I just read an article by fellow BR writer Jerry Burnes, saying that Ozzie needed to be punished more severely by the White Sox for his actions. He also said what many people throughout the sports media have been saying since he was hired: Ozzie is a distraction.
One, I don't see him as a distraction. I see Ozzie as a passionate, in-the-game manager that knows when to step back, and who knows when to fire his team up. He's said over and over that the Sox flopped when he mellowed out last year, so he was not going to hold back this year.
Two, I don't believe it's fair to punish Ozzie for being honest. There are other managers in baseball that have had a longer career that Guillen, and I guarantee you they've ordered some purpose pitches in their lifetime. But to single out the one person that was forthcoming? Wrong.
Ozzie Guillen deserves better treatment than he has gotten from the Chicago, and national, media. They treat him like a clown or a carnival sideshow. I've heard many people deride his accent before they criticize his managing style, which is wrong as well.
But I like Ozzie for his forthrightness, honesty, and unwillingness to sit back and let things happen to him or his team.
He's made mistakes. He shouldn't have called Jay Mariotti a fag. He shouldn't have screamed at Sean Tracey. He shouldn't have come at Dave Duncan's head. He's made mistakes.
But so have you and I. The only difference is that our mistakes aren't headline news the next day.
Besides, you haven't heard the players come out and say that Ozzie is bad for the White Sox. If they don't mind him leading them, why should we?
In the end, that's what's good.
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