Ozzie willing to fall on the sword

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August 26th, 2009 | Author: J Stew

BOSTON - You want to point fingers come October if the White Sox are watching the postseason from home?
According to manager Ozzie Guillen, start and finish the finger-pointing with him, because as far as the sixth-year manager was concerned, board chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and general manager Ken Williams did their jobs assembling a team with what Guillen feels is “world series” talent.
In the wake of Williams saying last week that this would be his most disappointing season at the helm if the Sox didn’t reach the postseason, Guillen went out of his way to praise both Williams and Reinsdorf.
“Jerry showed the fans how much he wants to win,” Guillen said, pointing out the additions of Jake Peavy and Alex Rios, along with their big contracts. “He showed the players how much he wants to win. I think Kenny and myself are lucky enough to work with this guy. We’re very lucky. Jerry is a very tremendous business man. He knows what he wants, he knows what to do. If Jerry said yes to this players, it’s for a reason. And we’re lucky enough to have him as a boss.
“We don’t have a pain in the ass bosses who start to put their nose where they don’t have to. Jerry is a baseball fan who loves his team, loves his organization. Everyone has a job. Jerry never gets involved with Kenny or myself, how to manage or do our jobs. Everyone got to do their job and he trusts people in the organization.”
As far as what Williams said, Guillen said anytime you fall short of the playoffs it’s a disappointment.
“This team overcomes a lot of stuff,” Guillen said. “Look at the way we started spring training, we have four or five guys who weren’t here before. If we have this ballclub early in the season, I might be in first place by 10 games. I might, I might not. The talent we had at the start, we got BA Brian Anderson, Dewayne Wise, Josh Fields, Wilson Betemit, Corky Miller, Jose Contreras was hurt … I think right now, this club is good enough to win the World Series.
“But I think it will be disappointing if we don’t win, of course. But in the meanwhile, if you look at our record early in the season, I never thought we’d make it to .500 with how bad we started. Little by little, we climb and I think we still have plenty of time to be in first place.
“Kenny has always given me a good club. Always. He’s given me the guys to win this thing and I’m not going to say anything bad about Kenny because he’s given me enough talent to work.”

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I have always been a fan of Peavy, but I have to say, seeing news like this gives me mixed feelings.This might be shocking news for Peavy fans, but there are those of you who will say that you saw it coming from a long way away. I’m pretty surprised. Peavy is cool, I hope this doesn’t affect the rest of the team.

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Ozzie willing to fall on the sword

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