Ozzie Guillen to Florida, managing last game with White Sox tonight.

You know, if you have the phone in your hand you could at least call .... Very crappy.

Looks like the Sox will be getting Florida's No. 4 and No. 5 prospects. Not bad.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-sox-will-reportedly-receive-two-players-for-guillen-20110927,0,1662373.story

 

That is insanity on Florida's part. Absolute insanity. There are very few managers in the history of the game that are worth that. And certainly not this guy.

And whoever said that fans are going to show up in Florida to watch Ozzie manage are going to be proven wrong.

 

Yeah, it's not like the White Sox sold out every game. It will drum up more interest in the team, but I would think it'll have a negligble effect on actual butts in the seats.

 

The new stadium, in a better location, combined with Ozzie and Pujols will have a humongous effect on the attendance dude.

 

Yeah, they'll go from drawing 5,000 a game to at least twice that.

I think Guillen will be a draw, but I don't think it will be anything extreme.

 

Why would Gooden just make it up

 

Of course it won't. People don't come to the park to see the manager. But they will come to see ALBERT FREAKING PUJOLS. So I think they'll probably end up selling out a majority of their games next season

 

Take it to the Doc Gooden thread.

Oh, wait.

 

Three words that will preserve Moddy's manhood: Owner Jeffrey Loria. And if the noob doesn't get it, may I advise a quick study of the Montreal Expos?

 

Fans don't come to see managers. But a manager who fans like is of value to a team in desperate need of anything to convince people they're trying to win. It's not enough, but it's something. And it's sure cheaper than Pujols.

 

The Marlins didn't sell out the majority of their games during either of their World Series-winning seasons (they averaged 29,000 per game in 1997 and a whopping 16,000 per game in 2003). It sure as shit isn't going to happen just because they hire Ozzie.