Guillen fined, ordered to take sensitivity training for slur

Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen on Thursday was fined an undisclosed amount of money and ordered to undergo sensitivity training for his use of a derogatory term aimed at Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti.

"On Tuesday night, Ozzie Guillen used language that is offensive and completely unacceptable," commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement. "Baseball is a social institution with responsibility to set appropriate tone and example. Conduct or language that reflects otherwise will not be tolerated. The use of slurs embarrasses the individual, the club and the game."

Guillen went into a profanity-laced tirade against Mariotti before Tuesday night's game against St. Louis and called him a number of names, including a derogatory term that is often used to describe someone's sexual orientation.

Guillen met with reporters Thursday before leaving U.S. Cellular Field to serve his suspension, saying as he did Wednesday that he used the wrong word. He said he agreed with Selig's punishment. He also vowed not to let up on Mariotti.

"The commissioner did what he had to do," Guillen said. "They don't agree with what I say. Me either. I agree with what I say about Jay. ... I'm not going to change. One thing I'm going to make clear is I apologize to the community, but to Jay, no chance. This thing is on and on for good."

Guillen told ESPNdeportes.com that he would continue to speak his mind on different topics.

"I won't stop myself from saying what I feel, and I'd rather move to Venezuela, enjoy my money and leave all this behind before changing the way I am," Guillen said. "I have to continue the same way because I've had plenty of success the way I am, and changing would be hypocritical."

Major League Baseball asked the White Sox to set up the sensitivity training and spokesman Scott Reifert said the team would do so, using its employee assistance program, with specifics to be determined.

Guillen said he wasn't sure what sensitivity training would entail, but would abide by the ruling.

"What class? What is it? Mr. Selig said I have to do something about this,'' Guillen said. "It was not good for me and baseball to be involved in this.''

Guillen said team chairman Jerry Reinsdorf "reprimanded me as a friend.''

"Jerry is behind Major League Baseball about this decision to fine me. I respect that. It's good for baseball because I put Bud Selig in a spot he's not supposed to be. It's done and hopefully we will learn from this and move on.''

Before Wednesday night's game, Guillen acknowledged that his use of the word might have offended some.

"I shouldn't have mentioned the name that was mentioned, but I'm not going to back off of Jay," Guillen said, using another profanity to describe Mariotti, a contributor on ESPN's "Around The Horn."

"The word I used, I should have used something different. A lot of people's feelings were hurt and I didn't mean it that way."

Guillen told ESPNdeportes.com that his apology extends only to the gay community.

"I've apologized to the entire gay community if my comments made them feel bad, but I'd like to clarify that I was referring to just one person. In what involves Mariotti, there's no way I'm apologizing to him," Guillen said.

"I have nothing against the gay community and I accept the commissioner's punishment. I don't regret having treated that journalist that way, but I'm a little concerned that I mistreated the gay community in that way."

Guillen said he had spoken to Reinsdorf about the incident.

"Jay, I think I made this guy a lot of money and he's famous. If not for Ozzie Guillen, no one would have heard of him," Guillen said. "If I hurt anybody with what I called him, I apologize."

Angry with a recent column by Mariotti critical of Guillen's handling of recently demoted relief pitcher Sean Tracey and upset with Mariotti over past columns, Guillen said to reporters when referring to Mariotti before Tuesday's game, "What a piece of [expletive] he is, [expletive] fag."

Mariotti, commenting on "Around The Horn" on Wednesday, said then he believed a suspension was in order for Guillen.

When reached before Wednesday night's St. Louis-Chicago game, Mariotti said that the story is the gay groups who have been insulted, and not him.

But Mariotti added that he is not meeting Guillen or going to the White Sox clubhouse because he has been the subject of physical threats while there over the past few years and the White Sox have refused to do anything about it.

"I'm taking a stand," Mariotti said. "I've received physical threats through the years and the White Sox have done nothing to address it.

"I've said, 'If you guys are not going to do anything about this, I'm going to stop coming in there.' "

In a phone interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday night, Mariotti said his Thursday column will call for Guillen to be suspended.

