Ozzie Guillen will be much missed

Say what you will about how he managed the Sox this year, but I'll miss Ozzie when he leaves Chi City. (Getty Images)

You have success, you can talk all the shit you want.

My mother is a high school principal. My brother is an engineer. One of my little sisters is a doctor. Another is a teacher. When you come from that kind of family and only get to eighth grade, it’s kind of weird and awkward. But I make more money.

I never mind when somebody corrects my English.

We had this media guy, Padilla. He was eating a cheeseburger during the game. I saw him while I was managing. I grabbed the phone, called the PR department, and said, “Doug, you’re gonna choke on that fucking cheeseburger.” Then I hung up. People wonder, How the fuck did you see him? But I see everything.

What attracted me to my wife is she’s hot. She’s also nice, she’s a great mom — but that comes after she’s hot.

I tell my kids all the time: When you’re about to do something stupid, think about your mom. Why? Because she’s the one that’s gonna suffer inside.

You can’t buy a kid a life. They’ve got to earn it themselves.

In the eighties and nineties, people made a lot of money and built houses. The first thing they put in their houses was a gym. In my house, the first thing I built was a bar. The second thing I built was another bar.

Am I going to make it to ninety-four? I doubt it. I’m in the second half of the game.

Here’s the thing. I can always go back to school and be a doctor. But a doctor can’t go back and play baseball when he’s forty.

Roberto Clemente was my favorite player. But my hero was my dad.

My grandpa said one word, and that’s all we needed to hear.

Every immigrant comes to the United States to save their lives or to make money. That’s it.

I tell my kids to be careful who they have sex with. Pick the right woman, because that kid is going to be a Guillen for the rest of his life.

A lot of people think I dye my hair. No, I don’t give a fuck. I just worry that my kids live as long as they can. I hope I die before they do. I want to show my friends that they are my friends. I want my wife to know I think she’s hot. I want my team to win games. That’s all.

0From Esquire

The White Sox “All In” marketing campaign put an unnecessary amount of pressure on this team from the jump. Did they really need to promote the fact that his was an all or nothing season? I mean, anyone could look at the $127 million payroll and know that asses would be on the firing line if they didn’t win the division. When I look back on this White Sox season, it’ll be remembered by saying two words: Adam Dunn. That’s all you need to know about this team’s season. It was a disaster from the moment fat-ass signed his name to his new contract. And the result is Ozzie Guillen will take the brunt of the organization’s failure.

To make a long story boring, Ozzie doesn’t want to enter next season as a lame duck. Jerry Reinsdorf doesn’t feel inclined to give Ozzie an extension. And the arrogant GM can’t wait to jettison Ozzie the second the final out is made in game 162. I think Ozzie will end up in Florida with the Marlins (he’ll thrive in that league with legit young talent). It’s a soap opera along the lines of Jerry Krause vs Phil Jackson. It’s overshadowed the season, but that’s how Ozzie does things. He deflects the pressure from his underachieving bum squad and puts the pressure on himself. Has he had a great year managing? No, but who else would do anything with this lineup of automatic outs?

For me, this is about the city losing one of it’s faces. Derrick Rose is the face of the Bulls. Jay Cutler is the face of the Bears. Jonathan Toews the same for the Blackhawks. And Starlin Castro with the Cubs. Ozzie is the White Sox. He is also one of the few people in sports anymore that keeps it real. After Ozzie & Charles Barkley, who else isn’t afraid to bust the balls of corporate suits who have poles stuck up their ass? The list isn’t long, and Chicago will be losing a personality once Kenny Williams has his way (not that he deserves it, but that’s for another day).

I appreciate the fact that Ozzie says what he wants. That’s the main reason I stared this site. This world is controlled by too many robot like yes men, and it pisses me off. I hope Ozzie doesn’t bite his tongue as he leaves town. Then again, once he sees the mess the Sox will become without him, he won’t have to say a word.