The Ozzie Guillen Thread

[Metes]

Just saying that they knew is about him. Ozzie and our front office are as diffferent as night and day. Once the honeymoon wears off, this is going to be a trainwreck.

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[Bobbob1313]

Just saying that they knew is about him. Ozzie and our front office are as diffferent as night and day. Once the honeymoon wears off, this is going to be a trainwreck.

But they said they like it?

[Beef]

THEYRE ALREADY WORRIED

ruuuuuun to the hillllllllllls

[Madman81]

mibs is just worried about Ozzie ripping into lolstad for sucking

[MiamiHomer]

That's if he'll even have the chance to do that next year.

[Texsox]

"When I tell a pitcher to knock a guy on his ass and he doesn't do it, we're going to have problems."

Which is funny, Sox hitters were hit at an unbelievable rate and Sox pitchers rarely retaliated. Oz actually defended at times *not* throwing at 'em.

[Beef]

That's fine and logical. Sometimes you can't, sometimes you can. It's good that he would defend not throwing at them sometimes.

[Texsox]

The man hasn't even been an official part of the team for 3 hours yet and the uber-conservative front office is already worried about Ozzie's tweeting.

Don't worry as much about Oz as his kid. Oney talked about shit that happened in the locker room and in private.
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That's fine and logical. Sometimes you can't, sometimes you can. It's good that he would defend not throwing at them sometimes.

I agree. But it was like getting hit 25 times to 1 inside pitch. It was tough to watch. Maybe he will manage the NL game differently.

[Fritz]

Just saying that they knew is about him. Ozzie and our front office are as diffferent as night and day. Once the honeymoon wears off, this is going to be a trainwreck.

Maudlin mibs.

[Party]

MIAMI (AP) -- Ninety minutes into Ozzie Guillen's first media session as manager of the Florida Marlins, the subject turned to politics -- specifically, fellow countryman Hugo Chavez.

Guillen bristled Wednesday at the suggestion he was a fan of the Venezuelan president Chavez.

"Don't tell my wife that, because she hates that man. She hates him to death," Guillen said. "I supported Chavez? If I was supporting Chavez, do you think I would be manager of the Marlins? I never supported Chavez."

The topic arose because Chavez is unpopular with many Venezuelans living in Miami.

Guillen said he has never spoken to Chavez, but in fact he appeared on the Venezuelan leader's national radio show twice in October 2005, when Guillen led the Chicago White Sox to the World Series title.

At the time, Guillen said: "Not too many people like the president. I do. My mom will kill me, but it's an honor to talk to the president."

Guillen became a U.S. citizen in 2006, and he has been more critical of Chavez in recent years.

"It's not my fault Chavez is the president," Guillen said Wednesday. "I didn't put him there. ... We got what we deserved."

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/sp...1005496190248/

Glad he cleared this up because this was a topic of discussion all day on Radio Mambi.

[jOOj]

So is Hugo our bench coach?

[Bobbob1313]

Hugo gon die soon.

[MiamiHomer]

mlbtraderumors MLB Trade Rumors
White Sox announce that they assigned the contract of right-hander Ricardo Andres to the Marlins to complete the Ozzie Guillen deal.

Also:

MIAMI GARDENS — The question was about the big-money deal he got from the Marlins vs. winning a title somewhere else, and Ozzie Guillen grabbed the microphone from the TV guy.

"Let me ask you a question," he said. "Would you rather have a championship ring or $10 million?"

The TV guy looked like a kid lost in the store.

"Tell the truth,'' Guillen said.

"The $10 million,'' he said.

"There you go,'' Guillen said. "I want the money, too. Everyone wants the money. What's the big deal? But people don't have the guts to say it. A championship ring is what you work for. You want it. But I'd rather have the money. What's so surprising about that?"

He looked around him. "Would anyone want a championship ring instead of $10 million? Huh? Anyone?"

It was right then that, faced with the biggest Marlins news in years, staring across at the big catch himself, ruminating about all this could mean to an attention-starved franchise, all I could think about was what's in this for me.

The answer, of course, is plenty.

Curmudgeons already are insisting this will end in a train wreck. Baseball types know the only real question is how he'll get along with that preening Hanley Ramirez.

Pot-stirrers are asking if Guillen has heard he's being ripped on Spanish radio for an alleged friendship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

"I don't know Chavez,'' Guillen said. "I've never met him. I wish I did. I'd be rich. I wouldn't have to work. I'd be sitting on a boat right now."

Then he said, "Every country in the world deserves the government it has."

He was reminded this might not be the best thought to voice in South Florida, and ...

"F--- it,'' he said. "Am I lying?

There's no downside to Ozzie. No downside for fans. No downside for players who want a fun atmosphere. Certainly no downside for me, because with nothing to write on a day, I can plop in front of him and hear extraneous thoughts in two languages.

There's no downside for anybody, except perhaps club owner Jeffrey Loria, who just made Ozzie one of the highest-paid managers in baseball.

Four years, $12 million? That's double what they previously paid any manager. Loria's now Daddy Warbucks. And if the new stadium allows Loria to make it rain that kind of money for a manager, who's next? Albert Pujols? Prince Fielder?

Even if Ozzie really is just in it for the money, so what? He'll get a ton of publicity for a publicity-starved team. He'll give the new era a fresh voice (and occasionally foul mouth). He'll probably even throw his lineup card to some loudmouth fan, like he did in Chicago.

"He was calling me a [bad word], so I threw the [bad word] and said, 'You think you can do better than me, you do it, [polysyllabic bad word],' '' he said. "They'll never forget me there."

This is a Dolphins town, though.

"F---, what've they done?'' he said.

He was asked about the Heat's Big Three and was more humble.

"In Chicago, [Michael] Jordan was gone, Ditka was gone and Oprah left,'' he said. "It was Ozzie's town. Now I'm fourth here."

Already, he said, seven players have texted him about playing for the Marlins.

"Players love playing for me,'' he said. "Only two or three didn't like it. I didn't like them, either."

After more than an hour of Ozzie talking, the crowd of 100 media had dwindled to a handful. He'd done the impossible. He'd outlasted the media at a news conference. Media relations director Matt Roebuck said something to Ozzie.

"Oh, you're tired?" he said, opening the door, the Marlins' final game in Sun Life a half-hour away. "It's just beginning."

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/201...rd-fresh-voice

[Metes]

I really think he is best. Quotes like these:

"Every country in the world deserves the government it has."


This is a Dolphins town, though.

"F---, what've they done?'' he said.


Are really swell, methinks.

[Erick]

Awesome.