"I'm a big guy. I have to accept the criticism," Mariotti said in a phone interview Wednesday night. "I'm appalled that he can use these ugly slurs and think it's an acceptable form of retaliation in American life. It's not."

Reifert, the Chicago White Sox vice president of communications, said he was aware of one incident in 1997 of a shouting match between Mariotti and Tony Phillips, then a White Sox player. He said team officials and officials from the newspaper had lunch in the 90s to discuss Mariotti's complaints.

Since then, he said, the team has written letters to Mariotti and the newspaper offering to have a meeting and have offered to close the clubhouse for Mariotti to meet with the players, but the White Sox have not received any responses.

Reifert said the team had had good relationships with reporters and columnists and the team "stands on its reputation" for being open and accessible to reporters.

Columnist Greg Couch of the Sun-Times wrote a column Wednesday in response, calling for commissioner Bud Selig to suspend Guillen for his use of a "hurtful homophobic" term.

Before writing the column, Couch asked Guillen for an explanation. Guillen defended his use of the term "fag" by saying this about homosexuals and the use of the word in question: "I don't have anything against those people. In my country, you call someone something like that and it is not the same as it is in this country.''

Guillen said that in his native Venezuela, that word is not a reference to a person's sexuality, but to his courage. He said he was saying that Mariotti is "not man enough to meet me and talk about [things before writing].''

Guillen also told Couch that he has gay friends, attends WNBA games, went to a Madonna concert and plans to go to the Gay Games in Chicago.

"I called that of this man [Mariotti],'' he told Couch. "I'm not trying to hurt anybody [else]."

Reifert offered to apologize on behalf of the organization when approached by Couch.

"To anybody who was insulted or hurt by that comment ... as an organization, we'll certainly apologize," Reifert told Couch.

Guillen, who led the White Sox to their first World Series title in 88 years last season, has gotten into trouble several times with his comments.

Guillen said he's not afraid to lose his job over such incidents.

"I'm going to keep this job for a long time. I'm going to lose my job depending on how my team plays. When teams play bad, the manager pays for it, but my team has played pretty well since I got here," said Guillen. "The day they fire me will be because the team isn't winning or because I'm not doing a good job."

In spring training this year, he apologized to Alex Rodriguez for comments he made in a Sports Illustrated article in which he criticized the Yankees' star for waffling on his choice of countries for the World Baseball Classic.

In his first season, Guillen called umpire Hunter Wendelstedt a liar. Later in the season, Guillen sarcastically referred to Buck Showalter of the Rangers as the best manager in the history of baseball and the guy who invented the game -- all after Showalter questioned Guillen's knowledge of the rules.

Guillen also went off on a profanity-filled tirade last season against former teammate and fellow Venezuelan Magglio Ordonez, who left the White Sox and joined the Detroit Tigers.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2496753

Michael Strahan is pissed.

I'm late on this, but i love this guy. Nothing like a person who speaks his mind, and then gives a bull shit appoligie! I'm searous too. Awesome.

Dude's fucking hilarious. [smilie=rofl.gif]


Going back to last year, both the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers measured the pitching mound at U.S. Cellular Field. This season, the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers suspected that Sox hitters knew which pitches were coming. Then, in an Aug. 10 article in the Boston Globe, Red Sox owner John Henry said he wondered if the Sox were stealing signs against the New York Yankees in their series two weeks ago.

''[Henry] made some comment about us cheating?'' Guillen said. ''He doesn't even know what a field looks like.''

The can was then open, as Guillen ripped Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan for his accusations, then ripped the entire National League Central.

''[Cardinals starter Mark] Mulder wouldn't even make my team,'' Guillen said. ''He couldn't start for us, and he's not better than [Neal] Cotts or [Matt] Thornton in our bullpen.

''When you play [expletive] [Johan] Santana, [Brad] Radke, [Francisco] Liriano, the guy from Cleveland ... [C.C.] Sabathia, all the other guys ... ah, [expletive]. If we played National League teams, the Central Division, we might win 150 games in that [expletive] league.

''They think I cheat? We faced two [expletive] good pitchers in the National League Central. Our division, they have to face [the Tigers' starting staff], then you go to the White Sox and face all our guys? When you're going to go to another team, you're going to go, 'Whew, where is Randy Johnson?' The American League Central? That's baseball right here. Go hard one after another.''

