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6/25/06

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Guillen is still mad, says he might have to get ‘nasty’ with media

Sunday, June 25, 2006


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Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen reacted angrily after Friday night’s game when asked about a report on ESPNdeportes.com that quoted him as saying he would not undergo the sensitivity training that commissioner Bud Selig ordered.
Guillen was fined Thursday and ordered by Selig to undergo training after an obscenity-laden tirade against Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti in which the manager used a derogatory term for a homosexual.
Asked about the report, the manager responded with a long diatribe in which he said he first needs to take English classes "to understand what they’re talking about" and threatened to "start being nasty with the media" if they continued to ask questions about it.
"It’s a really uncomfortable situation for me," Guillen said after the White Sox beat Houston 7-4. "I don’t need this job. It’s hard every day. ... If someone tries to play games, I’m sorry, but you’ve got the wrong guy."
Guillen got up and walked out of the interview room. A few minutes later, he said through a team spokesman that he will undergo the training.
Guillen has said he did not mean to offend homosexuals and has apologized for using the word. But he stands by his criticism of Mariotti, who was not at U.S. Cellular Field when Guillen chastised him. Guillen was back in the dugout Friday after serving a one-game suspension, a punishment for reliever David Riske hitting St. Louis’ Chris Duncan with a pitch Tuesday night after two White Sox were plunked.