Ozzie Guillen’s Money Rant About Buying a 62-Foot Boat Might Be His Best Diatribe Ever
Ozzie Guillen is going to be sorely missed in Chicago. He’s off to manage the Miami Marlins for about $4 million per year, reportedly for four years. Chicago will have a difficult time finding another manager who will pop off like this in the media:
“With the rings, I can’t do [anything] with that,’’ he said. “But with money, I can go buy me a new boat, I can go buy me a new car, I can dress my wife the way I want to dress her, I can go to Spain. With the ring, I can go to United Airlines and say, ‘Hello, I won the 2005 championship. Can you fly me to Spain?’ Hell, no.
“Money is everything besides health. Money is next to that. A lot of people say, ‘Oh, love.’ They don’t know what love means. I guarantee you, if you raise a girl where I grew up and you’ve got no money and she loves you, but you put the same girl with a guy who’s got a lot of money, I’ll bet she’ll love the guy with money. That’s the way it is. I love you, but I’m hungry.
“I work in this job for money. I don’t work for nothing. Money. That’s it. The ring? [Bleep] the ring. I don’t even wear my [bleeping] rings. I don’t.’’
I think he went a little overboard with the “money is everything besides health,” but I don’t want to turn this into a religious discussion. The positives of Guillen’s mouthiness? Even when the White Sox stink, he makes them relevant. His currency is candor, and even though some folks will cringe or laugh at this next part, you know the majority of the population is thinking this:
“You know what I saw a couple days ago?’’ he said. “I saw a 62-foot boat. That’s what I want, and that’s what I’m going to get. People have to pay me for that. White Sox? I don’t know. Marlins? I don’t know. But somebody will pay. I want to buy my [bleeping] boat. That’s my inspiration. My inspiration is money. That’s everybody’s inspiration.’’
“If I leave here, I will say, ‘I leave here because I want to make my [bleeping] money,’ ” he said. “You know why? Because no [bleeping] fans, no [bleeping] Jerry or [bleeping] anybody is going to take care of my grandkids and put me in a 62-foot boat. That’s why there’s free agency.’’
Somewhere near Georgetown, in Washington DC, Jayson Werth of the Nationals was spotted reading this rant and nodding vigorously while boarding his boat. [Sun-Times]
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September 27th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
Fuck this piece of shit. Too bad the Tigers and Marlboro Jim couldn’t beat your sorry ass one more time.
September 27th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Priceless.
Coming your way Florida! Open the bank!
September 27th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
What is this shit? You know you started typing about baseball, right?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
He can take that 62-foot boat into Biscayne Bay right before a hurricane hits. Asshole.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
I can’t see how Guillen will be able to co-exist with an owner who got uppity when Joe Girardi told him in the middle of the game to stop trying to influence on field strategy.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
I am going to miss this guy. I think outside of him and Konerko, I hate everyone on that team. Well Dunn too, but thats just because you really can’t hate a guy who makes even the Twins pitchers look good.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Pay that man his money.
/Teddy KGB’d
September 27th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
NFL teams have coaches, NBA teams have Coaches, NHL teams have coaches. There are pitching coaches, bench coaches, hitting coaches, but Ozzie was a MANAGER.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Unless there’s a drastic mentality change with the Florida front office, this guy won’t make it to the All Star break. At least he’s telling the truth.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
oh shit. Sorry chief.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
This is where you, a Twins fan, and I, a Tigers fan, unite in our White Sox hatred.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:02 AM
You have nailed it. I mean, there is so much potential out of this. Loria meddles with everything, and the organization seems to have real problems with relationships with its own players.
Adding Ozzie to that mix. Damn do I hate quoting this loser, but… get your popcorn ready.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
manage, coach, same effing thing
September 27th, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Outside of Cabrera and Ordonez, I really don’t mind the Tigers. They are a pretty good team and haven’t really done anything to piss me off much. Although, I have to say that your TV announcers are really boring.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:04 AM
MLB using ‘manager’ instead of coach doesnt change the fact that Ozzie is a coach
September 27th, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Unless there’s a drastic mentality change with the Florida front office, this guy won’t make it to the All Star break. At least he’s telling the truth.
