" Steve are you today I'm doing well today is packing day isn't getting everything together. If you get them down to this -- southwest."

" It's a great game and begin golfing. That is really that's that's nice."

" Now I'm nervous in the my club to get their clothes when I get there and yeah. Well we'll see then what happens to -- you never know sometimes there's still lost in the translation."

" That's so cool what are the White Sox packing up and what are they keeping that we know that Freddy Garcia -- options and picked up met -- options been picked up -- we've talked a little bit before about. The plan here about how they can he can make this team in the image that he wants of being. Smarter being better defensively being on base more. But what do you see happening and how quickly."

" I think part of the plan was implemented toward the end of the season that is I have to get them so the better fielder and Rios then they get themselves -- Number wonder one ace starter and Jake Peavy either way he pitched at the end this evening would have to consider in the number one -- and really. After the first after the rotation numbers don't really matter very much the only number that matters is alive and again that gets a gifted players -- her off days or something along those lines. Starting rotation looks to be a pretty good case and -- the rest of the team goes. -- looked into got a 117 million dollars and obligations and they're going to lose approximately that much. So if you believe that they can get no more forward Shawn -- and they have to get line because -- the other side of town. Believe that they might be able to afford that -- everything to other teams that want him. -- love for the Broncos also going to be a free agent and he can certainly be used by a few teams and he's going to be a good look I would look. To beat the Angels because the Angels have. Eleven different guys that are either going to be free agents or arbitration eligible they have to thank John Lackey he has absolutely. Number one the guy that you make your number one priority and there are further -- I was going to be arbitration eligible for the cause them a lot of money to keep those guys that they have to keep. That could beat them guys to fall through the cracks against England taken the guy's gonna go on the open market. -- is -- such a concern I think we have to address the bullpen but that's important. Because they certainly is concerned. I would find the greatest base right that you can find and bring him in the coach the guys who already have. Because you really only have two choices take a guy can we have better or bring in better guys that we established affected your neck and bring in better base runners. My financial constraints and you have to make big guys you have better and villagers as far as I'm concerned the only two choices you have."

" Did you name of a guy that it would would just stop by your camp and help you with something like that because it is amazing to me Steve. It and it's not just the White Sox IC a lot of bad base running around and I just can't believe it's for guys who played the game you don't. Literally earned a well I should suit but almost your entire life you know you start when your four or five in some places they've done this forever I don't do it somewhat."

" Why you're here you're exactly right and I think that there is. Certain things that are alive in baseball. And especially as we move to the scare and I think where -- Kenny says thirty home runs actually mean something yeah if that's the case. Then executions gonna mean that much more. And the lack of execution is going to be where you and we've done this year with the everybody. In the front office for the white section saying that this team was definitely good enough to win it and it's gonna take 87 wins to win at. Do you for a bracket with the lack of execution both offensively. Base running and defensively. And to a baseball team and it can send them home with the other 21 while they -- And we're gonna find out today living here is but the best executing team in the division. The twins. And if that means anything -- they're playing at -- and the fact that the Tigers -- two and seven. In the dome and the fact that it's the twins' best pitcher against the youngster Purcell who's done a great job he's still twenty years old. If any of that means anything in Minnesota will go on because fill out execute the Tigers. And we'll have to see what happens regularly put to rest of course if Tigers scored five runs in the first inning."

" What are we to make of -- late season power surge from Carlos Quinton head innocent people were real happy to see his average is down -- his batting average of balls in play was. Crazy low showing this sort of looks that there are you optimistic about Clinton's return to form next year."

" I am for a couple of different reasons number one if you have a foot and a knee injury and he had both as well as effective getting the -- taken out of his wrist. I do in the coming back entirely healthy and I think what you decided there was a guy that. Couldn't swing the bat the way he knows that he can because of a leg problems. Are important very solid base is. And Carlos didn't have that this year but at the end when he started to feel better he became a coach is probably going to be the number three hitter for this team next year. Well I assume that he's going to be more a big guy we saw last year how left for the guy we felt this year but end up. Big run producer for the fact that if that's the case. You could use another one because they don't believe that they'll come to an accommodation. With Jermaine Dye. The option to twelve million obviously that went by the boards. But they might be able to make a deal somewhere in the middle I just don't know if that's in the tired. So -- look at you probably could use one more guys. Especially a guy that cannot produce some runs for you from the left side and we heard that before and genocide and."

" I don't know I never heard dead why is okay that's why does that matter. Even even Alou now says he can hit you can hit these days -- mind."

