Prior to watching his White Sox commit hate crimes against St. Louis earlier tonight, Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen affirmed that he considers Jay Mariotti to be “a piece of shit,” but admitted “I should have used another word” in discussing the Sun-Times eyeliner maven. And Guillen is right. He never should’ve mentioned the WNBA.
Gareth Keenan was just on the phone — he wants his Elton John and Queen CD’s back from Ozzie.
St. Louis pitchers have allowed 33 runs to the White Sox over the past two games. Tony La Russa claims that Albert “Innocent Until Will Leitch Implicates Him” Pujols will be available by Monday, but there’s no word if he’s developed a cut fastball.
Congrats to Jet Blue on their amazing new innovation — pumping hot air from the overhead vents during June flights in 90 degree heat. Some of your wimpier airlines might opt for air conditioning, but Jet Blue understands there’s a new breed of air travelers, weaned on extreme sports, “Fear Factor”, footage from Abu Gharib, etc. This isn’t merely a commuter flight — it’s a particularly long theme park ride.
I know Ozzie Guillen might seem nuts, but he’s right about Mariotti being a piece of shit – have you ever seen AROUND THE HORN?
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I winced when I read the term ‘fag’ in reference to Jay Mariotti.
‘Piece of shit’ and ‘garbage,’ I have no problem with them.
I do think this whole thing is straying from the topic a bit. Brian Anderson made some comment about how Mariotti looks like he’s never played sports before, and I have no idea what that has to do with anything.
I’m not big on thought-police activity, but but somebody in this mix oughta do some explaining. The White Sox should explain that their loose cannon / highly competent manager, suffers from being inarticulate as opposed to be a homophobe. And at the same time, making some kind of gesture (free WNBA tickets?) to show they repudiate homophobia. Firing the Hawk and replacing him with an openly gay play-by-play man comes to mind.
I don’t think a brief suspension from MLB would be unexpected or totally out to lunch (see Rocker, John). Had O.G. used a pejorative commonly associated with black people or non-dudes, I’m pretty certain he’d be cited. And if an eyeliner-wearing Tony Curtis lookalike made a similar remark, he’d probably be out of a job.
“Firing the Hawk and replacing him with an openly gay play-by-play man comes to mind.”
Great idea.
Anyway, yeah, “fag,” not acceptable. Guillen’s excuse is totally lame, by which I mean “insufficient” as opposed to “weak-legged.” I think he should get three games. I hope it comes from the Sox before Selig gets out of his rocker and makes the call on his rotary dial telephone.
Brian Anderson feels he has room to comment on who can and who cannot play sports? Dude is hitting like an 8 yr old. It’s always amazing to me when players agree to get into a war of words with someone who has a regular column in a major newspaper. Way to think it through, guys.
Anyway, Ozzie doesn’t need the Sox to explain anything. He needs to stop being a dickhead. I’m also on board with firing the hell out of Hawk. Maybe replace him with Tino Martinez. I really enjoyed him on Baseball Tonight, in a sort of robotic voice reading off a teleprompter kind of way.
Who the hell is Albert Leitch?