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
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I liked everything about it, except the rain.
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I learned a lesson. I never took a first shot at anybody in my life and now I feel like I took the first shot. I feel embarrassed, I feel guilty. I wish I had not said it the way it sounds or the way I said it.
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If you told me in April that Jose Contreras was going to be my ace and Bobby Jenks was going to be my closer, I would tell you I don't think we're going to win this.
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If you talked to me in April, as a matter of fact if you told me in the winter meeting or when we left camp this team would have 90 wins and be fighting in the pennant race, I will take that. Obviously our lead has shrunk real quick. Obviously we are not playing real good and the team behind us is playing extremely well.
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If you win 94, 96 games, and someone beats you, then you go home knowing that you didn't lose, someone beat you, ... You can't let it get to you. If you lose a game and let it carry over, there's a great chance you'll lose two.
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I'm never going to forget this Opening Day. I've been in a lot of Opening Days in my life. But this was the most special. I've never been in an Opening Day like this one.
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I know the situation. I went through it. I went through it the same way. We tried to treat him the best we could. It's not easy when you play that many years in one city and all of a sudden your life changes. Your feelings are hurt - no matter how you leave.
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I know the security in Chicago is doing a great job and when something happens so quickly, you can't blame anybody,
bring hopefully people perform road trip weekend
I know we didn't perform well on the road trip (5-5), but hopefully we will do better this weekend and bring the people back.
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I know there is a rivalry between the Cubs fans and the White Sox fans, but people have to know this is one city. On the chest, it doesn't say South Side or White Sox. It says Chicago.
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The double was bigger than the home run. ... That's why we got him. Hopefully, he stays hot.
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The first inning set the tone. Every time we score early in the game, we seem like we play better baseball.
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The guy pitches two good games and all of a sudden he's Cy Young,
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The Indians gave us a lot of trouble. It's amazing the way they played. But they didn't beat themselves, we played better.