I don't want him back at all unless he gets a haircut.

Hater.

Agreed. He quit.

Yes, Method, I think Ozzie should have sat Rios and Dunn except in those situations where matchups dictated they play.
The manager doesn't pay the players. His job is to give the team the best chance to win by putting players in positions where they have best chance to succeed.
Ozzie did not do that.

I would very much like to see Sandy Alomar Jr. get the job. Catchers have a history of doing well, and this is a good time.
We are trying to develop Flowers into our starting C.

If Alomar is hired, I think we've improved.

Speaking of catchers, I wouldn't be surprised if Carlton Fisk is on KW's short list...

Just a hunch.

Of course Ozzie jumped ship.

!st reason money. Who wouldn't want to double your salary? And, yes, his kids are going to live off the old man.

Second, the franchise is a mess. Kenny suddenly developed the turde touch, everything he does turns to shite for some cosmic reason. Rios, Dunn & Peavy take up 40% of the payroll & return nothing. 

 I was thinking of Buehrle the other day & thought - does he really want to end his career in this wreck of a team. He pitched well enough to win 18 games this year, but no offense & a pen that blew multiple games for him left him with 13 wins.

Won't he want to go where he can win?

ask your current employer to either meet or supersede the offer.  I've done it myself.

In all fairness, Ms. Love, let's not compare the kind of hardball you play with the negotiating tactics that your average schmuck has at his disposal.

I also buy into the whole catcher to manager thing.  Too many examples of it working.  That said, i'm intrigued by the idea of Coop taking over.  Which means it will be Martinez

I also buy into the whole catcher to manager thing.  Too many examples of it working.

You know, I was under the same impression about this.  But having just gone and looked up Mgrs with the most wins, there's not a preponderance of catchers there.  You've got Torre, Bochy, Scioscia, Houk, maybe Torborg and Ned Yost. 

But among the guys who made more of a career out of managing than playing -- Alston, Sparky, Herzog, Tom Kelly, LaSorda, LaRussa, Cox, Mauch, Dick Williams -- none of them were catchers.

If you have 10 minutes to kill and need a good larf, this is the thread for you:

http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=130712

Um, 10 minutes?? Did I miss about 60 pages.

what's the context of that Boyer quote?

Heck yeah, I'd listen to that duo - but only if Dahl alternated his voice each inning between "Anthony" and "Tommy Skillethead"...

Don’t rule out the Sox making a play for a bigger name [for hitting coach], such as Jim Thome.

Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf loves Thome, 41, whose playing career likely has come to an end after 21 seasons and 604 home runs. The two share the annual habit of meeting for dinner to talk about life and baseball after the season, and a major-league source said Reinsdorf was eager to move this year’s meeting up.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/8271354-419/jim-thome-could-join-mark-parent-on-white-sox-coaching-staff.html

This story is a great example of "burying the lead".