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Ozzie Guillen Gets His Revenge

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has made many an enemy during his tenure in Chicago. Whether it's former players like Magglio Ordonez, opposing managers like Buck Showalter, or local columnists like Jay Mariotti, Ozzie has never been shy when discussing his feelings for others.

Ozzie's latest foe was Texas Rangers closer C.J. Wilson, whom credited Guillen with helping him pick up a save against the Sox a week and a half ago after using Ozzie's taunts from the dugout as motivation. Ozzie didn't much appreciate Wilson's theatrics on the mound while striking out Jim Thome and Paul Konerko, and he let C.J. know about it afterward.

"You can be cocky, be yourself or have your own showtime," Guillen said after the game. "But when you don't respect the opposition and do what he did, that's not professional. That's the reason I was screaming to him. When you're nobody and show people up like that. ... Wait till you're somebody in baseball, and then do whatever you want to do."

Well that nobody showed up again yesterday during the 8th inning of the Sox-Rangers game with two outs, two runners on, and the Rangers clinging to an 8-7 lead. Then the first pitch fastball he threw quickly turned into the American League-leading 26th home run of the season for Carlos Quentin, and the White Sox completed their comeback and won 10-8.

Unfortunately, we weren't able to see Ozzie do his own celebrating as he'd already been ejected from the game the inning before for arguing balls and strikes. The White Sox dugout did look to be a bit more rambunctious in their celebration afterwards, though, as Quentin gave the home crowd a curtain call.

Ozzie Guillen Has a New Target

In my last post about Jose Contreras' trip to the disabled list, I marveled at the fact White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was able to string together 75 consecutive words without swearing. I'm pretty sure that's a career high for the Sox skipper. Though it also worries me because that's not the Ozzie Guillen we've all come to know and love.

Thankfully, even though Ozzie's cleaned up his language a bit, he has yet to stop holding grudges. Particularly against Texas Rangers, as Rangers closer C.J. Wilson joins a group that includes Buck Showalter and Vicente Padilla before him as somebody who just ticks Ozzie off.

A week ago today, in the last game before the All-Star break, Wilson came on to close a game in which the Rangers had a four-run lead. Well, after allowing three-runs to score, Wilson finally got the third out of the inning with the bases loaded and proceeded to celebrate as though he'd just won the World Series. Ozzie didn't like it and said something then, and now a week later with the Rangers set to come to Chicago, Ozzie would like C.J. to know he still hasn't forgotten it.
"You can be cocky, be yourself or have your own showtime," Guillen told Chicago reporters Friday. "But when you don't respect the opposition and do what he did, that's not professional. That's the reason I was screaming to him. When you're nobody and show people up like that. ... Wait till you're somebody in baseball, and then do whatever you want to do.

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