Exactly. He may fit with Miami well, but the Marlins’ front office is filled with micro managers who are more concerned about squeezing profits out of other teams and their fans rather than putting a competitive team on the field.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
so close….
the only people that really liked guillen were the ones who got to write about his rants. i’m sure the team will be happy to get someone else who doesn’t do that.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
I for one look forward to the Ozzie experience when he blows a gasket playing in Philly next year.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
The two happiest days in boat ownership.
- The day you buy a boat
- The day you sell the boat
September 27th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
manage, coach, same effing thing
No it’s not.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
micro managers who are more concerned about squeezing profits out of other teams and their fans rather than putting a competitive team on the field.
And that’s why this is going to be so much fun to watch.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Adding Ozzie to that mix. Damn do I hate quoting this loser, but… get your popcorn ready.
Absolutely. I’m looking forward to the fireworks next season.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
This.
And this.
Well played on a Tuesday morning, Ndub…
September 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Ha ha. I kinda hate Maggs sometimes, too. We’ll split on Cabby. Obviously. I like the TV guys because they’re usually not overly biased fools. That probably makes them drab at times, but I really do like Mario and Rod. It’s why I pay five extra bucks a month on my MLB.tv – to get my team’s broadcast.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
ok, MS, explain to me how a manager is different from a coach.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
I seeee you PKI.
/Rod Allen’d
September 27th, 2011 at 11:07 AM
The two happiest days in boat ownership.
- The day you buy a boat
- The day you sell the boat
So very very true.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Thanks, Wally.
Also, it needs to be said again: The way the Marlins are paying for that new stadium is friggin absurd. I really feel bad for the residents down there.
/pours one out for jpq1999
September 27th, 2011 at 11:08 AM
All managers are coaches but not all coaches are managers?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
TBL, why’d you edit the post? People are just being overly anal again.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Ha! Well done.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
ok, MS, explain to me how a manager is different from a coach.
It’s the same thing as Tirico saying on the MNF broadcast that so and so player (I forget who it was) was looking for a “foul” instead of a “penalty”. It’s annoying. It means the same thing… but different words are used for different sports. Periods are used for hockey, quarters for football, etc. etc.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I have no problems with Mario and Rod. Dan Dickerson on the radio sounds like a fucking Muppet anytime anything exciting happens.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Has Grantland done anything extensive about publicly financed stadiums yet? I feel like they should. It may give Gladwell something worthwhile to do, actually, and he could hate on rich people with justification.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
It was time for a change as the organization has been spinning its tires for a while now but the day-to-day fun of having him around will be missed (we’ll always have this from when Cleveland pissed away a postseason berth)…just wish Kenny would also be given the boot and start over with this club
September 27th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
ok, MS, explain to me how a manager is different from a coach.
Coach implies that there is a degree of teaching taking place. Baseball is the type of sport where, by the time most players reach the majors, they will have been coached up as much as possible. Most players understand strategy and how to play the game, they don’t need some dumpy middle aged guy in a poorly fitting uniform to tell them to square up before they throw to first. If they still need that by the time they get to the majors, then they shouldn’t be in the majors.
Managers manage the strategy and who plays. That’s why it’s a more apt term in baseball than coach.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
There are personal ‘foul’s in football.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
managers make game day decisions related to the way the game is played, who plays and when they play and working with the front office. coaches will coach players on how to play, but don’t have much, if any, say on game and player decisions like the manager does.
that’s why you have the hitting coach, pitching coach, base coaches, bench coach, etc, but only 1 manager who rules them all.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
There are personal ‘foul’s in football.
yeah.. but the player was looking for a holding penalty.. not a personal foul.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
TBL, why’d you edit the post? People are just being overly anal again.
Overly anal is redundant.
/ducks
September 27th, 2011 at 11:12 AM
that’s why you have the hitting coach, pitching coach, base coaches, bench coach, etc, but only 1 manager who rules them all.
Yes this right here.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:12 AM
I saw a Konerko quote that said it was probably good for both sides to part ways and I agree. He’s a decent in-game manager but his schtick was wearing thin.
In general, the White Sox were so goddamn frustrating this year that I had a lot of broken remotes and hungover work days. The following players can get fucked: Dunn, Rios, Beckham, Morel, Danks, Floyd, and Peavy. Productivity per unit cost for Dunn (.160/.294/.279 – 11 HR, 42 RBI) and Rios (.227/.265/.348 – 13 HR, 44 RBI) have to be near the worst hitters of all-time and they’re on the same fucking team at the same fucking time. Once the White Sox were absolutely out of it, they should have played Dunn enough to qualify for a batting title to stake his claim as the worst single season hitter of all time. He’s going to end up 20-30 PA short.
