by Joe Doyle on August 5, 2008
It’s hard to be a SOX fan right now. Tied for first with the Twinkees and, well, the good guys lack confidence and it really shows on the field.
Swagger?
Not so much.
They’ve even lost some fights - it seems AJ is always on the ass end of an ass beating and Sunday was no different.
Except one thing stood out. For once (or maybe this was the second or third time ever) – Ozzie was right to have a fit.
Usually he’s playing tough guy / player’s best friend and defending the millionaires on the most mundane of issues. A beat throw. A missed tag. But Sunday was nothing short of quality management.
In honor of his spirited show, I wore my misspelled Ozzy is My Homeboy t-shirt yesterday. Yes, I paid money knowing it was wrong. It was well worth $15 to have all these Texans stare for they have no idea of the greatness embedded in my cotton shirt.
Together we have hope. Not the “it’s gonna happen” type of hope, but hope that Ozzie’s tirade can turn around an aged, streaky team with nowhere near the domination seen in 2005.
Damnit, go you SOX!
GO already! Win… for Ozzie’s sake.
by Joe Doyle on June 16, 2008
Dear Ozzie,
I’ve been a fan of yours since you were tagged out on first base with the old hidden ball trick. If memory serves me right, it happened to you again a week later.
Despite falling prey to such rookie high jinks, you’ve lead the Southside Hitmen to a World Series victory and several big wins over the dreaded northsiders.
Enter 2008, and both clubs are on top of the heap, with the boys in blue playing out of their heads. So I have some advice, Mr. Guillen:
look to the bench.
My favorite memories of our boys beating the Chubbies have nothing to do with AJ or Paulie and even Jermaine. I think of
Mike Caruso and Rob Mackowiak – two unassuming players on the fringe, who helped push the beloved Sox to glorious victory.
Speed is on your side against this club – their backstop has only caught 11 guys all year. So go for it. Put Paulie on the DL and get your Owens running, or have your Wise guy intimidate.
They’re hungry, and so are we.
GO SOX!
by Joe Doyle on May 28, 2007
Today I’m working in my office, listening to Ed Farmer call the White Sox game over the internet. Then Katie cries, so I decide to feed her in front of the TV with the MLB Extra Innings feed (today it’s out of Minnesota).
It’s always interesting to hear what other baseball people think of your team. Usually you get good insight on how your team’s players might be improving or on the decline.
But these Minnesota idiots – all they could do was latch on to one thing Ozzie Guillen said last August. He called the team pirhanas, because they’re vicious and always attacking. In my mind, a compliment. But to Minnesota fans (damn I hate all Minnie-soda fans), it was fuel for the fire. Signs everywhere today. Announcers on board. Even ten months later (it takes a while for things to catch on up dere).
I think Ozzie should stop feeding their frenzy (yeah right, good luck). But most of all, I think it’d be nice if the Sox actually started to play small ball like those pirhanas. I envy it.
