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
decision field good official taken tough
It was a tough decision for the umpires, one out away from an official game. But it would have taken too long to get the field in shape. It's a good thing we scored early.
advantage against bad game outing strikes throws weird wrong
It was a weird game for him. He always throws strikes and he's always around the plate. He just had a bad outing against the wrong people. They will take advantage of your mistakes.
call came together
It was a wake-up call for everybody. After that, they came together as a team.
attack behind care expect good hard matter people strikes throw
I want strikes. No matter how hard you throw, you are not going to get people out if you are behind hitters. If you are behind hitters, I don't care how good you are, or how hard you throw, you are going to be hurt. I expect him to throw more strikes and attack the strike zone.
build change decision defense kenny kept knew minnesota pitching talked team took twins
It took the Minnesota Twins to make me think we have to change. I knew they don't have any superstars, but they kept winning. When me and Kenny make the decision to change this team, we talked a lot because it was not easy. The only way we could build this team was around pitching and defense and speed.
people proud
The Venezuelan people who know me don't feel proud because we're winning,
feeling great hot manager players playoff respect team type worried
They are the type of team you don't want in the playoff because they can get hot and kill you. I don't want to say it's a great feeling because I respect the manager and the players over there, but I have been worried about them all summer.
crap happened hear people talking white
That happened to me. I was talking crap about the White Sox, but I just said it once. That's it. I got it off of my chest. If you hear it day in and day out, people get aggravated about it.
game playing sweeping
Sweeping this team, the way they were playing, is tough. I think we weren't playing the game the way we should early, but now we are getting better.
biggest game guys home hopefully maybe ready year
(Sunday) is a big game for us. Maybe the biggest game we're going to play this year and hopefully we come home with a victory. It's not going to be easy. Those guys are going to show up ready to play and ... you never know what's going to happen.
afraid dangerous turn
It's dangerous down there. I'm afraid to turn my back on those guys.
best country great people player
It's amazing. I think he's the best player ever to come from my country. I know in my country people are going to feel great about this.
amazing arm best came confidence doubt job keeping kid last matter mechanics pitches throwing time year
It's an amazing job this kid did over the last year and a half, ... This kid came in with a lot of problems, mechanics and keeping his pitches down. I always say Contreras got the best arm on my staff. There's not a doubt about it. It was a matter of time when he got more confidence and he was throwing more strikes.
hard
It's hard to believe, we don't get much respect,