Manager Pedro Grifol shoulders blame for White Sox's somber season: 'There's no excuse for it.' scotgregor has the story.
Even before Pedro Grifol was officially announced as White Sox manager on Nov. 3, he knew expectations were high.
A rough month of July has knocked them out of contention in the AL Central, and big changes are expected by the Aug. 1 trade deadline. "I'm disappointed," Grifol said."This is on me. It's simple. I sat there and I told everybody that we have high expectations here and I was going to lead us to where we want to go. And it's not happening. I'm disappointed, but it doesn't mean I'm going to quit, that I'm going to stop working.
"I'm not going to blame this thing on anybody, it's on me," Grifol said."And I'm certainly not going to sit here before or after or during a game and throw our players under the bus. I'm not going to do that. It doesn't mean I'm not having difficult conversations with them. It just means I'm not going to sit here and tell you guys about it.
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