Not Ozzie Smith. Ozzie Guillen. I have now officially run the full gamut from being disgusted by him, to grudgingly accepting him, to desperately wishing he would somehow come manage the Orioles. Not only does he win, but I am so tired of mealy-mouthed coaches who are "noncommittal" about everything or march out the same old tired tropes like "Just taking things one game at a time" when asked about an impending firing. Please. Do it Ozzie-style:
"You think Jerry come to me and say, 'We might fire you?' What do you think I’m gonna say, no? Hey man you got a lot of reasons to do it. How many games have we lost?”
Awesome.
Some other highlights:
On quitting: "I'm not a quitter. When I want to quit, I'll do a lot of stupid things and make sure they fire me and get paid."
On why Wrigley sold out for the Sox-Cubs interleague tilt but the Cell did not: "Because our fans are not stupid like Cubs fans. They know we're shit."
On Dustin Pedroia: "That kid should be in the circus and I have to walk him to face someone else. He should be riding some horses and I have to walk that kid. It’s very weird when you walk a guy who is 4-foot-11."
On what motivates coaches: "Our satisfaction is to win games. That’s the only thing we really care about. You look at our salary [it] sucks. The only reward we have as coaches is winning."
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