Sox on Mariotti’s split: ‘It’s about time’

You knew this was coming.

Word of Jay Mariotti’s split with the Chicago Sun-Times reached the White Sox’ clubhouse minutes after their victory Tuesday night against the Baltimore Orioles, and the reaction could be heard outside.

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Ozzie Guillen—the top target of the venom-spewing columnist who called for the Sox to fire their manager this season despite the team being in first place—said his e-mail inbox had a record number of new arrivals by Wednesday afternoon.

It was a steady stream of digital high-fives.

‘‘When people wish the worst on people, you have to be careful because the baseball gods are going to get you,’’ Guillen said. ‘‘He was not asking just for my job, he was asking for thousands and thousands of people’s jobs over the years. I’m not going to say I will get the last laugh because I will get fired from this job. But the day I get fired is the day I lose interest in this game.

‘‘Am I enjoying this? Yes, because he tried to make my life miserable. He did everything in his power to make my life go the wrong way, but he didn’t make me miserable because I don’t believe him. Maybe if somebody else wrote that stuff about me, then I would put attention on it. And that’s what he wanted. He wanted attention. He has to thank me because I gave him a lot of [stuff] to work with. I know I helped him the last four years to make his money, and, obviously, he did not help me at all to make my money.’‘

Also read the end, the official statement from a Sun-Times editor. By far the best put-down in the history of Newspaper Sportswriting.