Ozzie Guillen Thinks Nick Swisher Is Quick to Judge

Nick Swisher only spent one season in Chicago as a member of the White Sox, and though it started out very nicely during the opening weeks of April, things quickly went south for Swisher on the South Side. Eventually he would be relegated to bench duty, filling in sparingly, and finishing the season with a .219 average and .332 OBP. That's not what the Sox were looking for when they sent a bunch of prospects to Oakland to get him.

Then there was the fact that Swisher didn't seem to be getting along with Ozzie Guillen in the clubhouse, and the team moved him to New York where he's gotten off to another hot start with the Yankees. Swisher seems to be loving his time there and has even gone on record saying that Joe Girardi is the greatest manager he's ever played for. His old manager in Chicago found these comments rather amusing.

"He's got to say what he's got to say," Guillen said Sunday. "He was talking about people he's only known for two weeks ... but that's Nick.

"I'm not pretending to be the best manager. I never will. But I guarantee that I will manage a lot longer than he will play. That's all I can say. And I've got more friends in baseball than I have enemies.

"Some people can't handle the way I manage. It's not easy. When you manage you have to deal with 25 to 50 people every year to make people happy. You can't. But it's easy when you hit .350 or .390, everybody is a good manager.

"That's the way Swisher is. Things work out for him good, everyone is great. That [stuff] doesn't work out for him, it's someone's fault."

Whether Swisher is just quick to judge, or if Joe Girardi really is the greatest guy he's ever played for, I'm pretty sure that both he and Guillen will be happy not having to work together anymore. No matter if he's got an OPS of 1.238 or he's hitting .219.