Tubby Jones: I don't care what fans think
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 08:08AM ET
Since offering to go on a diet with Andruw Jones and getting nowhere with him, I've lost 14 pounds, so I checked in with the Tubbo on Saturday night to see how he was doing on his own. "Have you lost anything?" "I don't care," he said. I shook my head in disbelief, and he said, "I don't care what you think." "Do you care what anyone thinks?" "I don't care," Jones said. Saturday night the fans in Dodger Stadium booed Jones' name when the starting lineup was announced. "Don't you care that the fans in Dodger Stadium have turned on you?" "No," he said. "That's their problem."
Andruw Jones , AP
Guillen thought about quitting
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 08:36AM ET
Ozzie Guillen admitted on Saturday before the White Sox defeated the Mariners 8-4 that there was a time earlier this week that he thought to himself, ''I'm done with this job after this season.'' All the criticism was wearing on him. Enough so that for the first time that he could remember, even his wife, Ibis, called him up. ''I had to explain to my wife what was going on,'' Guillen said. ''She saw me 'bleeping' all over the place, and all of a sudden she wanted to know what was going on. When people in my family have to start asking me what's going on, that's what bothered me the most.''
Ozzie Guillen, AP
Gagne begs out of closer's job
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 08:06AM ET
Brewers manager Ned Yost wasn't ready to announce early Saturday evening that he would be removing Eric Gagne from the role of closer. "I don't sit here and make decisions five minutes after a tough loss," Yost said after watching Gagne saddle the Brewers with a defeat that never should have happened. Minutes later, Gagne took his manager completely off the hook with a pronouncement that was evident to anybody who has watched his work of late. "I don't deserve that ninth inning right now. It's very simple," said Gagne, who surrendered two ninth-inning runs that allowed St. Louis to pull out a 5-3 victory at Miller Park. "It's embarrassing."
Eric Gagne , AP
Smoltz could be back soon
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 08:40AM ET
So far, so good," John Smoltz said of his progress over two weeks. "The inflammation in the shoulder is gone already." He spent batting practice shagging fly balls in the outfield at PNC Park with teammates. The starter-turned-closer-turned-starter is about to turn closer again, and Smoltz could get clearance to start light throwing as soon as Sunday. "I'm going to see if I can sneak out there and get a head start," he said.
John Smoltz , AP
Isringhausen gives up closer's job
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 08:38AM ET
Izzy is out. Mix-and-match is in. The Cardinals at least temporarily removed embattled Jason Isringhausen from the closer's role Saturday morning, barely 12 hours after the righthander suggested the move to preserve the bullpen's integrity as well as his own mental well-being. "It's just something that needs to be done," Isringhausen said. "It wasn't about them. It was about me."
Jason Isringhausen, AP
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