Ozzie Guillen Has Heard Enough About Jim Thome's Departure
By Tim Ryan
"“For all those people there saying it was my fault about Jim Thome, yes it’s my fault,” Guillen said Wednesday during a 13-minute pre-game interview. “If those people don’t like that, (bleep) them. I’m not afraid. I can care less what people think. We’re in second place. When Jim Thome was here, we finished third three times out of four years … Oh and I got one more year on my contract, just make sure to tell Jerry (Reinsdorf), get it ready, this crazy (bleeping) Mexican, it’s fine with me. They going to blame me about one home run, I’ll take the blame.”"
May this man never leave his post as manager of the Chicago White Sox. And he’s right. Why are people making such a big deal out of Jim Thome at this point? He’s a 40-year old DH. A nice weapon off the bench for contending teams. Get over it, but keep bugging Ozzie. He’s funny.
Just for fun … in no particular order, some of Ozzie’s greatest quotes:
On Jay Mariotti: “He’s garbage, still garbage, going to die as garbage.”
To umpire Hunter Wedelstedt: “You’re not even a pimple on your daddy’s ass.”
On Buck Showalter: “He never even smelled a jock in the big leagues. Mr. Baseball never even got a hit in Triple-A. I was a better player than him, I have more money than him and I’m better looking than him.”
On former Cubs pitcher Rich Hill: “Tell that Triple-A fuck to shut the fuck up. Tell him to start throwing some strikes or he’s going to get Dusty fired.”
And probably the most priceless quote to date. On his pal, Magglio Ordonez:
“If Magglio doesn’t want to be my friend, I’m not going to lose sleep at night. He’s a piece of shit. He’s another Venezuelan motherfucker. Fuck him. He thinks he’s got an enemy? No, he’s got a big one. He knows I can fuck him over in a lot of different ways. He better shut the fuck up and just play for the Detroit Tigers.”
If you’re not rooting for Ozzie Guillen’s job security, your soul is emptier than Pro Player Stadium.