" Well that's true fan and I believe that except if you were radiant dominated this means that. A guy having a very good day with a curveball or slider and definitely your right hand pitcher and it's probably going to completely shut you down. And we saw that the playoffs last year against the Dodgers. The Dodgers in three games against the Cubs did not throw one pitch from the left side. And that right hand dominated lineup was completely shut down and so although it doesn't mean anything to lose world or -- opening the door affords the inability to get a left handed run producer and just to get a run producer. Right obviously this year they tried they didn't didn't Milton he drove in forty. They tried they didn't and Aaron Miles and drove in five. Put together they drove in 45. That wasn't quite good enough and they're gonna need somebody -- use a little bit better."

" Of the kill it just always in your mind the Carlos Quentin. And returned and probably will return to the form of dead baby and an MVP candidates so the question out -- resist. When you look at -- we've seen. You know some guys that are all monsters be very viable MVP candidates on this list is Gordon Beckham at any time during his career as he improves. Will she be someday be listed as a guy who's in the top five or ten in the MVP voting easy get good."

" Yes he's that good and yet to understand something number one yet -- June 4. Number two best in the play position that he had played ten times in his life. And they had in the played in -- pennant race in the major leagues after fifty some games in the minor league team. I think it's really unfair to judge the full season of work. -- what happened to Gordon this year because he came up very quickly and he came up at a new position. He came up in a pennant race and drove in 63 runs and he'll hit 270. So that the borrow the ballpark don't look for another forty home run guy that guy won't be there but you will friend again it's between 25 and thirty and you try to get a -- him between 405. And a 123. Can do that every year and got hit fifty doubles. Pain than he's gonna play a very solid either third base or Everett is that they put him right now they're in love with Ramirez in the state that shortstop. And the question is then. How are you going to employing the same guys in the same spot. Are you going to improve your defense need and that's going to be the capital."

" That's my next question. Because he can you talk about bringing in a base running coach Tim is Tim Raines as a coach and they just let dole was out pretty darn good base runner in his day."

" Yeah the beating being a good base runner the end doesn't necessarily make you good base where coach because -- don't put some guys do instinctively and that's why. Some of the greats of the game can't I don't know I remember at one point the Cubs had Billy Williams and the hitting coach and give Fergie Jenkins who pitching coach. And they were two of the worst coaches in the history of the sport so. -- hall of famers. Because what they did naturally. Like -- he kept it moderately gifted major leaguer can't do that and and they couldn't impart to them. Just exactly what it takes to do it for instance and they're pitching coaches Dave Duncan with a catcher. A terrific pitching coaches Mike -- he was mediocre as a pitcher my I don't know if any coaches Rudy Aaron Hill. I don't remember him doing anything in the Major League okay Terry Crowley with a pinch hitter. I don't need a terrific hitting coach for Baltimore. Most of the great things just aren't all that good at coaching and good they can't coach -- average to below average Major League player that you have to get a whole lot out of after the."

" There's very call I think Dave Duncan I saw this and this could be incorrectly I think it's right. Is the only pitching coach in the majors wasn't a pitcher. They're right ever replicate I mean did it by the way that those are tall timber numbers for our boy back from their -- told -- number of those tall Timbers do you stolen. Torre honored fired 220 RBIs in fifty doubles that's that is MVP that gold that would be MVP numbers."

" Take a look at what he did this year Kerry without knowing any of the pitcher's hand and just coming into the Major League and he -- a kid with 57 games under his belt. He drove in 63 got here. Two months after the season started -- I think fifteen home runs something along those lines and you can seventy. Imagine when he actually gets stolen. Those pitchers. Learn what they do too long -- that given them fits at the end it is going to be a terrific player."

" Talking with Steve Stone that we are doing it Tuesday because we had extenuating circumstances. On Friday so we put Stephen our lineup and experts today along with Gerry DiNardo and Hub Arkush. But we also need to turn our attention to the Cubs in a little bit in what they're going to do the the excuse making doesn't stop. That's -- stopped well I like actually if you get a chance to read with Steve Rosenblum wrote in his blog in the Tribune news and there's nothing worse. Then making excuses while saying you're not making any excuses but."

" That's that's always the case because the first line is always. Now we never use injuries as an excuse but we were really hurt this."

" And if it I think it it will segue nicely from what we were talking about about hall of famers and coaching and managing with Ryan Sandberg. Really wanting to get out of the Bush's team is. He wants to be a big Cubs manager do was to be the Cubs manager soon until he will apparently not -- the Cubs hitting coach because Von Joshua was just. Hawkins so we'll discuss that and more with -- just mid fours and Bernstein WSCR the score."

