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KC Star: Guillen and McClure separated after exchanging harsh words in clubhouse before game

Outfielder José Guillen initiated a near-brawl with pitching coach Bob McClure in the Royals’ clubhouse before Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Witnesses said no blows were exchanged, but the two had to be separated after exchanging heated words. Guillen remained in the lineup as the designated hitter.

Guillen is thought to have been upset at what he considered excessive supervision by coaches in the clubhouse. The coaches’ lockers in the visitors’ clubhouse at Tropicana Filed are located alongside the players’ lockers.

Witnesses said Guillen knocked over a chair near his locker and began talking in a loud voice. When McClure told Guillen to be quiet, Guillen responded by knocking over another chair and moving toward McClure.

NTNgod Posted: July 05, 2008 at 09:25 PM | 15 comment(s)
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1. Shock Posted: July 05, 2008 at 09:33 PM (#2845057)

What is Jose, 12?

2. 47YOUNEVERKNOW47 Posted: July 05, 2008 at 09:54 PM (#2845122)

What is Jose, 12?

Nope.

Guillen wears number 11.

3. Pint of blood = Quart of Scotch Posted: July 05, 2008 at 09:55 PM (#2845128)

Kietzman will crap his panties on Monday.......anything to get him away from playing Advertising jeopardy is good I guess, but that dude bogs down an otherwise fairly savvy baseball line up on 810, i.e., Soren and some of the support guys throughout the day. Anyway, I don't mind Guillen blowing up. What, is McClure 12?

4. Justin T Posted: July 05, 2008 at 09:59 PM (#2845136)

So's your mom.

5. JoeHova Posted: July 05, 2008 at 10:06 PM (#2845157)

In my experience, people don't like being told to shut up, especially in front of other people.

6. Brandon in MO (Fire Trey Hillman) Posted: July 05, 2008 at 10:14 PM (#2845171)

Let me check with the Royals MLB board members to see if Jose Guillen still isn't a clubhouse cancer.

Guillen is a god damn rollercoaster. We've been getting ripped off by him for most of the first 4 months.

7. greenback345397SM6 Posted: July 05, 2008 at 10:16 PM (#2845174)

Hi, I'm Bob McClure. You might know me from such films as "Excessive Supervision" and "Shut up, Jose"...

8. Softball-Playing Human Refuses to Be Walked Posted: July 05, 2008 at 10:22 PM (#2845181)

Jose Guillen's like Brando in The Wild One: "What are you rebelling against?" "What've ya got?" Maybe it's because he got traded around so often early in his career, usually with the tag that he's fallen short of his Next Clemente talent, but the guy's been a real problem child in Anaheim, in Washington, and now in Kansas City. He's got skills and could help a lot of teams, but I wouldn't want him on my team.

9. Brandon in MO (Fire Trey Hillman) Posted: July 05, 2008 at 10:25 PM (#2845183)

I never quite realized that Jose Guillen was comparable to Kevin McReynolds through 31, or that McReynolds was a better hitter.

McReynolds could have gotten $12M a year if he played these days.

10. Los Angeles Waterloo of Black Hawk Posted: July 06, 2008 at 12:07 AM (#2845232)

McReynolds was a hell of a player.

Guillen is a hell of an #######.

11. Crispix Attacks Posted: July 06, 2008 at 12:16 AM (#2845236)

12. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars Posted: July 06, 2008 at 12:41 AM (#2845248)

Jose Guillen's like Brando in The Wild One: "What are you rebelling against?" "What've ya got?"

He's more like Lisa Simpson when she said the same thing.

13. Bob T Posted: July 06, 2008 at 01:55 AM (#2845281)

So the key to success for the 1986 Mets was to be the biggest ####### you possibly could be? Did they have daily contests to see who was the leader in this particular category?

14. Halofan Posted: July 06, 2008 at 02:22 AM (#2845287)

McClure should have just phoned the Rays pen and told Troy Percival to explain to his guys that Guillen's helmet needed cracking.

15. Los Angeles Waterloo of Black Hawk Posted: July 06, 2008 at 02:47 AM (#2845295)

According to "The Bad Guys Won", McReynolds was the exact opposite of Guillen. That is, when the Mets traded for him, he alienated the clubhouse by being completely apathetic and unemotional, and not seeming to notice whether either he or the team did a good job. And trading the much more Guillen-like Kevin Mitchell for him was portrayed as something that damaged the team's will to succeed.

Yeah, the 73 runs he created above average in four years, the .536 slugging percentage in the 1988 NLCS, the 33 consecutive successful stolen base attempts over a season-and-a-half ... if only the rest of the Mets had McReynolds' lack of "will to succeed".

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