Up and down weekend overall, but it ended with the U.S. Hockey team taking down Canada 5-3 in a spectacular display of uptempo, high powered, clean hockey. As usual, The Beard was having nothing to do with the Olympics once again, but the Hockey games are a fabulous exception. To beat Canada at THEIR sport, on THEIR home ice for the first time since 1960 (while wearing 1960 throwback sweaters) was awesome. Can't wait for the Medal Games...Also, Spring Training has begun on both sides of town, and both the Cubs and White Sox are doing everything they can to tell everyone how "Great" every player looks. On the White Sox side, apparently Bobby Jenks is off the sauce (yeah right, been there done that with Bobby before), Andruw Jones is motivated and slimmed down, and Peavy and Buehrle keep kissing each other on how good they think they are. Amazing how positive things are when you haven't lost a game yet.
Apparently Ozzie Guillen agrees as he wasted no time sounding off in this interview with Joe Cowley in the Chicago Sun Times. It's a pretty typical Ozzie showpiece. He probably says more than he should, and there's no doubt there will be both Cubs and Sox fans that will have problems with what he said. The main point though, is that he's made it clear that he's the one that's responsible for the White Sox offseason moves geared toward defense and a balanced lineup. He also praised Lou Piniella, Kenny Williams and Jim Thome, plus made some typical funny comments that have always been an Ozzie staple. It doesn't mean anything in terms of predicting whether the White Sox will be good in 2010, but it definitely shows that Ozzie has a plan for how he wants this team to win games. Whether it works or not remains to be seen.
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