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" A woman went to great news saga of Ryan Sandberg it seems. Rather than. Slowly works his way through the system right always get a little impatient here because I think he's tired of bad hotels its."

" I know what you can't blame them. Palin but that being said. He's. A minor league manager for a couple of years. I think he's done a nice job of going down there in me and doing what he had to do just expecting a Major League job right away. And don't you could be that guy after can -- a couple of very good jobs open after ten there's one in Atlanta. There is down there's one obviously in Chicago. There's been organized sort of like -- it. Jobs opening up then then you have to 2010 season."

" Qualify guy yesterday about Ryan Sandberg and I'm doing one and did I I don't -- be hitting good enough I think you're gonna ask -- started I wouldn't be your kidding Cody and no outs."

" You -- a different path yeah if he comes up to be hitting coach he doesn't want that path he wants to be. The next manager of the Chicago Cubs and there's going to be a lot of pressure. From outside and inside to making that --"

" What do you think. That at any point soon animal when we're gonna get this some sort of global mission statement from Tom rickets. But when does it happen and how forcefully how powerfully. Who will -- in knowing what we know now there's this season being over -- you would talk before about it was -- going to kind of ease his way into this and look at Hendry and look at Lou but at some point she's going to begin Metairie. Went the it's is it the meetings now worry that the rumors are that he's going to be there and involved when does a rickets owning the Cubs matter."

" He's gonna matter because he's going to run. Allocate the funds and I don't think they're gonna be too much more than in the neighborhood of 440 that you love -- here. But he's gonna take a look at numbers. In the numbers is something that. No there there relatively there were twelve. -- hitting is concerned they were fifth in pitching which isn't bad but they have to probably do some work and their bullpen. They were thirteenth in defense team and I was sixteen and 22 and one run games. They were sixtieth and stolen bases by the way that's flat. They probably would like vehicles speed and that didn't. And they were ninth in on base percentage which last year and there extolling the virtues of on base percentage this year something happen. I don't know what it was but it wasn't all that important. But he's already finished then it's kind of interesting because I was looking everything that was tagging up and went back to. -- the initial. Picks and other sporting news now bear in mind these things are done in January February. And the sporting news was. Fairly accurate except in one instance. In the National League we have Philadelphia in the eighties. The Cubs in the central the Dodgers in the wet -- They had the Yankees the twins beat the Angels brought -- as the wild card rocketed more than that. -- did the Yankees over the cup team. And obviously you know that's that's gonna happen no -- to ease up on the other side of the coin. They were pretty accurate in the American League. They had the Yankee between being a little bit of luck at the Red Sox is going to be real champions of the Yankees and and they had the Cubs did the NL champion -- In the end everybody picked the -- this year that's why. I didn't it was such a disappointing year for the folks on the north side it because of looking at those same rating services. They -- Sox third and fourth. But everybody was -- the Cubs don't win. Everybody."

" Now I know during your long and distinguished playing career you never had anybody in your locker room that was probably close to Milton Bradley in terms of personality and now a lot of stuff was coming up more and more about what some other place all the teams take them as well teams that he's played out it was like god universe of players yeah Milton. He's got good there. But do you believe do you believe this is one of those excuses. That once he left. Everything changed in a clubhouse atmosphere was. Loser everybody seemed to be happier. I mean I don't know how much credence I put -- should we put anything in that."

" You know. But what I do think you have to happen is you have to know what I'm cricket team when he will make a difference. He'll make a difference in. Figuring out before. A guy comes down -- really get involved and put somebody out there or a few people out there to do their homework about the people that he brings it into Chicago number one it's a big market. Milton had a lot of problems in Los Angeles was the only other big market he was in -- a lot of problems here and get some problems other places also but I'm talking about. Major market big problems and number two. They went out and they followed players during games -- and watch them. I'm wondering how many others got to actually tell them at night and and figured out where they were going."

" They don't you would never have Soriano deal."