It was the cheating issue that really infuriated Guillen, however.

''Good, I hope [they keep accusing us],'' Guillen said. ''What happened in the playoffs and World Series? We won 1-0, 2-1. We won so many one-run games, more than anyone in baseball last year. You look at our No. 3, 4 and 5 [hitters], they are the best in baseball. If we're cheating, how come we [don't] help Brian Anderson or [Juan] Uribe?

''We're cheating on the mound? Our pitching staff gets beat up once in awhile. They're mad. They can't admit that a Latino kicked their ass.''

That's not the first time Guillen has made this assertion. He also said earlier in the year that some managers resented him because, ''Wow, look at this crazy Venezuelan man going to the World Series.''

''That's why I love the guy next door,'' Guillen continued Saturday, pointing to the Twins' dugout and manager Ron Gardenhire. ''He doesn't give a [expletive]. He doesn't worry about this and that. You win, you kicked our butt. When they clinched in 2004, I was the first one to go over there and congratulate them because they beat us.

'''Oh, no, I don't like you because you kicked my ass?' Please. That's competition.''

http://www.suntimes.com/output/sox/cst-spt-ssep20.html

I'm thinking the next decent-sized losing streak (5 games or more) he's gone.


Guillen upset after radio host questions lineup change
Associated Press

Updated: May 18, 2007, 7:31 PM ET

CHICAGO -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen unleashed a profanity-laced outburst on a radio show Friday morning after the host questioned why starting catcher A.J. Pierzynski wasn't in the lineup for the interleague opener against the Cubs.

Pierzynski had been on the show earlier, saying he was disappointed to be left out of the lineup as the White Sox started backup catcher Toby Hall.

Hall's first appearance of the season wasn't a good one. After coming off the disabled list Thursday, he made two errors and had a crucial passed ball in the White Sox's 6-3 loss.

"Ozzie called up and after he swore the first time, I asked him nicely to take it easy. He swore again and that's when it blew up," WSCR-AM host Mike North said.

Pierzynski met with both Guillen and general manager Ken Williams before the game.

After Pierzynski went on the air and said he was disappointed to be sitting, North said there was no excuse for Pierzynski -- a weekly guest on the show -- to be sitting.

Guillen, on the way to Wrigley Field, phoned from his car and launched into North. North began responding angrily and Guillen subsequently hung up. North later went to Guillen's office and brought him some fudge.

Before the game, Guillen acknowledged he was very angry but did not apologize for his choice of words on the air.

"No. I already did it. It's too late," Guillen said. "No, I don't regret it."

"I should have been talking to my kids in the car. Every time we play the series, I like to listen what the fans say about the series and what's going on," Guillen said. "It's a funny thing because at 9 in the morning I always sleep. I was mad at the way they were saying stuff."

Guillen said he doesn't have to explain his lineup to anyone, except Williams. And he said Pierzynski is not going to be in a platoon situation with Hall.

"If he thinks he going to be a backup player, he should come to me and not go to the radio. Do I have anything against him? No, he's going to be my catcher tomorrow and my catcher the next day and every day until I make the lineup when Toby Hall is in the lineup," Guillen said.

Moments later, he and Pierzynski met near the first-base line and then gave each other a hug.

"Ozzie and I are fine. That's the biggest thing. That Ozzie and I know where we stand with each other, and I have nothing but respect for Ozzie and what happened this morning was just a misunderstanding," Pierzynski said.

Williams didn't seemed overly concerned about his talkative manager's latest controversy.

"Am I OK with it? No, I don't like the use of the language. But in talking with Ozzie, he was surprised when I informed him he used a few choice words that are really not acceptable for the radio," Williams said.

"He was shocked that he actually used a couple of them to the extent that he did. So that was pure and raw anger that was coming out."

I've been listening to Mike North* for years and he fancies himself a bit of a badass, but if you've heard the audio of this (available at www.670thescore.com), he tried a couple of times to get Ozzie to stop dropping F bombs on the air (reminded him that they were live, with no delay) and Ozzie kept right on going.

WSCR is pretty worried that the FCC is going to levy some fines, so there may be more on this story to come.

