Tag Archives: Ozzie Guillen

Fight Club of the White Sox Offseason

You do not talk about the state of the team. You do NOT TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE TEAM. Someone yells “Stop!,” goes limp, taps out, that player is over. Only two guys to a move. One move at a time, fellas. No shoes, no shirt, no full-time job. Trade speculation will go on [...]

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Man, I’m Going to Cut You Up So Bad, That You. . . You Gonna Wish I Didn’t Cut You Up So Bad.

And other revelations from the theoretical Ozzie Guillen literary project.

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Shortstop. Manager. Diplomat.

Ozzie Guillen weighs in on foreign policy: Guillen also touched on relations between his homeland and the U.S., saying he hopes President Hugo Chavez and President-elect Barack Obama would strengthen ties. “I’m not asking them to be great friends, but at least that they shake hands,” he said. Next up on Nightline, we’ll be discussing [...]

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Rebuilder

Is there really a pleasant way to say your ballclub is in “whatever” mode?

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Even With an Iron Fist. . .

Hype and hyperbole in the form of staggered heavy metal and awkward front office transactions. Part one in a series.

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Bronzeville (or, Who Votes In These Things, Anyway?)

In the scheme of things, first place does not really equal third place and winning does not make you victorious.

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Speeding Problem

Hey, did you know Ozzie Guillen and Kenny Williams want to improve next year’s White Sox by addition of speed in tremendous amounts? ‘We need speed, but they have to have talent,” Guillen said over the weekend. ”I know I would like to see some more speed. But when you talk about speed, you can’t [...]

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Objects in the Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear

Is respectability a good substitute for victory? No. No it’s not. Lloyd the Barber offers a case study in Canadian baseball.

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I Don’t Like It Any More Than He Does

Oh yeah, I used to be an American League manager. It’s a tough racket.

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  • "I can't believe any man can own a ballclub and be as dumb as [John] Allyn. Did he make enough to own it or did he inherit it?"
    - Harry Caray after Sox owner Allyn fired him in 1975