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KANSAS CITY -- A day after the White Sox lost a 10-inning heartbreaker to the Tigers, manager Ozzie Guillen explained his postgame comments about how his team didn't have any "fight" left."Most of the year, a good percent of the year, they really play hard. That's why I don't have a problem with that. That's why I was upset yesterday. I don't want those guys sitting there, no hope, the season's o college football ver, waiting for next year," Guillen said. "We still have a lot of, 10 games, whatever. Just finish it out."Guillen said his reaction was a combination of frustration and being angry at the outcome of the game, and reiterated his point that if players don't want to play, he won't put them in the lineup. Simply put, he doesn't want his team to give up."It's tough to lose a game like that. We all kn college football ow," he said. "I don't want to make those guys quit. They can quit on me, but don't quit on yourself. You quit on me, that's part of the game. I'm not going to make you quit on me, because if I don't see you play hard, I'll get you out of the lineup. But don't quit on yourself. You have a lot of things to push for."One of the biggest things that disappointed Guillen was the seeming acceptance of d college football efeat. In his eyes, there wasn't a lot of emotion, whether the team won or lost."It seemed like that way to me. Maybe I was wrong. But it seemed like, 'OK, let's get dressed and go to Kansas City. Hopefully we win there.' That's what I saw," he said. "Maybe I was wrong, but I got that feeling and I wanted to let them know I don't want that feeling in the clubhouse no matter what happens." Consist college football ency remains Buehrle's hallmark KANSAS CITY -- Mark Buehrle has been a beacon of consistency for the White Sox in what has been an inconsistent season for Chicago."You talk about Mark, he's one guy who's very consistent," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "Since I got here, since I've managed him, it seems like every year is the same stuff. This kid is going to get you the best that he has. He's goin college football g to go out there and perform."Buehrle made his 29th start against the Royals on Thursday night and needs just 7 2/3 more innings to reach 200 for the 11th straight season, which would extend both his own franchise record and the longest active streak in the Majors.The veteran was second on the White Sox starting staff with a 3.74 ERA (Phil Humber, 3.43) and 11 wins (Gavin Floyd, 12) entering Thur college football sday night. Buehrle also has 10 wins for a franchise-record 11th consecutive season.Last time he faced the Royals, he allowed just two earned runs over seven innings at Kauffman Stadium for a win."Even when he's bad, he gives you a chance," Guillen said. "This kid can give you a lot of things: innings, winning, attitude, the [whole] nice package."Unfortunately, Buehrle's September struggles contin college football ued on Thursday in a 7-2 loss. The lefty gave up a career-high 15 hits as he dropped his third straight start. Pride not the only reason to play hard KANSAS CITY -- Even with the White Sox eliminated from the American League Central race on Thursday and just one loss or one Red Sox win from being eliminated from the Wild Card chase, manager Ozzie Guillen won't manage any differently."No. I get college football paid to win games. Obviously, I get paid to win divisions, [but] unfortunately we're not going to win the division," he said. "But meanwhile, I still get paid, the players still get paid. You want to play for different things: money, pride, winning, careers." Late last season, Guillen had a meeting to tell the players he expected them to keep playing hard. Anyone who didn't want to compete would college football be replaced in the lineup.There haven't been many meetings this year, even with the team's inconsistent play all season long."What am I going to tell them? How bad we are? Well, they know. They should know. How bad we're playing baseball? They should know," Guillen said.The skipper is also aware of his team's audience and fan base, saying the White Sox owe it to them to at least compete."I expect college football everybody to take the field every day with a winning attitude, no matter what," Guillen said. "We still have fans, we still have people in the ballpark to watch and we still have people in Chicago to watch. We get paid pretty good money to perform, the least we can do is play hard." college football
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