How much longer will Reinsdorf allow this clown to embarrass the franchise?


*Picture Chris Farley as a "Superfan"

I really hate Guillen. He makes every manager in baseball look bad and he should be ashamed of himself. I really dislike the White Sox now simply because they allow him to tarnish the game. Sports are taking such hits for their bad behavior that it is time for owners and GM's to step up and get rid of the bad eggs. The NFL has started to figure it out as has the NHL. The NBA is clueless as long as that troll Stern is in charge. Let's see if baseball can clean things up.

Could be any time now.

Razor Shines may get his shot.

bump?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2910088


The 2005 World Series championship the Chicago White Sox won is becoming a distant memory for manager Ozzie Guillen, whose frustration with a woeful start to the 2007 season is beginning to boil over.



We have to apologize to the fans watching this thing because I'm tired of watching this day in and day out. ... Wow. You thought I was a good manager. Well, look at me now. I'm not that good. You're as good as your players are.
Ozzie Guillen

The White Sox have lost 19 of 24 and Guillen was highly agitated by his team's performance on Tuesday -- a 7-5 loss at home to the Marlins. The manager questioned whether his players still believe in themselves.

"It's a joke," Guillen said before the White Sox went out and lost 5-4 to the Marlins on Wednesday afternoon. "Every day we see the same stuff, every day we see the same team. We have a couple of hopes here and there and get a little excited and the next day we go backward.

"We have to apologize to the fans watching this thing because I'm tired of watching this day in and day out. ... Wow. You thought I was a good manager. Well, look at me now. I'm not that good. You're as good as your players are."

The White Sox (29-38) are 11 games behind AL Central co-leaders Cleveland and Detroit and only two ahead of last-place Kansas City. In the wild-card standings, the White Sox are also 11 out -- and 1½ game behind Tampa Bay.

''I have faith in these guys, and 35,000 people in the ninth inning are rooting for us, but they go home disappointed. I don't think [the players] have faith in themselves. ... I hope they believe in themselves. If the talent wasn't there, I wouldn't say this. If the talent wasn't there, we'd go in a different direction," Guillen told reporters.

''I'm tired of being positive. They'll blame the coaching staff and the manager and [owner] Jerry Reinsdorf and [general manager] Kenny Williams, but blame the players, too. I'll take the blame because I run the club, but every move I've been making so far is the wrong one because [the players] are not supporting it."

He's gotta go eventually, right?

I think they've lost 22 of 27.

That organizational collapse happened really fast.

What, a year and a half after winning it all?

According to ESPN, they're ready to deal Beurle (likely to the Red Sox) and Dye (who knows where) but Kenny Williams said Guillen's job was safe.

Really? You're kidding right? He wants to deal them because he knows it isn't happening this year, they're getting older, and both guys are FA's next year unlikely to resign. I would say Guillen is the #1 reason why they wouldn't resign. Sure, shake it up. But Guillen should be part of the shakeup. Maybe he's letting Guillen finish the year and then bringing someone in. Doubtful Girardi would take the gig when he wants to be on the other end of town instead.

Ozzie apparently has pics of Kenny Williams in compromising positions.

Here's how the White Sox fared over the weekend against the BoSox.

L 11-3
L 10-1
L 14-2
L 11-1

Yep, that's 46-7.

Anyone can see that the players have given up on the season and the manager.

The White Sox now sit comfortably in last place in the AL Central, 1.5 games behind the KC Royals.

How does he still have this job?!?!

Apparently he's Chicago's version of Matt Millen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess leading the WHITE SOX of all teams to the World Series gives you the gig for life!!!!!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270829113


Guillen blows gasket as White Sox lose 15th of 18

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has had all he can take of his team's uninspired play.

After the Texas Rangers beat the White Sox 5-4 in 11 innings on Sammy Sosa's sacrifice fly, Guillen let loose with a profanity-spiked tirade questioning his team's commitment and promising changes ahead.

"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."

Less than two years after winning the World Series, the White Sox (57-76) are in last place in the AL Central.

"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."

Sosa hit a fly ball to center in the 11th and Jerry Owens made a diving catch, but the fielder had no chance to get up and throw Ian Kinsler out at the plate.

