Guillen Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot

Ozzie Guillen, very classy. I've said it before. He's got a great head for the game and the fire you want to see from a manager, but he's got to watch his mouth. He is heading down the wrong path and I see trouble coming soon...

Suspend Ozzie for what? Bud he has enough potential suspensions coming down the pike becuase of HGH and the Bonds investigation. He does not need to suspend Ozzie. This is America after all. Remember FREE SPEECH does exist.

In Ozzie's defense, Jay Mariotti really is a piece of $%^!. He could be a fag, not that there's anything wrong with that.

he should be suspended for that.

correction, he should be fired for that.

MLB shouldn't fire him for that, The White Sox should. How can you accept that as an organization?

Well the owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, feels exactly the same way as Guillen. Ozzie should probably have left out the fag comment, but generally he can get away with saying that about Mariotti in Chicago cuz the entire city of Chicago feels that way about Mariotti.

Ozzie Guillen is piece of [expletive]. I agree, how can an organzation keep a guy like this.

I have to admit, I have thought Ozzie's tirades were fun and enjoyable, sort of in a Mark Cuban sort of way, but this one pretty much took it a little far.

That comment is definitely uncalled for...the whole deal with Tracy I understand from Ozzie's point of view, but no need to air the dirty laundry for all to see. The whole retaliation thing is an almost unsaid and tacit thing, but now it's out in the open which is only gonna invite public opinion on it.

No, he can certainly criticize, but to use the word "Fag" is pushing it...

BTW Chris, I generally agree with your side for the free speech argument, I'm mostly just playing devils advocate

Guys I'm not defending him but Ozzie does acutlally think it's totally acceptable. You have to we realize we are one a few countries that aren't still homophobic. His country as many countries in South Central America do look down upon gays. And even jokes in the locker room of the whole team being fags all the time. He says it and doesn't think twice, it's like an assmption that no one is. That's jsut Ozzie Guillen. ...Though I'd love for the White Sox to acquire a 6'3 250 pound monster whose Gay and see Ozzie say that...

Not as much as other countries

On a lighter note, I did enjoy the reasons that Guillen gave to prove he is not homophobic: Guillen also told Couch that he has gay friends, attends WNBA games, went to a Madonna concert and plans to go to the Gay Games in Chicago.

I totally agree with what the guys on PTI were saying about this. I don't think Guillen meant the word in an offensive way towards homosexuals. However, using that word in a disparaging way IS inherently offensive, regardless of how he meant it. They pointed out that his statements about what it means in "his country" is without merit, because he became a US citizen and has been living in the US for 25 years. Furthermore, it's not just the slur. It's the way he's calling out Mariotti. It wouldn't have been okay if he'd called him a mother-(bleeper), either. Baseball needs to suspend him in a way it will hurt him. And they need to fine him in a way that will hurt him. He keeps doing this stuff, and they need to show him that it might be fun and games to him, but baseball won't tolerate it.