The Ozzie Guillen Thought of the Day

I would hardly be the first person to suggest that Ozzie Guillen, the White Sox raging volcano of a manager, would be absolutely electric on his own reality show. Like the other famous reality Oz, Mr. Osbourne, he'd require the censor button about every 9 words and would reliably say something controversial every 4.5 minutes - and he damn sure wouldn't apologize for it.

Take today's press conference after word leaked out that he and fellow Chicago skipper, the Cubs' Lou Piniella, were at the top of a Sports Illustrated players poll concerning the manager they'd least like the play for. "Sweet Lou" clocked in at #1 with 26% of the vote, followed closely by Guillen at 21%:

It's interesting that the top 4 choices on the s&*t list are among some of the most successful managers in baseball history (Torre & LaRussa) as well as two World Series champions (Guillen & Pinella). It also gives one pause to see that Torre has enough of a duality about him to make both this list and the prior week's poll of the skip you'd most want to play for. (Laymen's terms: most players just picked the guy they'd heard a bunch of rumors about and called it a day.)

So here comes Ozzie's response:

"Looks like players picked old-school guys. Maybe they don't like old school, don't like to be told what to do.

"It doesn't bother me. If 59 percent of my players say they like me, that's good enough for me."

Meanwhile, somebody brought up his long-distance love affair with the Beer Garden known as Wrigley Field:

If Cubs fans ever envisioned Ozzie Guillen switching sides of town and becoming the manager of their team, well, it would come with a few demands. The Sox manager addressed the topic without pulling any punches today.

''I never be in Wrigley Field [as Cubs manager],'' Guillen said. ''I don't give a [crap]. I can't I say I don't like Wrigley Field? Why can't I express myself? It's like I don't like to eat chicken. Why I should I have to like Wrigley Field? Whoever gets upset about that? [Bleep] them. I don't like Wrigley Field. What's wrong with that? I wish I could do something about it. The governor of Chicago, please, build another one. I don't know why people make such a big deal that I don't like Wrigley field. I don't work for Wrigley Field. I might manage the Cubs. No, not Wrigley Field. I hate that [expletive] place.''

Seriously, if this guy isn't on his own reality program in the next offseason for the MLB Network, a golden opportunity has gone by the boards.