Kinsler reached with one out on a fly ball that dropped several feet in front a sliding Owens, who played while Jermaine Dye got a night off. Michael Young followed with a double into the left-field corner off Boone Logan (2-1), who then intentionally walked Marlon Byrd load the bases for Sosa.

While the Rangers won their fourth straight game, the White Sox managed only five hits -- none in the last five innings against five Texas relievers -- and lost for the 15th time in 18 games, blowing a 4-2 lead.

The White Sox didn't score after having two on with no outs in the ninth. Andy Gonzalez walked and Darin Erstad, in an 0-for-14 slump, reached on a sacrifice bunt when Frank Francisco bobbled the ball. After another sacrifice bunt, Francisco struck out the last two batters.

That was more than enough to set off Guillen, who ripped his team for about four minutes after the game.

"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.''

I'm sure this further endears him to the vets on the team.

Un-fucking-believeable


White Sox extend Guillen's contract through 2012 season

Associated Press
Updated: September 12, 2007, 1:41 AM ET

CHICAGO -- Ozzie Guillen took the Chicago White Sox to a World Series championship two years ago. Now he's trying to keep them from having the worst record in the major leagues.

Sounds like a strange time to give him a new contract, but that's what the team did Tuesday when it announced Guillen had agreed to an extension through the 2012 season. Guillen's previous deal ran through next year, with a club option for 2009.

"The problems that we are having right now, I simply do not believe that they are problems that are with our coaching staff or with our manager," general manager Ken Williams said, calling the contract extension an easy decision.

"I already said previously that I put all that weight on my shoulders. I'm the one that has to put them in a better position to win baseball games and that means going out and making the necessary adjustments to get this team where we are better and get guys back up to their normal level of production."

Williams said he wanted the players, Guillen and the fans to know that the White Sox -- who had 99- and 90-win seasons before this year's debacle -- would engage in an offseason plan to ensure there would not be a repeat of this year's record.

Guillen's made a name for himself not only for his managing style and success but for controversial comments and opinions that often have caused controversy.

Guillen said he's tried to say out of the headlines this year and that may have been part of the problem -- Ozzie wasn't being Ozzie.

"This is the worst summer I've had in all my career because I was too soft. I was kind of worried about what people were going to say about me," Guillen said. "I could care less what people say about me as long as I win."

Guillen was voted AL Manager of the Year in 2005 but the White Sox slid from contention early this season and are 61-84 after an 8-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday, tied with Tampa Bay for the poorest record in the major leagues.

After a 16-year playing career, the first 13 with the White Sox, Guillen coached with Montreal and Florida before he was hired as manager in 2003. Two years later he managed the team to its first World Series title in 88 years. The White Sox went 11-1 in the postseason and appeared poised to be a contender for years.

"When you are winning, you are king. When you're losing, you are nobody," Guillen said.

"I appreciate they still believe in me, they still believe in what I can bring to this club and believe I can have a lot of success running this club," he added. "It feels good that somebody believes in not what I did in the past, but what I can do in the future."

Guillen said one of his sons joked with him about his new deal, telling him that not only was he the first native Venezuelan to manage in the major leagues and win a World Series, but he's probably the first manager to sign a new deal when he was in last place.

"Obviously you've seen the high end of what he's capable of doing and pretty much, as players, we didn't get the job done this year," said Darin Erstad, in his first season with the White Sox. "You got to take the good with the bad."

Guillen, who in 2005 talked about quitting if the White Sox won the championship, went into a rant over his team's poor play during a recent trip to Texas. The collapse came despite a season-opening $110 million payroll.

Now Guillen will be a major part of the restructuring and there certainly will be some criticism of his new deal after such a horrible season.

"I respect that because everybody has their own opinion," Guillen said. "I think I should be criticized for the way we played this year. ... Believe me, after this year and last year what I went through, I'm bulletproof. I've been taking a lot of heat. I don't blame people for putting me on the spot because of the way played."

I was waiting for you to find this Glenn. Didn't have the heart to post it last night on ya.

bad news for the Tigers, LOL.

This is fun!