/vent finished
September 27th, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Those coaches are the ones coaching before and after a game. In the game, the manager is coaching, calling in signs to his catcher or 3rd base coaches. He does more than make a lineup card and shove his thumbs up his ass.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Mrejr, if you’re out there, I’ll start wearing the Cubs gravatar next week. We play TCU this Saturday, so I have to rock my SMU gravatar for a few more days.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Coaches teach fundamentals and basics, tweak things specific to the need of the individual.
Managers implement strategies and direct personnel.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:14 AM
And haters hate
/Shakes head at NDub and Wally
September 27th, 2011 at 11:14 AM
In the game, the manager is coaching, calling in signs to his catcher or 3rd base coaches
That’s not coaching. That’s managing the game and the players.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:14 AM
I had to do a double take to see if it was Ozzie or Tony Montana who you are writing about. I am imagining Tony saying those lines.
I cannot wait for Spring Training with the Marlins and Ozzie has his 62′ boat anchored nearby and he invites the reporters over and says:
“Say Hello to my little friend!”
September 27th, 2011 at 11:14 AM
This sounds like something coaches do too
September 27th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
He does more than make a lineup card and shove his thumbs up his ass.
Unless his name is Joe Torre.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Then why aren’t NFL head coaches called managers, don’t the position coaches deal with technique issues and such? This issue is stupid
September 27th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
What is Belichick doing on the sidelines? Managing the game.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
I’ll be honest – I’ve read one thing at Grantland and it dealt with television shows. So I really don’t know. But I’ve checked out some of the way they’re financing it – yuck. I was in Fort Wayne when they built that new Low-A ballpark, but they attached a lot of neat things to it (hotel, condos, restaurants, city park, use of facility for company events and daily public usage (jogging, walking), etc.) to justify using taxpayer dollars. But this Miami stadium sounds like it won’t do much of that.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Ding ding ding
September 27th, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Yelling obscenities at Derrick Mason
September 27th, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Every coach/manager should do this
September 27th, 2011 at 11:17 AM
not really. the manager signals to steal, the base coach is the one that will tell the player on first base “ok, he tends to throw to first a lot, and has a delivery of x seconds so you can get a jump. the 1st baseman plays behind you so watch carefully.”
September 27th, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Chews bubble gum, dips, munches on sunflower seeds.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:17 AM
I’ll be honest – I’ve read one thing at Grantland and it dealt with television shows. So I really don’t know. But I’ve checked out some of the way they’re financing it – yuck. I was in Fort Wayne when they built that new Low-A ballpark, but they attached a lot of neat things to it (hotel, condos, restaurants, city park, use of facility for company events and daily public usage (jogging, walking), etc.) to justify using taxpayer dollars. But this Miami stadium sounds like it won’t do much of that.
They’re still paying for Miller Park through a .1% tax up in the Milwaukee metro area. Started back in 1996! When I bought my car up there I think it came out to like $32 bucks or something. There was a special line devoted to “stadium tax.”
September 27th, 2011 at 11:17 AM
This sounds like something coaches do too
Maybe at the high school level, sure. But managing and teaching are distinctly different at the Major League level. Players do not require much teaching, only tweaks to the approach.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Thats what I meant.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:18 AM
Well, hockey using quarters would be kinda weird…
September 27th, 2011 at 11:18 AM
ANd this is different in football how..?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:19 AM
Then why aren’t NFL head coaches called managers, don’t the position coaches deal with technique issues and such? This issue is stupid
I’ll sign the petition to start calling NFL coaches ‘managers’ if you will.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:19 AM
Well, hockey using quarters would be kinda weird…
Would football using periods be weird though? No. But that’s just not the term they use.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:19 AM
Really hope the next Sox manager does this at a less frequent rate…Earl Weaver’s still alive, make a call Kenny
September 27th, 2011 at 11:20 AM
No baseball manager has as extensive an A/V department as Belichick, though.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:20 AM
I’m not sure how Kenny Williams still has a job will all those awful contracts he brought in (Peavey, Dunn and Rios.)
