Having just left Chicago and US Cellular Field after the Red Sox reduced the joint to a pile of rubble, here’s some deep thoughts from Pale Hose Ozzie Guillen after the White Sox lost again last night.

This seems to be partially in response to an earlier tirade from the wide, gaping mouth of A.J. Pierzynksi during the Red Sox/White Sox series, when he reportedly verbally assaulted hitting coach Greg Walker for not telling him that Manny Delcarmen throws a cut fastball.

Well…long story short, Delcarmen doesn’t throw a cut fastball and Pierzynksi did a magnificent job of proving once again why he’s one of the most reviled players in the big leagues by throwing a hitting coach under the bus when he couldn’t hack it at the plate.

Anyway, here are some of the greatest hits for Ozzie while I’m waiting to see exactly how effective the revamped and restored Big Schill is going to be against a Yankees offense that touched up Josh Beckett for 13 hits last night.

Thanks to Mike P. for sending this along to me:

“We've got a $100 million payroll and they don't show it on the field,” Guillen said. “If this keeps up, bring on the Double-A kids. They're killing me. They're killing my family, my coaching staff and the White Sox fans. I hope they care the way we care. I'm tired of seeing this [expletive] every day.”

“It's embarrassing day in and day out to do the same stuff,” Guillen said. “People are blaming our pitching staff, but the offense comes along and puts more dirt on the grave. Everyone in that room should look in the mirror and be embarrassed.”

“I'm tired of seeing that [expletive], day in and day out. And I don't want to spend a miserable September seeing the same [expletive]. If I have to see the same [expletive], I told [team GM Kenny Williams], 'Bring somebody up. [Expletive] it.' If it's my fault, I should be moving out of here then. If it's my fault, [expletive] fire my ass and I'll be fine. I have the job to do, and I get paid a lot of [expletive] money to make this club work, but it's not easy to work with people like that. It's not easy.'”

”You see this since April,” Guillen said. “I keep giving people a chance to succeed. A pat on the back. I wish I played for a manager like that. I swear to God I wish I could have played for a [expletive] manager like that. Every time you fail and keep putting guys out there who fail day-in and day-out, that's easy to play.
“You keep failing like that, well, [hitting coach] Greg Walker doesn't hit. Ozzie Guillen doesn't hit. [Pitching coach] Don Cooper isn't pitching. Well, then, have fun.”

Here also is some leftovers from Peter Gammons during his appearance on Mike and Mike in the Morning last week as well...nothing new here, but I always like to include Baseball Buddha's thoughts whenever he makes an appearance.

Following up on a USA Today report that said the Torch if being America’s baseball team has been passed from Yankees to Red Sox. I still tend to think of New York as still being America’s team, but I wanted to get your thoughts.
PG: I tend to agree with you. The reason stated is that the Red Sox lead in road attendance. I think part of that is the fanaticism with the Red Sox fans that live in other places and go to games.

Also New Englanders do travel very well. When the Red Sox play in Toronto, in Baltimore or Tampa Bay a lot of Red Sox fans travel there. I think the national perception is that the Yankees are still there, but the Red Sox also led the league in road attendance figures in 2005 the year after they won the World Series as they do currently this year.

We’ll see in 8-10 years who really is America's team. All of those years the Yankees spent in the National spotlight really goes a long toward making them America’s baseball team.

Now that’s not to say that the Red Sox aren’t immensely popular or that it’s not important to Major League
Baseball that the Yankees and Red Sox stay very good.

Where do the Yankees stand with the Wild Card possibilities right, and is the AL East still up for grabs with the
Red Sox still holding a sizeable lead?
PG: I think it’s up for grabs. The battle with Seattle [for the Wild Card] is interesting. The Yankees have gotten a lot better and there pitching is now in order – it’s not great but it’s in order. Joba Chamberlain has made a huge difference in pitching the eighth inning and giving Mariano Riviera some rest for September. I’m amazed at what Seattle has done.

They have a great closer in JJ Putz but their starters have been nothing better than average: they have a 45-46 record and their ERA is over 5.00. They’re in a tremendously tough stretch right now. If they can get out of that and stay in there then who knows.

And then there's this from Ken Rosenthal, who says the Red Sox have again kicked the tires on Kevin Millar in light of Kevin Youkilis' struggles in the second-half:

Idiot watch in Boston

How concerned are the Red Sox by the struggles of first baseman Kevin Youkilis?

They recently expressed interest in re-acquiring the Orioles' Kevin Millar, though the talks have cooled, according to major-league sources.

Youkilis, who hit a two-run homer off Yankees right-hander Kyle Farnsworth on Wednesday night, has batted .242 since June 1, albeit with a .361 on-base percentage.

The Red Sox have been looking all season for a young first baseman who could take over next season if Youkilis moved to third to replace Mike Lowell, a potential free agent.

Millar, who turns 36 on Sept. 24, isn't young, and would serve only as insurance if he rejoined the Sox, according to one source.

Such an arrangement might upset Millar, considering that he is playing every day for the Orioles and is a free agent at the end of the season.