Ozzie's blue side comes out in pregame tirade

ESPN.com news services
Updated: May 5, 2008, 10:58 AM ET

If this was the pregame interview, what could Ozzie Guillen possibly have said after the Chicago White Sox lost again Sunday?

Guillen unleashed his verbal wrath before the White Sox faced the Blue Jays in Toronto, after having been asked a humorous question about a minor leaguer's recent performance and his chance at cracking the White Sox lineup.

That apparently was all it took. Guillen's profanity-laden stream of consciousness touched on Cubs fans, White Sox fans, the media, Lee Elia, and himself.

"Right now everyone in Chicago is making lineups -- 'Call up this guy, call up that guy.' ... If we had 50 people allowed on the roster, we could do that. That's what ticks me off about Chicago fans and Chicago media: They forget pretty quickly. A couple of days ago we were the [bleeping] best [stuff] in town. Now we're [bleep]," Guillen said to the aforementioned Chicago media before the game.

Guillen observed that Chicago still loved the Cubs, even though they have not won a World Series since 1908, but the White Sox -- winners of the 2005 World Series -- did not receive the same affectionate support.

"We won it a couple years ago, and we're horse[bleep]," Guillen said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "The Cubs haven't won in [100] years, and they're the [bleeping] best. [Bleep] it, we're good. [Bleep] everybody. We're horse[bleep], and we're going to be horse[bleep] the rest of our lives, no matter how many World Series we win.

"We are the [bleep] of Chicago. We're the Chicago [bleep]. We have the worst owner [Jerry Reinsdorf]. The guy's got seven [bleeping] rings, and he's the [bleeping] horse[bleep] owner."

Guillen brought up Elia, the former Cubs manager who blew his gasket over what he considered to be ungrateful, unforgiving and unsupportive Cubs fans in an infamous tirade that recently marked its 25th anniversary.

"How about the Cubs celebrating that Lee Elia bull[bleep]? How many times do I curse people out? I will make a lot of money with my [stuff]. I have to keep going because in the future Ozzie will need money, and I can say, 'Here, give me money, here's the 10-year anniversary of my time I called [Jay] Mariotti stuff and the time I went on the radio and cursed out Mike North,' " Guillen said.

The North incident Guillen referred to is from mid-May 2007, when Guillen called in to North's Chicago radio show and the two got into a spat (with Guillen providing most of the profanity). And in June 2006, Guillen lashed out at Mariotti -- a columnist with the Chicago Sun-Times and frequent contributor to ESPN's "Around the Horn" -- and referred to Mariotti using a homophobic slur.

The White Sox had been in first place in their division from April 15 until Saturday night, but are on a five-game losing streak and now 1½ games behind the Minnesota Twins.

"People are panicking," Guillen said. "Did we play a real bad week? Yes, we did, we stunk. But it wasn't too long ago that we were 'the biggest surprise in baseball, wow, look at the White Sox.' "

I wish I could understand what this guy says sometimes.

I love this guy. Constantly fucking swearing and shit.

I don't know what made me think, before I even read that post, that Tahoe was going to say "I love him".

I love Ozzie, he's one of my favorite coaches in pro sports.

I'm hesistant to mix sports and politics, but I'll do so here without and agenda, just as an observation.

It's interesting that the two known WTF Republicans have both professed their admiration for Guillen.

What that means, I'll leave up to you.

Tahoe isn't a Republican. He plays center field, damnit!

I'm hesistant to mix sports and politics, but I'll do so here without and agenda, just as an observation.

It's interesting that the two known WTF Republicans have both professed their admiration for Guillen.

What that means, I'll leave up to you.

I'm not a Republican, I'm a conservative. That does mean I vote for Republicans more than Dems though.

Thanks for having my back SDB.

Sorry, that's my mistake.

No offense.

*insert Bill Parcells pic*

No problem, Tahoe!

And I didnt know Wil was a Republican.

Oh boy, are we starting to mix sports and politics now? Way to go Glenn.

SDB is a uniter, not a divider.

People unite over the fact they hate my guts.

Surprise, surprise...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3422002

Ozzie definately sounded like he was calling out his GM. Nice work Ozzie.

Dope.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-ozziesecret080308&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

I like it. I have no problems with that whatsoever.

