Deadspin
You know baseball is almost upon us when Ozzie Guillen is saying crazy things again.
This might be our favorite quote from him in a while, actually. Guillen was asked, while talking about a past reunion of the 1983 White Sox team, if he thought there would ever be a 20-year reunion of the White Sox 2005 champions. His response was achingly true to life, which is why it was hilarious.
''Those ceremonies — 'Oh, let's bring back those guys from 2005,' we're all crippled and fucked up, pushing wheelchairs, kids crying because his dad was on the ballclub — fuck that,'' Guillen said. ''I don't need that bull. A bunch of fat guys, another one is broke. 'Hey, where's your ring?' 'Oh, I don't know, I sold that son of a bitch two years ago.'''
We guarantee you, in 20 years, A.J. Pierzynski is going to show up to the ceremonies just to meet girls and brain some guy.
Reunion Tour [Chicago Sun-Times]
Comments
I'm not sure exactly why, but it makes me unbelievably sad when an athlete sells a championship ring.
So, where is this thread going to go? The wackyness that is Ozzie, or theretical depictions of the 2005 White Sox 20-year reunion???
Ozzie Guillen - the only really good thing about the American League.
Good thing Carl Everett doesn't believe in the aging process.
we're all crippled and fucked up, pushing wheelchairs, kids crying because his dad was on the ballclub
Frank Thomas is an overachiever.
As a Tigers fan, I hate him. As a baseball fan, I love him.
Jose Contreas will still be the darkest man ever.
Won't AJ be in the prime of his pro wrestling career by then?
Ozzie Guillen is going to be a great grandfather.
Carl Everett will be unable to attend, as he is to be taken home in the rapture of 2014. Dinosaurs will roam the earth.
We guarantee you, in 20 years, Jay Mariotti is going to show up to the ceremonies just to meet guys and look for his brain.
El fixed.
"kids crying because his dad was on the ballclub"
There's no crying in baseball!!
Hey guys, it turns out Rob isn't the only one to get the Crazy Emails:
J T to me show details 5:21 pm (4 minutes ago)
Subject: why do comment on every single deadspin post?
it's getting ridiculous... come up with something worthwhile now & then instead of racing to be on top. do you do it just so people like me get annoyed & go to your awful blog to find your email address so we can beg you to get a life?
@Lady Andrea:
There they go again, Lady Andrea, just making you more famous.
@Lady Andrea: That is top notch creepyness right there LA.
racing to be on top
Ladies...
@Lady Andrea: Women can't blog.
All these Crazy Emailers are doing is making the commenters more famous.
Yeah, I have fond memories of that season too, Ozzie. Thanks for the memories, man!
One of the (seemingly) many deadspin fantasy drafts is tonight at 10:30 EST, good times to be had assuming everyone hasn't forgotten.
@Lady Andrea: Holy Shit. For a second there I thought you were outing me.
Yeah, I don't really know what to make of this wonderful fellow. I don't race to be on top. I actually prefer to be on the bottom. Hee hee.
@Bad Barbecue: are you named JT? Or are you just mad about my comments being first on this thread and the last?
I love Ozzie's complete lack of regard for what anyone thinks of anything he says.
It's refreshing.
@Lady Andrea:
And.......scene.
@Lady Andrea:
And.........I'm done.
Ozzie Guillen will have none of your sexy threadjacking, LA.
Is that so you can perform the smoky tornado?
Does anyone else think that Ozzie would be a big fan of that?
I almost feel like making my e-mail addy easily accessible so that I can get some quality hatemail.
Almost.
Good night, Deadspin.
Yeah, I don't really know what to make of this wonderful fellow. I don't race to be on top. I actually prefer to be on the bottom. Hee hee.
Will Mark Buerhle still look like he's 17 years old?
@Lady Andrea: uh, no. But I did send you an email with a couple of questions. Well, I thought I did. I did get a response. Hell, that may all be part of my contorted fantasies. Now I've outed myself.
@Flametown:
How will the clubhouse survive without Freddy Garcia's......botanical garden?
I almost feel like making my e-mail addy easily accessible so that I can get some quality hatemail.
Almost.
That's a good idea. hatemail every now and then is always refreshing!
I've been gone all day, did the Marist Women's Basketball team getting any love today? (I know it's women's basketball, but hell, Deadspin has covered worse).
"it makes me unbelievably sad when an athlete sells a championship ring."
What about when Steinbrenner bought four?
@racistmascot_inc: Good question. Who's Javier Vazquez going to ....garden.... with now?
@Suss--: What about the '97 Florida Marlins?
I can see Pierzynski entering the reunion reception yelling "Who wants to sex Pierzynski?"
@PQ Crash:
GAHHH!!!!!!!!
*head turns in circle*
*stabby stabby gougey gougey*
Sorry to jack the thread, it just seemed like a nice thing to post.
Also, I meant I prefer to be on the bottom of the thread. You guys are pervs.
@Lady Andrea: Seriously, how long did it take you to figure that out?
@Lady Andrea: Seriously, how did it take you to figure that out?
@Lady Andrea:
The thread forgives you, but it needs to clean itself up in the bathroom right quick.
I hate the internets, and Simmons.
Future Pierzinski = Future Biff from Back to the Future.
@Chief Wahoo:
You got any contacts left in C-Town that have any clout in the Indians FO?
"Future Pierzynski = William Ligue, Jr."
Fixed.
@racistmascot_inc: Wish I could help. I do have a large extended family back home, and we're Irish, so if you want a job tending bar anywhere on the West Side I got ya covered.
Please let this man manage in New York before he dies. The Post and The Daily News + Ozzie Guillen = a much better commute.
I like to be behind the thread, but not in the Amaechi way, more like the Tom Brady fertilizing Giselle way.
There is no good way to make my comment NOT seem ####, is there?
"I like to be behind the thread, but not in the Amaechi way, more like the Tom Brady fertilizing Giselle way."
Don't straddle the issues.
@scumdog0331:
Well, I know how Jim Thome's entrance to the party will go...
HI GUYS THIS IS JI
JIM THOME