11/05/24
August 30, 2006
Delmon Young Homers in Big League Debut:: Ozzie Guillen, charismatic protector of umpires everywhere, takes rookie to task for bat throwing incident.
posted by kyrilmitch_76 to baseball at 08:20 PM - 10 comments
here is a different version of the story without a password
posted by kyrilmitch_76 at 08:51 PM on August 30, 2006
I'm waiting for the duel meltdown between Ozzie and John Gibbons.
posted by igottheblues at 11:53 PM on August 30, 2006
That kid's going to hit. Now, we'll he be a brooding malcontent a-la Frank Thomas or a full-on Albert Belle? Only time will tell...
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 07:59 AM on August 31, 2006
Good for Ozzie Guillen! Delmon Young deserved what he got and Ozzie knew exactly what he was doing. Do people honestly think that Ozzie Guillen didn't have a hidden agenda behind all that? I'm sure that all the umps in the league gave Ozzie a tip of the cap and sooner or later, a call is going to go the way of the White Sox. It all equals out in the long run and I'm sure that's exactly what one the best skipper in the league was looking for.
posted by BornIcon at 09:09 AM on August 31, 2006
Ozzie Guillen is an ass. This has nothing to do with him, Young already got a very long suspension. It's over. The ump that got the bat thrown at him was a scab, so I doubt the Union umps are going to think favorably of Guillen because of his actions.
posted by bperk at 09:46 AM on August 31, 2006
bperk pretty much stole the words out of my mouth (er...keyboard).
posted by grum@work at 10:11 AM on August 31, 2006
I love that the retaliation for hitting Young was plunking Pierzynski. Two lightening rods for trouble, those two.
posted by BullpenPro at 10:20 AM on August 31, 2006
I'd put A.J. on my team any day, he knows he's a target, and he can dish it out, too. "catcher A.J. Pierzynski, a former Twin who flipped his bat on Friday after a home run, got drilled Sunday on the hip by Carlos Silva and answered the retaliation with a two run home run - and another bat flip, of course." - Jeff Passan, Yahoo Sports 8/26/06 Young was regarded as a top prospect, if he can learn to harness his temper in that same way, he may be a good 'un yet.
posted by mjkredliner at 11:32 AM on August 31, 2006
I'll tell you what, Young throws a mean bat, but his first few games shows he swings a pretty mean one, too. He may turn into next year's Ryan Howard.
posted by dyams at 08:06 AM on September 01, 2006
short story as I understand it is: Brash young minor leaguer throws bat at ump, gets suspended 50 games, whines about not getting called up to bigs, gets called up to bigs, gets plunked in first mlb at bat against white sox, homers later in game.