CubsfansareDRUNK
12-30-2005, 01:36 PM
Beloved manager enjoys giving back to native country
CARACAS -- Jose Luis Silva froze in his tracks on Estadio Universitario's concourse and immediately put out his right arm, simultaneously stopping and accidentally splashing his three children who were trailing him with his soda.
It was Saturday in the city. The Silva family was visiting the stadium, home of the Caracas Baseball Club, to catch a game between their beloved Leones and Tiburones de La Guaira when Jose nonchalantly looked to his right and caught a glimpse of a patriot signing a baseball.
"Mira! Es Oswaldo Guillen!" he pointed with delight. "Look! It's Ozzie Guillen!" is the version heard stateside, most often in the Windy City.
In the United States, Guillen is the manager of the World Series Champion Chicago White Sox. In Venezuela, he is the country's champion.
"Oswaldo Guillen was a great player when he played for the Tiburones and he always played every winter here, and for us that is special," Silva, 42, said. "For us, he was an idol.
Now as manager and all that he has done, oof, he is a symbol of Venezuela. He represents us to the world. We are so proud. My kids admire him. We all admire him here for what he means to us."
"Oof" is Spanish slang, sometimes used like "wow," and seemingly always used simultaneously with a one-handed gesture that resembles a motion made after touching something hot.
Talk about Guillen to the people of Venezuela and the "oofs" drop like crazy.
See Guillen in the World Series? Oof, how could I miss it?
Oof, what a job Guillen did with the White Sox!
Linkster
(http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051222&content_id=1286771&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws)
CARACAS -- Jose Luis Silva froze in his tracks on Estadio Universitario's concourse and immediately put out his right arm, simultaneously stopping and accidentally splashing his three children who were trailing him with his soda.
It was Saturday in the city. The Silva family was visiting the stadium, home of the Caracas Baseball Club, to catch a game between their beloved Leones and Tiburones de La Guaira when Jose nonchalantly looked to his right and caught a glimpse of a patriot signing a baseball.
"Mira! Es Oswaldo Guillen!" he pointed with delight. "Look! It's Ozzie Guillen!" is the version heard stateside, most often in the Windy City.
In the United States, Guillen is the manager of the World Series Champion Chicago White Sox. In Venezuela, he is the country's champion.
"Oswaldo Guillen was a great player when he played for the Tiburones and he always played every winter here, and for us that is special," Silva, 42, said. "For us, he was an idol.
Now as manager and all that he has done, oof, he is a symbol of Venezuela. He represents us to the world. We are so proud. My kids admire him. We all admire him here for what he means to us."
"Oof" is Spanish slang, sometimes used like "wow," and seemingly always used simultaneously with a one-handed gesture that resembles a motion made after touching something hot.
Talk about Guillen to the people of Venezuela and the "oofs" drop like crazy.
See Guillen in the World Series? Oof, how could I miss it?
Oof, what a job Guillen did with the White Sox!
Linkster
(http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051222&content_id=1286771&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws)