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October 26, 2005
White Sox Manager Stirs Pride in Venezuela: "We love Ozzie," Simon Lopez said in one packed nightspot. "He plays a different baseball: Caribbean style."
posted by zippinglou to baseball at 04:47 PM - 17 comments
Caribbean-style baseball ... that's just a euphemism for "brain dead", isn't it?
posted by wfrazerjr at 05:50 PM on October 26, 2005
that's just a euphemism for "brain dead", isn't it?
If "brain dead" means having the top hitters in baseball being caribbean players, then I guess so! (Pujols, Ramirez, Rodriguez, Ortiz, Abreu, etc.)
posted by zippinglou at 06:11 PM on October 26, 2005
"I drive Kenny crazy with what I say in the paper, but we're on the same page," Guillen said. "[Williams and owner Jerry Reinsdorf] have to back me up. If they don't, I leave."
Gotta love the guy! I heard someone say he had "Brass Balls". The guy is not starving for money, so he can genuine and manage how he wants to without having to please the "boss". I just could never see him managing the Yankees, he would not take crap from Steinbrenner; he wouldn't last a week!
posted by zippinglou at 06:28 PM on October 26, 2005
Joe Buck on PTI today said he thought Ozzie was the one person who genuinely meant it when saying he didn't care what the media said about him.
posted by yerfatma at 06:57 PM on October 26, 2005
I love Ozzie but I still don't know what to make of him. I get the feeling that he has no idea what he's doing and that he's as surprised to find himself in this position as anybody (hence the retirement talks). At the same time, I can definitely see genius in him. Whatever the case, I hope he sticks around. He's one of the funnest manager/coaches to watch in pro sports.
posted by panoptican at 07:06 PM on October 26, 2005
theres a thin line between genius and insanity. its name is ozzie guillen.
posted by 15yroldkid at 08:52 PM on October 26, 2005
genius and insanity
I heard the same said about Einstein!
posted by zippinglou at 09:07 PM on October 26, 2005
I heard the same said about Einstein! Yah, but Einstein was a scrappy genius. Oh. Wait. I thought you said "Eckstein." Nevermind.
posted by grum@work at 12:08 AM on October 27, 2005
the top hitters in baseball being caribbean players they are? I thought Todd Helton(white), Michael Young(white), Derek Lee(black), Johnny Damon(white), Sean Casey(white)...all were in the top 5 in each league! So how is it that the top hitters are carribean????
posted by bluekarma at 01:28 AM on October 27, 2005
See, if you're gonna troll, you have to do your homework. Todd Helton didn't have a very good year last year, Sean Casey hasn't been a top hitter in 5 years and you only named 5 people total, not 10.
posted by yerfatma at 06:11 AM on October 27, 2005
they are? I thought Todd Helton(white), Michael Young(white), Derek Lee(black), Johnny Damon(white), Sean Casey(white)...all were in the top 5 in each league!
Latin Leaders by Positions
Now, if these guys are at the top, they are pretty darn close.... Not a bad list of Latin Players here, Grum! Do they look like "dead brain" batters to you? -Stop the Hate!!!!
wfrazerjr must be secluted in a remote "dogsledders village" up in canada, and hasn't been keeping up to date with the latest trend of Baseball that show the rise in quaity of Latin players. They make up 25% of all major leaguers, and 40% of all minor leaguers...."Brain dead" my @$$!
posted by zippinglou at 09:46 AM on October 27, 2005
Ease up, Lou-- fraze was linking to a post about the Giants announcer who said that this year. And where does grum come in for a whuppin'?
posted by yerfatma at 11:26 AM on October 27, 2005
That brain dead thing pissed me off enough so that I stopped listening to KNBR with the exception of baseball broadcasts. And I lost a lot of respect for Felipe Alou because of it too. I guess this fan really, really, really wanted to show Ozzie the love.
posted by fenriq at 03:49 PM on October 27, 2005
man, that post came up in another thread. That's his kid.
posted by willthrill72 at 03:55 PM on October 27, 2005
willthrill72, thanks for the clarification on it. Yahoo says its a "well-wisher".
posted by fenriq at 06:03 PM on October 27, 2005
There's a good story on Dave Zirin's site/blog thingy about the Dominican Republic and the so-called MLB 'academies'. Sorry can't link it because I'm in an airport, but it's that edgeofsports whatchamacallit.
posted by owlhouse at 05:32 AM on October 28, 2005
Another good Ozzie piece.