" We probably wouldn't. Can't figure out how long they were staying out again when you have a -- 5 o'clock liquor licenses the 53 day games you've got to be very careful who you're bringing in the town. This is not an easy town to play end because I am now the fans on both sides of town have tremendous expectations and now whereas before there was a time in in the history maybe you'll both teams morsel of the Cubs and the fact -- bogey. Not hearing boos all the time. And I think that's real frustrating and -- I think you have to have a locker room full of choir boys. But Cuba in like you're going to be overwhelmingly talented. You better make damn sure that you've got guys that fit into your ballclub and bring winners cure organization. Good good everywhere you bring to your organization to organization gets better. With every troublemaker you bring to your organization your organization gets worse and unless you're planning on being eight to ten games better than the division. Every trouble making you bring cure organization taking you down two or three -- any good if you bring a bunch of them then you're not going to win. That's just the way it is in baseball today where the talent levels are so close. You can't outspend a New York Yankees and you want outspend the Boston red Saturday. Those guys also develop from within. And if you take a look at some of the players that the Red Sox are built around their their own players. -- like that they're getting to that point the Cubs have to get to that point they haven't yet been."

" Help me understand something here they would be truly that I. -- it when it comes to a guy who plays a lot of day games and likes to run around a lot of night and he's not always that is best and that can affect his performance. But help me understand it is somebody who likes to rely on him -- largely on empirical data to help explain why things happen in baseball and it doesn't always tell the whole story I understand that. If there's somebody in my clubhouse who is just a jackass how does that make me worse at my job what is the actual affect. On the baseball. Of somebody like Milton Bradley or somebody else that just makes everybody miserable."

" And it's distraction that you don't need to be very tough this game is a tough game. Played over. Seven and a half months including spring training. He played 200 games displayed by very tough guys kind of -- got to go out there on a daily basis pain and they don't need any more distractions. Then the other team trying to beat their brains out on a daily basis and me wanting to bear in mind that everybody lose sight out and that is. If you had to be you could go out at night. And there would be no problem the next day because you can take amphetamines -- and if you got a little bit older and took a little more amphetamines. But nowadays. When you bring older players your team and they go out at night you can't take amphetamines and yet. The prescriptions scorer. Ritalin and -- all with AB DNA DH."

" out of the 25%. Of the league managers this -- amazing epidemic out."

" Even the right attention deficit disorder it's gone from about 14 am legalize prescriptions -- 114 something along those lines. Those are legalized amphetamines for all practical purposes when you bring guys cure organization. Especially guys were going to be a little bit older. -- guys. Who are going to maybe not committing quite as much of nationhood and you have to bear in mind and they're not gonna get debt help the next day. And then also you have to take a look at what they do the second half of the season. Because guys that are strong the first half and -- follow up the second half and they're not going to get the -- that all those guys. But some of those guys they're not gonna get the help they used to be able to get and then there's been some guys that historically. That great first half being. And fall off the -- the second -- no explanation. Well there's one of the explanations as."

" Do you it down. -- a -- playoff question but I'm fascinated by this because Dick. But but is that is starting listening to UC so sick just this is somebody I would certainly don't run the team -- go to some look at it is hard. There is it do you think this is a huge problem in baseball. -- big problem is medium sized prominent baseball with a -- you're talking about -- you know when you're playing every day basically you are. I mean you have to have time where your smart enough to say my body is got you know I can't do exist."

" Can't do it will be a few questions tonight because some organizations do a better than other team. Milton Bradley replaced for the Cardinals. You'll be played for the Braves -- milk. Kennedy played for Minnesota. Oh okay. Did he play for. Much into apparently play for the Angels -- You all know -- whole -- if you were there are certain organizations in certain manager he entered in general managers. Who will not taking. Baggage and get the production. And let me tell you something about the Bradley situation. And you wouldn't have heard half of what went out and it Milton Bradley had driven a hundred run. And hit thirty home runs he. They would have said he -- guy that we needed. But because he drove in forty runs east and because he was second annual distraction. He's not worth the aggravation."

" I -- interest in tune in what you're saying about guys not recovering from staying out late like -- they were able to ended as it. And Dick who were looking at power numbers coming back to human levels and were were very very fixated on. Steroids and human growth hormone to what that does for strength and power numbers. But may be so -- even pick especially with a percentage digging into the Cubs play. Do you think it's it's. -- responsibility. Of an organization to to. Look -- own players are currently has and not necessarily just possible free agents I mean. If you're taking over the Cubs right now would you sort of do a a top down -- look this is something that we need to be concerned about about who's going to bed went."

" Absolutely. Because if you have a long term blanket no trade contract all the that we don't have those and then you're done. But as far as the guys coming up. I wanna know my guys better than anybody else knows them. Because if I make a trade I wanna have that inside information. That maybe a year from now. The other organizations got to find out why they traded him but they don't know what what I do trade him."

" Right -- great as always if there's any emergencies saving big deals something happens you never know we can find your right."

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