I too agree that the white sox will have a better team with Ozzie in
charge, but why all the hostility about Frank? I guess 42 homers
wasn.t good enough. When Frank played consistently at first, he was
unstoppable and how many games did he win with those homers? Then
Jerry goes back to the platoon again and you saw his productivity
drop. Frank needs to be out there with his mind on the game, it's
been proven many times. So stay off Frank's back when Jerry's
knowledge of pitching was the teams downfall and not Frank!--- In
chisox@yahoogroups.com, "kwaichangcaine04" <kwaichangcaine04@y...>
wrote:
> Let me be the first White Sox fan to say that I am elated the they
> hired Ozzie Guillen today as their manager. I think he the right
> man for the team, media and fans. Ozzie will get in Frank's face
> (which Jerry Manuel was afraid to do), and he will demand that all
> agendas be put to the side and that the team always come first.
> So... Frank Thomas can say goodbye to batting wherever he wants in
> the lineup and swinging for the fences whenever he likes. If he
> tries that with Ozzie, he will find himself on the bench like
Manny
> Ramirez did with the Red Sox. Look for Maggs to bat third where
he
> belongs and Carlos Lee to bat 2nd or 4th depending on who's
> pitching. Also, expect Valentine and the Alomar brothers to
> return.
>
> Look for a team with much more intensity, that bunts and runs the
> bases better and has a killer instinct. And for God sakes...we
can
> finally say goodbye to the J.V. lineups that we have become
> accustomed to on Sunday games and when we win the first two games
of
> a series. No more Neal Cotts fiasco's. Also, look for a team
that
> will knock a guy off the plate by coming high and tight (Like
> Beckett did to Soso..I mean Sosa). It does make a hugh difference
> as will Ozzie..Go Sox and see you in the playoffs.