Ozzie Guillen spews against Wrigley Field

June 15, 2009
BY JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com

MILWAUKEE -- The White Sox have never held back when it comes to the Cubs and Wrigley Field.

From general manager Ken Williams wishing Cubs fans a ''happy anniversary'' on 100 years of futility last season, to manager Ozzie Guillen and John Danks (who said Wrigley ''smelled like urine'') criticizing the supposedly sacred ballpark, the Sox have gotten their digs in.

So why should Sunday, two days before the start of the annual crosstown rivalry, be any different?

Guillen annually voices his distaste for the three games played at Wrigley, and he continued to pile on before the series finale with Milwaukee.

''Oh, I don't care if they hate me; they don't feed my kids,'' Guillen said. ''They hate me, that's cool. People, no matter how famous you are, they hate you or they love you.

''I see the other day they asked [Twins third baseman Joe] Crede about the rats [in Wrigley]. ... I never put Cubs fans down. I've always admired the Cubs' front office. I've always made my feelings known about Cubs players, about the manager, about Lou [Piniella] now, [general manager] Jim Hendry and the way I respect them, a lot, a lot.

''But Wrigley Field? I puke every time I go there. I'm just being honest.

''If Cubs fans don't like the way I talk about Wrigley Field ... I don't say anything about their fans, but Wrigley Field? They have to respect my opinion because that's the way I feel. A lot of great people are working there, the clubhouse people working there -- I wish they had a better clubhouse. But besides that, it's exciting when the game starts. Of course it's exciting because that's one of the best; it's always crowded. But besides that, it's terrible.''

Guillen went on to say that if he were singling out Cubs personnel or the color of the uniform, that would be different. Then he would understand why Cubs fans disliked his comments. But an old building?

''I'd rather have somebody say you hate the place you live, rather than the people who live in it,'' Guillen said. ''I never said I hated the players, the organization or the uniforms -- then it's something bad.

''Every time I walk to Wrigley Field, people treat me like a king. The people that work at Wrigley Field, like the front-office people, the security guards, the people who work there are very honest and treat me well. I just hate the building.''

He bends over backward to not insult any people, just the building. "Spews" is just the editor playing on the Ozzie stereotype.

Wrigley really is a dump. Once the "nostalgia" wears off, it's a terrible place to see a game. Nothing but drunk idiots in there usually too. (Generally I have no problem with drunk people but we're talking about nothing but douchebags here...)

I know a girl who lived across the street from it, or she used to.

Guillen was asked about his starting outfield, and he started naming guys . . .Quentin in right . . . Andruw Jones will play . . . and then he paused. "Ah, I don't know all our players. Ask Joey Cora. He knows all of our players."


Ozzie goals for the Winter Meetings: "I don't have any goals. I come to hang out in the lobby. Talk to you guys. Stay away from my wife."

Ozzie Guillen is a guy I should like, but I just don't.

You should fix that. Dude is AWESOME.

White Sox. Can't do it.

Traded to the Marlins for two minor leaguers.

http://m.espn.go.com/mlb/story?storyId=7023269&top&wjb=

OMG

Ozzie Guillen’s Money Rant About Buying a 62-Foot Boat Might Be His Best Diatribe Ever (http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/27/ozzie-guillens-money-rant-about-buying-a-62-foot-boat-might-be-his-best-diatribe-ever/)

even tahoe couldnt get angry at that one. A++++++++++++

^ Infatuated with me.

Fuckin stalker.

Obsessed?

Robing Ventura hired.

“When I met with the media as our season ended, I identified one person at the very top of my managerial list,” White Sox general manager said in a statement. “I wanted someone who met very specific criteria centered around his willingness to work for next to nothing and tide us over until we're ready to contend again. Robin Ventura was that man. His baseball knowledge and expertise, his professionalism, his ability to take a punch from an old man like Nolan Ryan and his outstanding character make him absolutely the right person to lead our clubhouse and this organization into the seasons ahead.”

Done goofed again.

Suspended 5 games.

FIRED.

Dude has 7.5m coming to him. lol @ FloRida

YOU WOn'T BE LOL @ THEM WHEN THEY GET A-ROD!!!