Ozzie Guillen’s Chicago White Sox have been on a absolute tear and went 18-7 for the month of July, taking his White Sox into a one (1) game lead on the Minnesota Twins, in the Central.
Ozzie has been known for his rants and his raves, but personally, this one is over the top. Monday, August 2, 2010, Guillen, released a statement condemning Major League Baseball for not educating Latin American players about the dangers of Performance Enhancing Drugs. ESPN quoted Ozzie as saying:
“I’m the only one to teach the Latinos about not to use,” Guillen said Sunday. “I’m the only one, and Major League Baseball doesn’t [care]. All they care about — how many times I argue with the umpires, what I say to the media. But I’m the only one in baseball to come up to the Latino kids and say not to use this, and I don’t get any credit for that.
“They look at you and they say, ‘Good for you Ozzie,’” he said. “Ozzie said it, don’t worry about it. If somebody else said it they would be playing that [stuff] every day on the Jumbotron. … I’m the only one that came up with that idea. I did it for the Latino kids. … I want to help those kids.”
So not only is Ozzie the only person apparently talking about Latino’s and PED’s, but Ozzie is also commenting on MLB’s preferential treatment of Asian players over Latinos. The Chicago Sun Times quotes Ozzie as saying, “Guillen says it’s unfair that Japanese players are assigned translators when they come to the U.S. to play pro ball, but Latinos are not.”
Ozzie has said that MLB executives definitely do not like his latest remarks, however, he will be disappointed if baseball fines him for his comments. I sincerely hope Guillen is using these latest set of remarks to bring to light an injustice he sees. If he is just fueling the Ozzie fire, I definitely don’t agree with it. Knowing how the world works, there probably are injustices that need to be corrected, however is Ozzie the only one doing anything about it???? I highly doubt it……..
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I didn’t even read the article, but Ozzie is a f-ing lunatic.
Sounds to me like Ozzie needs stress relief. Maybe taking his talents to south beach would help.
It is up to people to educate themselves and not everyone else’s responsibility. If a player doesn’t know that he shouldn’t take steroids without someone else telling him that they shouldn’t be allowed to play because they are so dumb.
This “takin’ your talents to South Beach” is turning into a mantra! I love it!