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Cait Higgins, Sox Superfan
Finals are over! Back to the good stuff. I felt compelled to write today on the heels of a 5-game losing streak and Ozzie’s first rant of the ‘08 season. It’s been a hard 5 games. Losing two to the Twins and dropping into second place is tough. Then, going in to Toronto and dropping three in a row to them has been almost unwatchable.

Our pitching has been very good. . Our hitting hasn’t been able to come around. Of course, it doesn’t help when the umpires blow a call that wound up being the difference between us winning and losing the game. It really irritates me when four men on the field that have the job of making routine calls fail to come up with the correct ones. Yesterday, poor Jose pitched an excellent game. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get much together in the way of hitting, but the blown calls are our kryptonite.

Carlos Quentin has been outstanding. All season, but especially in the past couple of games. It seems like he is the only one who can get the bat on the ball. Toby Hall just hit a double, so I am pretty excited. Let’s hope that this game ends well. I don’t want to be one of those “stupid fans” who believes their lineup is better than Ozzie’s ;).

Before the game yesterday, one of the guys put blow up dolls in the clubhouse. Everyone thought it was pretty funny. Except the sports media. Of course they will use this as leverage against Ozzie and how he isn’t qualified to be a manager because he’s outspoken. Sorry, he has a World Series ring, and he got it the second season he was with our club. When I read about the blow up dolls, I thought it was pretty funny. That’s Ozzie. Those are our Sox. Do whatever helps keep the clubhouse loose.

Let’s talk about Ozzie’s rant. H’s been getting some heat from the media for “ripping on” Chicago fans. To correct them, he is ripping on Cubs fans and fans that complain and complain about who should and shouldn’t be in the lineup. As if they can do anything to change it. I liked Ozzie’s quote where he said that he would love to take everyone’s advice, if only they had 50 roster spots. I didn’t like that he said Chicago fans in general forget- that they were the best team a couple of days ago and that we abandon ship when everything goes south. I did like how he said that the media forgets, because they do. We have all seen how much the media bias favors the Cubs in this town. Ozzie knows it, the fans know it, the Sox know it, and the Cubs certainly know it.

Here’s a great quote:

” ”We won it a couple years ago, and we’re horse[bleep],” Guillen said. ”The Cubs haven’t won in 120 years, and they’re the [bleep]ing best. [Bleep] it, we’re good. [Bleep] everybody. We’re horse[bleep], and we’re going to be horse[bleep] the rest of our lives, no matter how many World Series we win. We are the bitch of Chicago. We’re the Chicago bitch. We have the worst owner — the guy’s got seven [bleep]ing rings, and he’s the [bleep]ing horse[bleep] owner.” ” - Chicago Sun Times, May 5, 2008.

I’m really happy to see the return of Ozzie of old. Hopefully this changes the course of the season. Get our train back on the tracks. Let’s go White Sox! Don’t worry, Ozzie, you have fans that will live and die by this team. I’ll be out there supporting you guys no matter what you do.

Until next time, Sox fans!