Ozzie Guillen a class act
White Sox manager, Ozzie Guillen, has had a love/hate relationship with the Minnesota Twins for quite some time. The usually outspoken, hot blooded, manager has constantly praised the way the Twins play baseball, even to the point of handing out more compliments to the Twins than his own White Sox. He even coined the famous “Piranhas” term back in 2006.
Guillen stated in a post game interview that although his team isn’t in the pennant race, he knows the importance of the games his team plays against the Detroit Tigers. He said that he would give his young talent time to play against the Cleveland Indians, but out of respect to Minnesota and to baseball, he would put his best players on the field against the Tigers.
On Friday night, it worked in the favor of the Twins as the White Sox shut out the Tigers 2-0.
One can say that it is unusual for an opposing manager, especially one in the same division, to praise and respect an opposing team this much. You have to hand to Guillen, though, and give him credit for not packing it up just because his team is out of the race. The Twins organization and the fans everywhere should applaud Guillen for displaying this type of attitude.
Here is a link to the post game interview video: http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=6818793
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