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Friday, March 19, 2010

White Sox should have bigger concerns than Oney Guillen’s tweets

Too Hot To Handle! Oney, wheeler dealer!

Meet Oney Guillen, the second of White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen’s three sons—and the one making his father seem like a wallflower.

Oldest son Ozzie Jr. is considered the smart one and youngest son Ozney the talented one, especially on the diamond. As far as certain members of the Sox’ front office are concerned, however, Oney is suddenly the dangerous one.

He put his Twitter account on the shelf last season at the request of the team, and now it seems OneyRoberto—his latest account in the world of social media—is being watched by Big Brother in the Sox’ front office.

That much was obvious by a tweet he sent out Wednesday that read: ‘‘I love it how people are monitoring my tweets like I’m someone important. Everyone is entitled to there[sic] own opinion.’‘

So why are the Sox taking an interest in what Oney has to say? Well, he does know a little about the game, considering he was the one who told his father to put Geoff Blum in the game during Game 3 of the 2005 World Series. A Blum home run later, the Sox were on their way to a sweep and their first championship in 88 years.

But the kicker in all of this is that Oney works for the Sox on the scouting side of things.

Apparently, someone in the organization thinks trying to keep a saddle on one sharp-tongued Guillen is enough, let alone two.

Repoz Posted: March 19, 2010 at 02:03 PM | 22 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. My Grate Friend, Peason Posted: March 19, 2010 at 02:37 PM (#3482212)
So why are the Sox taking an interest in what Oney has to say? Well, he does know a little about the game, considering he was the one who told his father to put Geoff Blum in the game during Game 3 of the 2005 World Series. A Blum home run later, the Sox were on their way to a sweep and their first championship in 88 years.


Is this guy f###### serious?!
   2. Dewey, Steven Wright Wannabe and Soupuss Posted: March 19, 2010 at 02:56 PM (#3482240)
REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC

Andruw Jones is in shape and hitting, Alex Rios understands "Chicago tough" a bit more and is hitting, and Carlos Quentin is healthy and hitting.


This "Chicago tough" thing is really stupid. The fact that Ozzie Guillen and Kenny Williams seem to buy into it is doubly stupid.
   3. Jose Can You Seabiscuit Posted: March 19, 2010 at 03:18 PM (#3482256)
How many towns have the self-absorbed opinion that playing in those towns is terribly difficult? I know it's beaten to death in Boston at great length, New York, Chicago apparently, Philadelphia seems to have a bit of that, are there others?
   4. philly Posted: March 19, 2010 at 03:24 PM (#3482262)
Philadelphia has a lot of that.
   5. Dewey, Steven Wright Wannabe and Soupuss Posted: March 19, 2010 at 03:27 PM (#3482264)
"Chicago tough" is only partly about playing in the spotlight of the big city. There's also this thinking that you need to be get your uniform dirty to play in Chicago, particularly on the South Side - that loafing, real or perceived, is not tolerable.

Part of it is "fake hustle" - the Chicago media loves guys who look like they're trying hard. Alex Rios has already gotten the reputation of "not caring", which usually puts you in the crosshairs.
   6. CW hits the pinata for the candy Posted: March 19, 2010 at 03:50 PM (#3482277)
Ozzie Jr., Oney and Ozney? That's, uh, kinda weird.

Not that weird is wrong or anything. But... yeah. Pretty easy for someone to mix those up, at least.
   7. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: March 19, 2010 at 04:01 PM (#3482284)
Ozzie Jr., Oney and Ozney? That's, uh, kinda weird.


they were too poor to afford a lot of letters, so they reused them
   8. Kid Charlemagne Posted: March 19, 2010 at 04:16 PM (#3482296)
Could be worse. Could be Oney, Twosey, Threesy.
   9. Billy B Posted: March 19, 2010 at 04:53 PM (#3482336)
Joe Cowley's garbage has finally dropped to the level of unreadable. (Although I realize that I may be the last one to realize this.)
   10. zachtoma Posted: March 19, 2010 at 05:34 PM (#3482367)
Of the biggest American cities, only Los Angeles seems to be exempt. I don't think I've ever heard someone say "can he handle playing in Los Angeles?", or "is he an L.A. type of player?" here.
   11. RJ in TO Posted: March 19, 2010 at 05:39 PM (#3482374)
How many towns have the self-absorbed opinion that playing in those towns is terribly difficult?

Both Toronto and Montreal have the reputation of being hard on hockey players of all types. Edmonton has the reputation of being hard on local hockey players, mostly because there's nowhere to hide.

I can't think of any other Canadian city that has a reputation (self-promoted or otherwise) of being hard on a specific type of pro athlete.
   12. Srul Itza Posted: March 19, 2010 at 05:40 PM (#3482376)
Ozzie Jr., Oney and Ozney? That's, uh, kinda weird.


He went to the Roger Clemens Progeny Naming Seminar.
   13. Tricky Dick Posted: March 19, 2010 at 06:42 PM (#3482429)
Well, he does know a little about the game, considering he was the one who told his father to put Geoff Blum in the game during Game 3 of the 2005 World Series. A Blum home run later, the Sox were on their way to a sweep and their first championship in 88 years.


Blum pinch hit in the 14th inning...I had assumed the White Sox didn't have any position players left.
   14. Dock Ellis on Acid Posted: March 19, 2010 at 07:17 PM (#3482459)
He went to the Roger Clemens Progeny Naming Seminar.

And fell asleep halfway through the George Forman Progeny Naming Seminar.
   15. Gunboat Diplomat Posted: March 19, 2010 at 07:30 PM (#3482471)
He went to the Roger Clemens Progeny Naming Seminar.


Be thankful that it wasn't the George Foreman Progeny Naming Seminar.
   16. Dave Spiwak Posted: March 19, 2010 at 07:32 PM (#3482476)
Ozzie Jr., Oney and Ozney


This is the Latin American version of my brother Daryl and my other brother Daryl.
   17. Dock Ellis on Acid Posted: March 19, 2010 at 07:55 PM (#3482498)
Gunboat Diplomat, being new doesn't excuse you from owing me a Coke.
   18. madvillain Posted: March 20, 2010 at 02:54 AM (#3482653)
Well Joe, unlike you, the White Sox brass is capable of doing more than one thing at once! See, they can be concerned about Oney's tweets (and given that twitter is seemingly like giving folks ether and then a very loud microphone, I don't blame them) and also worry about the product on the field.

Crowley is lucky he entered the sports media workforce before the digital revolution. Otherwise he'd be in his mom's basement with a blog that doesn't even show in the first page of Google for the string, "White Sox Blog".
   19. SoSHially Unacceptable Posted: March 20, 2010 at 05:29 AM (#3482669)
Of the biggest American cities, only Los Angeles seems to be exempt. I don't think I've ever heard someone say "can he handle playing in Los Angeles?", or "is he an L.A. type of player?" here.


Something of the reverse. When Manny was dealt to the Dodgers, there did seem to be a "LA is the kind of town that Manny can thrive in, since we just let our stars be themselves" chorus. Plaschke is not a subscriber to that theory, however.
   20. Tripon Posted: March 20, 2010 at 05:35 AM (#3482670)
L.A. is one of those weird places where it leaves their sports stars alone unless they're dating a celebrity.
   21. Tripon Posted: March 20, 2010 at 06:24 AM (#3482673)
   22. rlc Posted: March 20, 2010 at 06:47 AM (#3482676)
Ozzie to Oney: 'Hey kid we are behind you. No matter what.'

'Which is why we were in a position to kick your ass out the door.'

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