Guillen: Latino Players at a Disadvantage

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As usual, Ozzie telling the truth. MLB doesn't do anything to help Spanish speaking players in their dealings with the media, but they kiss Ichiro's scrawny ass and make sure reporters can't get within a 100 yards of him without his translator attached to his hip. That's just another example of MLB's shoddy treatment of Latin players.
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It is the truth, however the manner in which Ozzie delivers it is always amusing.
 
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Ozzie will always speak his mind. But rarely is he just flat wrong.

Now is not one of those times. Latinos are treated like they are a rung or two below the rest of everyone else in MLB.
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Mini Me said:
It is the truth, however the manner in which Ozzie delivers it is always amusing.
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I prefer Ozzie's method. It beats the Hell out of guys like Bud Selig and Sandy Alderson droning on and on without ever saying anything of substance and hiding from issues.
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He's certainly not afraid to give some good material for all of us to talk about. What he says is exactly right though. Tell someone who has to feed 9 other family members they could be Miguel Cabrera, you don't have to do much else to make sure that happens. They'll take anything.
 
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Probably has something to do with the market that Ichiro and other Japanese players bring in comparison to guys from the Dominican or where have you.

Ozzie is spot on.
 
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On a related note, whoever at MLB Network made the decision to follow the White Sox and make a show out of it deserves a raise. Ozzie and Kenny Williams may be the two most compelling management figures in the game today.
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hatvol96 said:
On a related note, whoever at MLB Network made the decision to follow the White Sox and make a show out of it deserves a raise. Ozzie and Kenny Williams may be the two most compelling management figures in the game today.
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I love it. Anticipated that show starting for awhile. They made the right choice on who to follow... they could've really blown it and followed, say... the Astros or something. Job well done.
 
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hatvol96 said:
On a related note, whoever at MLB Network made the decision to follow the White Sox and make a show out of it deserves a raise. Ozzie and Kenny Williams may be the two most compelling management figures in the game today.
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That's the truth. Dysfunctional as Hell at times makes for great tv.
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I can't wait to see the episode that comes out of this Ozzie firestorm.
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NYYVol said:
That's the truth. Dysfunctional as Hell at times makes for great tv.
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Seeing Ken Williams essentially say Adam Dunn isn't worth Edwin Jackson in this week's episode was awesome. Anything shredding The Big Jackass is a good thing.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Seeing Ken Williams essentially say Adam Dunn isn't worth Edwin Jackson in this week's episode was awesome. Anything shredded The Big Jackass is a good thing.
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It's just refreshing to see an entire organization full of people that give a damn.

Those are few and far between. Watching Kenny and Ozzie you get to see a full gamete of emotions. My favorite part is there are no secrets in that entire organization. If you're not going to cut it, you know it. You cause ripples, you're gone.
 
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NYYVol said:
It's just refreshing to see an entire organization full of people that give a damn.
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Kenny Williams is more concerned about winning championships than having Wil Smith play him in a movie. That's refreshing in a GM culture overrun by the Billy Beanes and Theo Epsteins of the world.
 
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It was touched on a bit on last night's episode, but Williams' overhauling of the farm system was the best move he has made. He is known for making the necessary moves via trade, but their farm system structure is ran about as well as any in the game today.
 
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