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Article: SPEAKING HIS PIECE Whether he's joking or serious, Sox manager Ozzie guillen makes himself heard
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- March 13, 2005
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- The classic Ozzie Guillen moments are when the
second-year manager is caught between frivolity and fury, laughing at
his own joke one second and straightening his face to set the record
straight the next.
There isn't a subject Guillen isn't able to joke about, which has
proved to be a strength and a weakness. He is the most politically
incorrect person in the White Sox' clubhouse, and the best time to
cover your ears is generally when his lips are moving.
Yet the king of crass isn't just about one-liners in broken
English. Guillen is about as lighthearted as they come, but he can
shift into a serious gear so fast that it seems as though he might
break the clutch.
Among the ...