I told them 2005 is over and 2006 is coming on. Just be ready to play because we are going to be a target for everybody in baseball.

Having Thome here is going to be big.

I think Jackie Robinson made us a lot of money. He opened doors for a lot of good things in baseball.

He’s tipping his pitches. I don’t care if people say yes or no. Because you do not lay off breaking balls the way they were doing it. He’s got enough stuff for them to feel...

He throw the ball good. You have to give credit to the guy when he throw the ball well. He kept our team off-balance. We didn’t have that many people on base and to score...

This kid has really impressed me. I saw this kid in spring training and I really like the way he throws. The best thing about this kid is he’s not afraid.

He’s a class act, man, and brings a lot to this game, both on and off the field. I really appreciate the way he handled it. I hope this ends the whole thing.

I would rather have a guy hurt physically than be hurt mentally. When you’re hurt mentally, you can’t help that. When you’re hurt physically, you can recover. It’s just a matter of time when you...

I have no idea of what the rotation might be, … Ask me tomorrow.

He’s got a good fastball and good breaking ball, [but] I don’t think he has enough guts. I want him to be more aggressive.

A lot of nasty ones, … ‘It’s your fault. You stink. I know you are going to choke.’

If Nomo throws strikes, I believe he can still get people out. It’s hard to make any decisions, or say anything, when you only see a guy for six or seven innings .

If you get this far, you get this far by pitching. I think the fans are going to see one of the best pitching performances in a long time. There’s going to be eight guys...

Don’t forget what we did to win the game. I don’t want to concentrate on the calls.

He’s got to clean up his own house.

Right now, the only thing I have is faith. It’s not over until it’s over.

You have to understand A.J.. You hate him when he’s on the other side.

No — I could get some advice from him this year … Advice isn’t going to help. You cannot pick when things go right and things go wrong. You have to look at the law...

I told my players, ‘Don’t just play this one game to [fill] out the schedule. This is a big game for us,’

We have two weeks to make a decision on playoff roster. He doesn’t have to show me. He’s got to show his teammates. You don’t have to show me anything. I didn’t come here to...

Joe’s a big part of the team. Hopefully, it’s nothing real bad.

I think it will [help us] get some confidence back. Players seemed to get this confidence back and swing the bat real well. All of a sudden, we get a second breeze, and hopefully we...

I will be back next year.

When you score nine runs, these are games you have to win, no doubt about it. When your best thing is the pitching staff and you score nine runs for the pitching staff we’ve had...

All of a sudden I see AJ running. I am confused. I don’t know what’s going on. Some say the ball hit the dirt,

I told him not to worry about it. I told him not to put too much pressure on himself. The way he hits, his timing has to be perfect. But there are still a lot...

I know the situation. I went through it. I went through it the same way. We tried to treat him the best we could. It’s not easy when you play that many years in one...

(Friday), you get loose and warm up and your body give into it. All of a sudden, the next day, that’s when you start getting soreness.

It was great, nice for the guys. Now we can concentrate on playing baseball.

I told him, ‘You’re here for a reason. The hardest thing to do in the big leagues is not let a bad day carry into the next. His last two at-bats [fly balls to right...

He’s pitching real well right now.

The thing about Jim Thome is that no matter where you go in baseball, nobody ever says anything negative about him. When you make a lot of money in this game, everyone wants to criticize...

When we play on the road, we represent Chicago, the city, and I think we’ve got something that’s going on here that’s nice for the city. I think we have something going on that’s something...

Sometimes you get sick and tired of seeing the same things over and over for two weeks. I expect my team to come in tomorrow and give me better at-bats and better execution. When they...

He didn’t get much of a chance earlier this season, he was sore. Let’s hope this game gave him confidence for the next three to five months.

He was out. When you execute well, you finish up well.

Houston has some of the best players coming out of the country, and they trade everyone. I don’t know what’s the reason to trade all those kids. Houston had Santana and Garcia and Abreu. They...

To this point, I’m not counting on Damaso to be with the team for the next couple of days, and we’re going to make a decision [Wednesday] to see if we’re going to need another...

Jamie can be tough on a lot of guys. It allows me to use my bench, but he can just be tough on hitters. Look at the numbers.

People are going to be surprised. He’s going to do a lot of things people have never seen him do.

There’s no doubt about it. This is a team that has got better balance than any other team in the American League.

Now I want to win more than ever.

I feel great, we beat those guys. Coming to Boston is not an easy thing to do.

It’s not a confusing problem for me because I can say McCarthy isn’t pitching any more, that’s it. I have enough guts to do that. I’m crazy enough to say that. But right now that’s...

He showed people today,

because we’re not that smart.

I want to be [Cardinals Manager] Tony La Russa, of course, sitting home playing golf and you don’t care whose playing, just tell Dave Duncan to make out the lineup,

a taco stand and getting some funny looks.

It’s great for the White Sox organization. It’s something we need. We hardly have anything in the Hall of Fame. Hopefully, he can hit another one and then we could have two.

Believe it or not,