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MLB Considering Ozzie Guillen's Remarks

     ESPN.com is reporting that according to an MLB source, Ozzie Guillen's remarks after Saturday's game against the Indians are not being taken lightly. Three Sox players,Paul Konerko, Gordon Beckham and Scott Posednik were hit by pitches in the game.  Guillen was careful to say he didn't think the pitchers were throwing at his players but he is frustrated. Sox players have been hit by pitches 44 times this season. The Indians, leading the majors, have been hit 65 times.

"If I see someone hit my player, and I know they hit him on purpose, it's two guys going down," Guillen said. "I don't care if I get suspended. I rather have me suspended for two games than have my players on the DL for 30 days.

"I know for a fact they're not throwing at nobody, but enough is enough. I have Konerko bruised all over the place. Around the league, be careful because we're going to hit people. I don't care if I get suspended because I need to protect my players.

"When we went to Cleveland, they hit two guys, not on purpose, but someone can get hurt out there. You can pitch in, but if you don't know how, don't do it. It gets to the point when they hit us seven times, 20 times in one week, and we hit one and they're the headhunters and that's a [problem] with Major League Baseball."


  What the MLB is thinking about doing over his remarks remains to be seen.  Is there a manager out there who does not think the same way about looking out for his players?  Love him or hate him, Guillen cares passionately about his players and the well-being of his team.  He's absolutely right that a pitch intentionally thrown too close could result in an injury that leads to the DL.

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Please dont punish Ozzie MLB

The pitcher owns the inside part of the plate. If a batter leans too far in and they get hit, its their own fault.

Head hunting is bad for certain, but brush backs are a part of the game if done correctly.

by backtocali on Aug 10, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions  

agreed

very important part of the game, in reality, you are saving the batter more pain if he learns to back off the plate

Carlos Guillen, the Latino Nick Punto

by The_Fan on Aug 10, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don't think you can justify punishing him

just for some random quotes. I honestly don’t think any of these are that bad, seems like he’s just putting it out there maybe to get in the head of some opposing players.

by sharks on Aug 10, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think it's Ozzie who doesn't seem to realize this

in each of these quotes he says that no one is throwing at his players. Why would he have one of his pitchers throw at someone when no one’s purposefully throwing at one of his batters?

"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"

by jessef on Aug 10, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Seriously, what does this mean?
“I know for a fact they’re not throwing at nobody, but enough is enough. I have Konerko bruised all over the place. Around the league, be careful because we’re going to hit people. I don’t care if I get suspended because I need to protect my players.

Why shouldn’t baseball be ticked off about that?

"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"

by jessef on Aug 10, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

He said something

that ball-clubs already live by. ‘You hit one of ours, we get you back’. I’m not sure what happened for him to come out and say that per se, but I don’t see anything actionable for MLB to penalize him for. Ozzie seems like a calculated guy, so obviously this is designed to make pitchers think twice about going inside.

by Hood on Aug 11, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions  

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