Ozzie Guillen
Ozzie Guillen
Oswaldo José "Ozzie" Guillén Barriosis a Venezuelan former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for 16 seasons, primarily with the Chicago White Sox, from 1985 to 2000. He then managed the White Sox from 2004 to 2011 and the Miami Marlins in 2012...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 January 1964
CityOcumare del Tuy, Venezuela
happy jackie latin lived man people puerto robinson
For me he is the Jackie Robinson of Latin baseball. He lived racism. He was a man who was happy to be not only Puerto Rican, but Latin American. He let people know that. And that is something that is very important for all of us.
kids meet pleasure seen
I said, 'It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. I told him, 'I've never seen you play, but my kids told me you were real good.
fight lie managers talk
A lot of managers tell their G.M. what they want to hear, ... I won't do that. I won't lie to him. I won't talk to him as a boss. I'll fight him.
forget soon uniform
As soon as you put the uniform on, you forget about pains,
help hopefully level next people pick win
I've got to go with the same people it was in the ... Hopefully the people we pick help us to get to the next level to win this thing.
goes pitcher pitching sets
Like I say every day, I think the pitching sets the tone. When you've got a pitcher go there and do what Jose did today, I think everything goes perfectly.
great happy people
He did a lot of great things for Seattle. People should be happy to see him pitch.
change hopefully stick
Hopefully we don't have to change the lineup during the season. You will do it, but I don't like to do it. Hopefully I can stick with the lineup most of the time.
city good kid loved owes
This city owes him a lot. This kid loved this city and he did a good thing for them. (Today) he just got his butt kicked. That's it. He just didn't have it.
lose
This is the way we should be playing. If we lose, lose the right way.
along coach easy good hard love pitching staff trust works
I always say you're a good coach when you have good players, ... We have a pretty good pitching staff, it's easy to go coach that one. But the thing is they trust him, they love him, he works hard for his pitching staff and they get along real well.
afraid beers couple face lost pennant team
If you're afraid to be in a pennant race, you'll never be in a pennant race, ... If you're afraid, you won't face the media, you don't play cards, you don't have a couple of beers after the game. There was a lot of controversy the other day when I said that our team stinks. We had lost two in a row. If you play good, I'll let you know. If you play bad, I will let you know.
assured broken drunken gets passed
I assured him if it gets passed around by drunken ballplayers after winning, it wouldn't be broken in Venezuela,
bit feels might needs position short talk third work
He's going to play a lot in the outfield. I'll use him at third and a little bit at second. I might not use him at short because I don't know how comfortable he feels there. I'll talk to him about what position he needs to work on the most and that's what he'll play.