Or maybe Tracey will get another shot tomorrow.

Seriously, I wonder what Tracey's gonna say to his pals at AAA about Ozzie. Most of the guys know Ozzie but this has to be perceived negatively by minor leaguers despite their hunger to make it "to the show".

Why do people (I mean the fans of baseball, not W.S. fans) hate A.J. so much?  What has he done to the fans?  I can see how other players dislike him for talking trash, and I know the San Francisco trainer story (which is spectulation from what I understand), but he doesn't seem to do anything to incite the fans (for example, Dennis Rodman talked crazy shit about how bad Salt Lake City and Utah sucked ass, but he was still given a free pass by the majority of fans)  Has he pissed the media off in some way?

The thing is, for the most part A.J. plays the game hard.  I hated him in Minnesota, but in the same way I hate(d) Fernando Vina - he was annoying in that he always seemed to be making a play, or getting a hit at the right time.  

What A.J. needs to do is embrace the character that he has been given.  People love the anti-hero.  Now, I don't want him to comment on everything like fat-ass David Wells, but I would like to see him call Buck Showalter a pussy, and that Michael Barrett was just letting off frustration in that he plays for the lovable losing Cubs, and that Angel fans are a bunch of crybabies.

It just would be nice to see A.J. stick up for himself and tell all of the haters to go f*** themselves.  

"Every time I see a kid in the clubhouse, I ask whose it is, and it's always Uribe's. Maybe he has 20, I don't know. ... I don't know what kind of kid you're going to be when you're born on 6-6-6. If he's like his dad, he's going to be a problem."
-- Ozzie commenting on Juan Uribe's new child, born June 6

First of all, I think Ozzie was wrong on all accounts last night. I think a lot of the things he  says and does are swept under the carpet due to the success of the White Sox during his tenure and I believe that these problems will come further into the light once the Sox experience a sub-par season. "because I'm the manager" will only be an acceptable answer while the White Sox are a winning team and I hope he realizes that. I'm using the term acceptable loosely. Having said all of that, Ozzie is a good manager and I think we would be lucky to keep him around for many years to come. Can you honestly name 5 managers in baseball right now who'd you'd rather have running the team? Now, to address some of the unbelievable comments on this thread.

southsidefan. Your comments on Ozzie are baffling. Ozzie isn't coaching a first year team with players that don't fit his style of baseball. He isn't coaching last year's team that was strong and won countless 1 run games even though the Sox couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. He's coaching a defending World Series champion that has a better lineup and better starting rotation than a team that won 99 games and went 11-1 in the postseason. To be 40-25 and say that he's regressed is something that I can't even comprehend. I'm sure we'd all like for the Sox to be 65-0 right now, but, that just isn't possible. Be realistic and look at the big picture. Ozzie is managing a different team under completely different circumstances this year and he's doing a fantastic job. He's made a few mistakes and I'll be the first to call him out on those mistakes, but, the bottom line is that the White Sox are one of the top teams, if not the best team, in baseball right now and Ozzie is a big reason for that.

brentbrookhouse. In response to your comment about the Sox not being able to complete a sweep. It sounds like to me that either you don't understand the game of baseball very well or your're choosing to ignore the fact that the schedule is 162 games long. Go ahead and send our A-1 lineup out there for 162 games and then you'll come on here around game number 150 and wonder why the Sox are collapsing down the stretch. There's a reason why the Sox went 11-1 in the postseason last year and closed the year out so strong. They were a rested team because Ozzie knew that to play a 162 game schedule and have a chance in the playoffs, you have to not only give your starters days of rest, you have to give your bench players some reps so they don't get rusty. Sweeps are great, but, 2 out of 3 is the goal with a sweep being a nice bonus to make up for those series where you don't take 2 of 3. As for what you see wrong with this team, I can't see much and I wish you'd fill me in because I see a team that has had either the best or 2nd best record in baseball for most of the year while keeping pace with this year's hot team, the Detroit Tigers. Have some faith and keep things in perspective. The White Sox won 99 games last year with a .611 winning percentage and they're playing .615 ball right now.

hitlesswonder. Where do I even start? Tunnel vision is the reason I would suspect that you're hitless. "the starting pitchers have not been good this year, outside of Contreras" My goodness. I could have sworn we had Mark Buehrle checking in with a 3.21 ERA, but I could be wrong. There have been some rough outings and Garland, Garcia, and Vazquez haven't been world beaters so far, but name ONE pitching staff that you would trade for the one we have. The 5 regulars have 413 innings between them over 63 starts. That's 6.5 innings per start with a combined ERA of around 4.32. That is STRONG. I'd love to see all 5 starters dominate the way they did against the Angels, but, you have to be damn near blind to not see that this is the best pitching staff in MLB right now. The 2nd to last line in your post is the most dumfounding, though. How on earth is a defending World Champion who has had the best or 2nd best record in baseball all year long not a "professional, winning team" ?  As for the "problems" you speak of, there are about 28 other teams around baseball that would love to have the same "problems" that the Sox do right now. Seriously, what were you thinking with that comment? Just how many games do you expect the White Sox to win, anyways?

tailgater. Let me give you a little insight as to why that lineup can just "not hit" on certain days. That lineup faces major league pitching and every once in a while you face a pitcher who is throwing well, guys don't get hits with runners in scoring position and no one is hitting the ball out of the ball park because sometimes major league pitchers just throw the ball well. Did you just start watching baseball recently? If so, I apologize for sounding condascending to someone who is new to baseball. If not, I'm sorry you haven't come to this realization yet. I'm glad I could shed a little light on this amazing phenomenon.

Finally, thndrstrck. Ummm, I'd like to buy a vowel? I can't argue with 1-6 or 8, but, someone like you who obviously knows a thing or 2 about baseball out to know better than to say something like that about the middle of our order. Just tell me you're not talking about Konerko (.304, 17 HR, 49 RBI) Dye (.301, 19 HR, 48 RBI) and Pierzynski (.320, 3 HR, 17 RBI) and I won't call you insane. Otherwise, I think you need to re-evaluate that comment. I'm not even mentioning Thome, Iguchi or Crede, all of whom are having very good seasons so far at the plate. I won't argue that last night's   performance with RISP was pretty ugly, but surely you realize that last night was the exception rather than the rule with this team. We've got 3 guys right (Thome, Konerko, Dye) now who are on pace to easily have over 100 RBI by the end of the year and a 4th (Crede) who is probable to surpass 100. It doesn't get much better than that.

Flame on. I don't hate any of you, but, I'm amazed at the lack of perspective on here and just hope that you're posting out of frustration rather than expressing reasonable opinions.