Ozzie, Ozzie, Ozzie.. classic
I didn't watch the game last night between the White Sox and The Rangers, but I did hear about it this morning on the radio (EPSN790 Houston). Anyways.. last night during the game "Texas starter Vicente Padilla (6-4) absolutely dominated the White Sox for eight innings, allowing three hits and three walks, while striking out seven"(whitesox.com). Evidently Padilla's control was great, but on two pitches he drilled A.J. Pierzynski(once during the 2nd and once during the 4th). If it were Bonds, I might give him man of the day(:grin:). Moving forward, in the 7th inning with the Sox down 8-0, Ozzie Guillen puts in rookie right hander Sean Tracey to start the inning against Hank Blalock inducing a ground out after 4 pitches. Good job right? Immediately Guillen charges out to the mound, replaces Tracey with another right hander and goes back to the bench. Camera's move to the WhiteSox dugout where Guillen is having a not so pleasant conversation with Tracey leaving Tracey with this face buried in his jersey... After the game, Tracey's locker was cleaned out and he was demoted back to Triple-A. Brilliant Ozzie... just brilliant... very funny though.
Take from it what you wish.

Pierzynski is a thug. Give Padilla "Man of the Week" or something :) I didn't see any of this, but I'm totally fascinated--poor Sean Tracey... Seems like Vintage Ozzie, though. Were he our manager, I'm not sure whether I'd love him or hate him.
Lisa
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I doubt Tracey understood a thing Ozzie said.. I've heard Ozzie is about as hard to understand(in English) as another famous Ozzie.
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Guillen is Guillen... Love him or hate him, he won't care. He has the potential to become the next Larry Bowa.
Rafael
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Thomas, Rafael: Check this out. ESPN.com story about this incident...
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2485365
I repeat: Poor Sean Tracey.
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I'm on the fence about it... On one side I feel he should have went ahead and drilled Blalock... on the other hand, there were already warnings, and being he's a rookie pitcher and probably doesn't make the best salary... he probably didn't want to get fined. Who knows... if it was me, I would have thrown a wild pitch into my dugout and drilled A.J. again. Kidding of course.
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