Staying Hungry: The 2006 Chicago White Sox Problem
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The Chicago White Sox went for eight decades without a World Championship, and then with only one under their belts, they felt satisfied, and have been napping ever since.
You just can’t let that happen.
Taking a cue from bodybuilders, the Sox would do themselves and their fans a favor by adopting the theme, "Stay Hungry" says Dr. Gary S. Goodman, top speaker and motivator, Fortune 1000 consultant, and best-selling author of 12 books and more than 750 articles.
Over the last five months I wrote a series of articles about my hometown team, the World Champion Chicago White Sox.
Early on, I detected that they were heading for a meltdown.
Coming off a hot 2005 campaign, marred only by a late season slide while the Indians surged, the Sox actually telegraphed their own difficulties.
By the third game of 2006, newly appointed team captain Paul Konerko conceded: “We’re not the team we were last year.”
That’s not the statement of a winner or even of a hopeful.
Then there were the histrionics of manager Ozzie Guillen, whom senior management dizzily dubbed, “A Dennis the Menace.” Several I.Q. points short of genius, Oz has a knack for insulting people and distracting his players from concentrating on ballgames.
In the meantime, general manager Ken Williams decided, mostly, to stand pat and do few trades after spring training.
Contrast this “What, me worry?” posture with what Ned Colletti has been doing with the L.A. Dodgers. Colletti has been constantly changing the mix of personnel to make L.A. a contender this year, and it seems to be paying off.
The Sox went for eight decades without a World Championship, and then with only one under their belts, they felt satisfied, and have been napping ever since.
You just can’t let that happen.
Taking a cue from bodybuilders, the Sox would do themselves and their fans a favor by adopting the theme, "Stay Hungry!"
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