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Baseball Musings
August 04, 2008
Base Brawl

Sam Mellinger compares Ozzie Guillen and Zack Greinke's statements to the press after bean balls resulted in a bench clearing brawl. Guillen:

Benches clear in baseball, these things happen at least a few times every summer. Maybe the thing to take from this is that Guillen all but promised it will happen again, which is why he might get suspended.

"Get ready for the warnings," he said. "I signed a five-year deal with this organization, and we play Kansas City a lot."

And Greinke:

In other news, Zack Greinke's final pitch plunked Nick Swisher in the hip, and my first thought was, "THAT's how you hit somebody."

Greinke said the right things afterward, that he had trouble with the fastball inside to lefties all day, that the 7th was his worst inning, it was hot out there, so maybe he just a little tired.

So then I thought, "THAT's how you avoid a suspension."

Now we get to wonder about every inside pitch these teams throw against each other.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:12 AM | Baseball Jerks | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Ozzie Guillen is an idiot, an embarrassment to the White Sox and all of baseball. It is funny, the ONLY PLACE in all of baseball that would tolerate his act is on Chicago's Southside. That team's collective Napoleon Complex yearns for a douchebag manager like Guillen. I have an idea, how about throw at Ozzie whenever he decides to visit the mound? Hey, he signed a five-year contract, there'll be a lot of opportunities!

Posted by: SS at August 4, 2008 10:33 AM

Ozzie won in '05 so he has a lifetime pass on saying stupid things.

Posted by: Bandit at August 4, 2008 10:42 AM

Guillen also said this:

"You think I'm going to bring in somebody to hit somebody with an 82 mile-an-hour fastball?" Guillen asked, incredulous. "I'm going to bring in my best guy and make sure we get it done. That's the baseball I grew up with, not the [stuff] we play with right now."
In other words... Ozzie says when he throws at people, he throws at them to HURT them.

Stay classy Ozzie.

Posted by: dave at August 4, 2008 11:43 AM
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