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
base chance good joey lead secondary sent third throw took
We thought he had a good secondary lead so Joey (Cora, third base coach) took a chance and sent him. It took a good throw like that to get him.
fill looking people
We're not looking for people to fill up the stands. We're looking for winners.
couple guys needed
Why is the lineup this way? ... Because I'm the manager. I wanted it that way. A couple of guys needed rest.
cause
Why did I make the lineup like that? Cause I'm the manager,
defense games last mind pitching strong win
To me, our pitching and our defense weren't strong enough (in '04). Now we can win games 3-2 with a squeeze. Last year, it never went through my mind to squeeze.
defense games last mind pitching strong win
To me, our pitching and our defense weren't strong enough (in '04), ... Now we can win games 3-2 with a squeeze. Last year, it never went through my mind to squeeze.
boys
Too many girls. You know why? ... Because they can't be in the clubhouse. The boys can.
chicago white
We're the 2006 Chicago White Sox, not the 2005.
came good
We came back and that's something I feel good about. We never give up.
built defense good pitching staff team
We built this team around defense and pitching. When you've got good defense, your pitching staff is going to be better because they're not going to make that many mistakes.
biggest built defense doubt good knew reasons team won year
We built this team around defense and pitching. I think our defense was one of the biggest reasons we won the World Series, no doubt about it. I knew we were going to play good defense all year long.
gets offense
When Pods gets on base, our offense is better. It was big for him to have a day like today.
opening waited
We waited so many years for this opening day and that flag.
best chances clutch left people
We left a lot of people on base. We didn't do what we do best - clutch hitting. We had chances in every inning to score.