As the White Sox "make-or-break" road trip begins to resemble an express elevator straight to hell, it's always good to have an Ozzie Guillen tirade to break the monotony.
The White Sox fell to 1-5 on their current 11-game roadie with a 10-0 loss to the New York Yankees Saturday. The Sox had just one hit against Yankee "greats" and former Cubs rejects Sergio Mitre and Chad Gaudin (who?), and they committed three errors. It was one of those games where it was so bad that I never really got upset. I just shrugged, turned the TV off after the sixth inning and went on to the rest of my Saturday afternoon.
Guillen doesn't have that luxury. He has to stay and watch that crap, and his postgame press conference was the stuff of legend:
"I'm embarrassed," the skipper told the S-T's Joe Cowley. "And everybody in that room should be embarrassed. If they're not embarrassed, they got the wrong job or they're stealing money from baseball. I feel like I'm stealing the money from (board chairman) Jerry (Reinsdorf). And that's a shame. When you got more errors than hits, you better look yourself in the mirror and start second-guessing yourself. But I'm second-guessing myself right now, making the wrong lineup every day. I second-guess myself bringing in the wrong guys to pitch. Second-guess myself like we work so hard to put this team together, all the way from spring training and when I look on the field....
"I was looking at the Little League game this morning, 11 to 13 (years old), and they were playing better than we did. It was more fun ... this is not major-league baseball, sorry."
"If we had a B Game against us, we might tie," Guillen continued. "Nobody is going to win. I feel that way, and I hope my players and coaches feel the same way.
"If they don't feel the way I feel right now, they're full of (crap) because there's no doubt in my mind we're better than this. But it gets to the point where it is what it is. And my hope is getting less and less. It's a long mountain, and the mountain is getting higher and higher every night. And if we're going to climb to the top, maybe they need a cable car to get up there. But they're not going to walk up there. (Bleep) it. They don't. I'm not a loser or a negative guy, but I'm really realistic. That's my problem in the past when I'm so realistic and people get mad at me and they don't like the way I do stuff or the way I talk. Well, if you don't want me to talk that way, (bleepin') play better.
"And I'm getting paid a lot of money to manage this club and I truly believe this -- I'm stealing money from Jerry Reinsdorf right now. I come here, make the lineup, go to sleep and watch (bleeping) Little League games.''
No disputing any of these comments. The Sox suck right now. Amazingly, they are still only five games out of first place. That's proof that the AL Central is terrible this season.
Ozzie is completely right, but we've all known this for some time now. I hope this sparks something, but I doubt it will thought.