Ozzie Guillen Wouldn't Tell His Pitcher to Hit Somebody Unless He Told Him to

Sunday was a pretty frustrating day for the Chicago White Sox. Not only were they getting their butts kicked by the Kansas City Royals, and saying goodbye to their position atop the AL Central in the process, but there was also a bench-clearing incident in the fifth inning of the game.

With the Sox down 7-0, reliever D.J. Carrasco threw three straight pitches at Royals catcher Miguel Olivo's head. All three missed making any contact (because nobody in the White Sox bullpen should be expected to hit their target these days) but after the third one, Olivo took exception and charged the mound. The typical baseball fight ensued where there's a lot of pushing and shoving, but aside from Olivo's haymaker on A.J. Pierzynski (who was trying to play peacemaker), not much happened.

The best part of the scrum was probably Ozzie Guillen's tirade after being ejected in which he slammed his hat on the ground and got into the umpire's faces. Luckily for all of us, Ozzie still had plenty to say after the game, and the never shy manager shared his thoughts for the world to hear.

Guillen said his eruption was due to the fact that the umpires ejected him because they said he brought in Carrasco for the sole purpose of plunking Olivo, which Ozzie firmly denied.

"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."

Which makes a lot of sense when you think about it. I mean, you don't bring a knife to a gunfight, right? Just one slight problem with Ozzie's logic, about a minute later he said this.

''[Two weeks ago], I told Carrasco to hit him. This time, no, I'm a professional. If they think we hit him on purpose, they are wrong.''

So what you're saying, Oz, is that you wouldn't bring in Carrasco to hit somebody unless you brought in Carrasco to hit somebody? Makes sense.

Ozzie also went on to "not" issue a warning to the Royals when he said that he has a five-year deal with the White Sox, and that they play the Royals a lot. So something tells me Sunday's fight won't be the last fought amongst these two teams. Oh, and something also tells me that Ozzie's wallet is going to be severely lightened in the next few days because MLB doesn't look kindly upon bumping umpires and admitting to drilling guys on purpose.