out Uribe is hitting 5th for a contending team in the NL. Ozzie said “Uribe was 9th on this club because we didn’t have 10 players”.
by Duck99 on Sep 13, 2009 7:25 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
royals finally break rany.
this is probably too long for those who really aren’t interested in the royals but there are a multitude of gems in this.
And while Law didn’t mention it in his chat, I’ve also learned that after publishing his criticism of Dayton Moore’s extension, Law received a phone call…from Dayton Moore.
that organization is amazing. and rany’s done blogging until ST.
Scorched. Earth.
I love it when someone goes batpoop and that foot is not me.
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We're Stuck With Him......deal with it!
This year is history.
Start 2010 by letting Dye and Dotel walk. Trade Pena, Linebrink, Fields, Wise, and Castro for whatever you can get which probably won’t be much. Trade Jenks for some bullpen help and turn over the closer role to Thornton. Promote Hudson, Nunez, and Flowers. I’d also let Cox go. He cost us too many runs this year with his poor judgement. Resign Pods 1yr, move Q to right, and look to bolster bullpen in off season through FA or trade. Rios will improve. Can’t get any worse.
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