September 27th, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Who’s the former Milwaukee mayor who’s against urban sprawl? He came to the Fort once for a big keynote speech about downtown development. Sounds like he did some neat things for Milwaukee. And I’m almost positive the Miller Park stuff was not during his tenure.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:21 AM
ANd this is different in football how..?
Teaching someone how to swing a bat and collectively analyzing problems with a swing are just not the same thing.
I would submit that, in a venn diagram, managers and coaches would have much overlap…but they would still be distinctly different.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Is Kenny buddies with Reisndorf? Do they get along?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:21 AM
I certainly can’t speak to small town stuff, but as far as I know there has never been a pro stadium that delivered the economic benefits promised by the owner and/or politicians in order line their pockets with taxpayer dollars. Not one.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
But minor league head coaches are called managers, also.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Again, what are you teaching a football player that he doesnt already know how to do?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:22 AM
They’re still paying for Miller Park through a .1% tax up in the Milwaukee metro area. Started back in 1996! When I bought my car up there I think it came out to like $32 bucks or something. There was a special line devoted to “stadium tax.”
I can beat that. The Harris County Sports Authority, which owns the Astrodome, is still paying back the bonds which were used to pay for the demolition of the scoreboards and the addition of more seats in 1989 which Bud Adams insisted was necessary so that he could get more fans into Oilers games.
Fuck you once again Bud Adams. You destroyed what made the Astrodome special and then took my team away anyway.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Who’s the former Milwaukee mayor who’s against urban sprawl? He came to the Fort once for a big keynote speech about downtown development. Sounds like he did some neat things for Milwaukee. And I’m almost positive the Miller Park stuff was not during his tenure.
John Norquist. He was kind of a dope. Although he did tear down an elevated freeway that was kind of an eyesore.. but promised it would lead to street level development which still hasn’t occurred more than 10 years later. The Miller Park stuff was during his tenure… but he distanced himself a lot from the team and the stadium.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:23 AM
I’m gonna defer as always, to Dustin Pedroia. He calls Francona “Coach”. Case closed!
September 27th, 2011 at 11:24 AM
football is a different sport with a different structure than baseball.
football has a head coach, and offensive and defensive co-ordinators, and specific position coaches who work on technique. the co-ordinators and position coaches teach and help implement the strategy of the head coach. the game itself also dictates there are more in game adjustments and changes to the head coaches strategy which he will implement with the assistance of his co-ordinators and position coaches. if you want to get into semantics, there is a significantly greater level of in game coaching by the HC in football than there is in baseball my the manager.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:24 AM
I am going to miss Ozzie in Chicago. He was always entertaining.
Why are you guys arguing over the semantics of a coach and a manager?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:24 AM
But minor league head coaches are called managers, also.
This leads to a question which I do not know the answer to, but seems related to this debate: at what point in the progression of organized baseball from little league to the Majors do coaches become managers? I think in college, they are still referred to as coaches in most cases.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Why are you guys arguing over the semantics of a coach and a manager?
It really is one of the dumber arguments in the history of this site.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Again, what are you teaching a football player that he doesnt already know how to do?
Football gets infinitely more complicated from high school to college to the NFL than baseball does over the same progression. Schemes, plays, concepts become more much more complex.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Badger, I was just about to post that, verbatim.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:26 AM
It really is one of the dumber arguments in the history of this site.
Hey you participated in it too.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Although he did tear down an elevated freeway that was kind of an eyesore.. but promised it would lead to street level development which still hasn’t occurred more than 10 years later.
Basically.. he tore down an ugly freeway… but all that stands in its place now is a bunch of unsightly vacant lots right on the fringe of downtown.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:27 AM
I say they always do both…I’d be surprised if Ozzie never once talked to Alexei Ramirez on how to become a better shortstop, these guys know the game, why wouldn’t they share it with their team?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:27 AM
And yet it all started with some people getting their panties in a bunch about Ozzie Guillen being called a coach
September 27th, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Hey you participated in it too.
Not really. I put in my 2 cents about the foul/penalty business and bailed.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:29 AM
I’d be willing to spend the next half hour arguing that there have been far dumber arguments.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:30 AM
And yet it all started with some people getting their panties in a bunch about Ozzie Guillen being called a coach
I also wasn’t the first person to say that TBL was wrong. He simply wished to take up my comment and the debate opened from there.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:30 AM
search the archives for any Presidential Debate round up, about 350+ comments that beg to differ.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:31 AM
of course they’re being anal. that’s what they do – show in comments sections anonymously just to be anal/disagree. i get that. everyone needs an outlet.
edited because when i type “baseball playoffs” and clowns say, “it’s the postseason, not playoffs!” i’ll edit that, too.
love baseball fans!
