Posted by Dave as Chicago White Sox, MLB at 4:50 PM EDT on May 5th, 2008
Ozzie Guillen is one of those guys that it doesn’t take much to make angry. Anytime something wrong happens, you kind of have to sit back like a scared puppy waiting for the barrage of verbal insults and occasional swat from the newspaper.
Guillen was recently asked about a minor leaguer’s performance, and what his chances were of cracking the White Sox’s roster was this year. Then Volcano Ozzie erupted.
“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.
“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.”
Ozzie, don’t get too hung up on this. You’re right, the Cubs haven’t won in 100 years. And I don’t know if I’d refer to the White Sox as horseshit. Underachieving-Mariotti-Haters, maybe. But horseshit? Now you’re just being ridiculous.