Here is White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, as quoted in Tim Keown's column for Page 2, discussing Sox shortstop Juan Uribe's new child, born on June 6th:
"Every time I see a kid in the clubhouse, I ask whose it is, and it's always Uribe's. Maybe he has 20, I don't know. … I don't know what kind of kid you're going to be when you're born on 6-6-6. If he's like his dad, he's going to be a problem."
Now, I assume that this was meant as affectionate teasing on Ozzie's part. But am I the only one who concluded that Guillen was hinting that Uribe, um, plays around? I wonder what Uribe's wife thinks of this quote.
Either way, Ozzie Guillen is already well-known for being, well, "colorful." But there's a fine line between colorful and criminally insane. Could you picture Jim Leyland, Bobby Cox or Frank Robinson saying this sort of thing about a player on his own team?
By the way, I looked it up, and this was Uribe's fourth child. With his wife, anyhow.
Posted by Mediocre Fred at June 15, 2006 11:26 AM | TrackBack