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11-06-2003, 12:03 PM
Check out this article from the main site. (http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/cws/news/cws_news.jsp?ymd=20031105&content_id=599481&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cha)
Instead of half-assing the job, they manage to put full quotes in and explain the story a little better. They even manage to get the entire quote Ozzie made in 95.
I have a respect for people,” Guillen was quoted in the article. “They can think whatever they want to think, and they can feel whatever they want to feel. But we’re human beings, and I don’t think people have the right to act with players the way they have been acting.
“Right now, fans are acting like we owe them something. We don’t owe anybody anything. We owe the fans an honest effort, but that’s always been the case. We’ve already apologized, but it has its limits.”
Some other choice tidbits
Eight years later, a more mature Guillen, approaching 40 in a little over two months and with a new position of authority, explained what those particular comments really defined. He was trying to stand up for his teammates, namely Thomas and third baseman Chris Sabo, who were hearing things from the stands that should never be said.
Guillen refused to repeat some of the venom hurled at Thomas, saying it wasn’t even polite to mention off the record. Once again, Guillen isn’t about to apologize for his remarks. He wants fans to understand his point of view.
“When they started throwing money at Chris Sabo, I thought enough was enough,” Guillen said. “I was embarrassed by the ugly names they were calling Frank. There were two sides to that (strike) story, and I didn’t want them to come and blame it all on the players.
“Finally, I said, ‘If you don’t want to come to the games, then don’t come.’ But I was protecting my teammates, and I would do the same thing with this team
“Fans in Chicago are the best in sports,” Guillen said. “But if 60,000 want to show up every day to boo me, then I will take the heat. All I ask is that they just show up every day.
“Frank knows the player and the teammate I was,” added Guillen of Thomas. “He knows I like to have fun, but that I want to win and have the game played the right way. But I don’t want him to see me as his boss. I want him to see me as his friend, and the same goes for the entire team.”
Instead of half-assing the job, they manage to put full quotes in and explain the story a little better. They even manage to get the entire quote Ozzie made in 95.
I have a respect for people,” Guillen was quoted in the article. “They can think whatever they want to think, and they can feel whatever they want to feel. But we’re human beings, and I don’t think people have the right to act with players the way they have been acting.
“Right now, fans are acting like we owe them something. We don’t owe anybody anything. We owe the fans an honest effort, but that’s always been the case. We’ve already apologized, but it has its limits.”
Some other choice tidbits
Eight years later, a more mature Guillen, approaching 40 in a little over two months and with a new position of authority, explained what those particular comments really defined. He was trying to stand up for his teammates, namely Thomas and third baseman Chris Sabo, who were hearing things from the stands that should never be said.
Guillen refused to repeat some of the venom hurled at Thomas, saying it wasn’t even polite to mention off the record. Once again, Guillen isn’t about to apologize for his remarks. He wants fans to understand his point of view.
“When they started throwing money at Chris Sabo, I thought enough was enough,” Guillen said. “I was embarrassed by the ugly names they were calling Frank. There were two sides to that (strike) story, and I didn’t want them to come and blame it all on the players.
“Finally, I said, ‘If you don’t want to come to the games, then don’t come.’ But I was protecting my teammates, and I would do the same thing with this team
“Fans in Chicago are the best in sports,” Guillen said. “But if 60,000 want to show up every day to boo me, then I will take the heat. All I ask is that they just show up every day.
“Frank knows the player and the teammate I was,” added Guillen of Thomas. “He knows I like to have fun, but that I want to win and have the game played the right way. But I don’t want him to see me as his boss. I want him to see me as his friend, and the same goes for the entire team.”