September 27th, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Ozzie Guillen is an entertainer. An entertainer that was very good at taking the focus/pressure off his players and placing it on himself. He managed his bullpen effectively as well.
He’s a baseball manager. We must be really bored if we need to have a right/wrong discussion on what to properly label him.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:31 AM
Not really. I put in my 2 cents about the foul/penalty business and bailed.
That sounds like participation to me.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:32 AM
I’d be willing to spend the next half hour arguing that there have been far dumber arguments.
Pretty sure Darrell and I were the fountainhead of one of those.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:33 AM
the people here tying to say managers/coaches aren’t the same thing really are embarrassing themselves. should i ban you guys to prevent further damage to your online reputation?
i mean, really …
September 27th, 2011 at 11:33 AM
I always joked that the name “Ozzie Guillen” was spanish for “Larry Bowa”, but even Bowa, as nuts as he could be, seems as crazy as Guillen.
Start of a new meme?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Ozzie Guillen, whether a manager or coach, is always an asshole.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:33 AM
That sounds like participation to me.
Where did I argue that there was a fundamental difference between a manager and a coach? Because I don’t think there is. They’re just called something different in different sports, which was the point I was trying to make. But whatever… sure then, I participated. You win.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:34 AM
*seems NOT NEARLY as crazy as Guillen
/long morning
//i hate work
September 27th, 2011 at 11:34 AM
TBL I think you’re overeacting a bit. It’s a healthy debate. No one resorted to calling each other names, no one, as far as I can see, insulted you or the blog. I’m sorry it’s beneath your intellectual needs, but ‘embarassing themselves’? Are you serious?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:34 AM
ms- you’ll like this. Because he’s the 260th richest man alive, I’m having to do research on your favorite person for work. Drayton McLane. This guy has quite the interesting past.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:34 AM
I just thought someone would be able to get the lingo down correctly.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:35 AM
TBL I think you’re overeacting a bit. It’s a healthy debate.
No… it’s really pointless.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:36 AM
SC, I’m pretty sure McLane, at one point, was the richest owner in the MLB. But he’s proof that knowing how to run a successful corporation doesn’t mean you know how to run a baseball team.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Where did I argue that there was a fundamental difference between a manager and a coach? Because I don’t think there is. They’re just called something different in different sports, which was the point I was trying to make. But whatever… sure then, I participated. You win
ATL, I think you’re missing my tone. I am just giving you a little shit, that’s all.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:39 AM
it is, but it’s nice to see TBL react this way to his own grenade that he dropped in here.
especially b/c it started from his lazy typos and errors and was mostly friendly ribbing that was given in return by the commentary that started this.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:41 AM
Probably more upset that his religion grenade went completely ignored…good job everyone
September 27th, 2011 at 11:41 AM
Now this is worse, really.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:41 AM
was mostly friendly ribbing that was given in return by the commentary that started this.
Exactly. TBL if the discussion is such an embarrassment or is just pointless, then why even respond in the first place?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Hi, my name is James Farris, 22 from St. Paul, MN. I’m glad I’m not so anonymous so I can now comment on an online sports blog.
But wait, I’m still only commenting from my computer, in order for my ‘online reputation’ to be completely thrown out the window, it’s only fair that I show my disagreements with Jason McIntyre in the ‘real life’ and face to face.
Right?
September 27th, 2011 at 11:45 AM
In my mind they’re the same thing, but still, I think you should have stuck with convention and called him a manager.
Non-tennis fans love to misuse terms like rally/volley or game/match and it just screams “I don’t know much about tennis”. Rightly or wrongly, when I hear someone call a manager a coach I have the same reaction: “This guy doesn’t sound like he’s a baseball fan.”
September 27th, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ. Calm down.
September 27th, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Marlins deserve any failure that comes to them. Jeffrey Loria and David Samson are despicable people and don’t actually care if the team succeeds. They care more about making sure good players get humiliated if they dare stray from the company line (see Logan Morrison)
September 28th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Samson cares if they win. He’s just too stupid to know how to create a winning team. This hire just proves that they are looking to create a freak show to help sell tickets, not win games.