MLB:  Ozzie Guillen defends late-game strategy

In the mood to roll some corpesto mucinogen granules around in your hands?  Well…here’s Ozzie and his gut feelings.

The most pressing question of the last 24 hours has surrounded Guillen’s decision to pull starter John Danks after six innings and only 85 pitches.

“You gotta go with your gut feeling, and you gotta do what’s best for the ballclub—not what people think,” Guillen said. “If I leave Danks [in] and [Derrek] Lee and [Aramis] Ramirez hit the home run, people say, ‘You dumb Venezuelan. Why [do] you [have] a lefty facing those guys? You [have Octavio] Dotel and the best bullpen in baseball right now.’ That’s just the way it is. Baseball treats you that way sometimes.”

...Then Guillen poured on the sarcasm.

“I want to apologize to White Sox fans for losing the game yesterday,” Guillen continued. “I [brought] the wrong guy to pitch, and I forgot that guy leads the American League in strikeouts out of the bullpen. Why [did] I pinch-hit Jim Thome? I was dumb last night.”