Maybe He Should Sell Tickets

If Jim is correct, and Ozzie Guillen really is a performance artist, he needs to get a better agent. Because he's wasting some great material on impromptu free shows. He should sell tickets for this stuff:

CHICAGO (AP) -- Outspoken Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen apologized Wednesday for using a derogatory term in referring to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti, then kept up his criticism of the writer.

Guillen went into a profanity-laced tirade against Mariotti before Tuesday night's game against St. Louis and called him a number of names, including a derogatory term that is often used to describe someone's sexual orientation.

Before Wednesday night's game, Guillen acknowledged that his use of the word might have offended some.

"I shouldn't have mentioned the name that was mentioned, but I'm not going to back off of Jay," Guillen said, using another profanity to describe Mariotti.

"The word I used, I should have used something different. A lot of people's feelings were hurt and I didn't mean it that way."

Well, at least Guillen had the sense to apologize for using that derogatory term. But I wonder...could straight-talking Ozzie resist the temptation to use the fact that English is his second language as an excuse for his statement (like he did after he slurred A-Rod earlier this year) while claiming it's not an excuse?

"I've been here for 20 years, but people have to know that I grew up in a different country. That's not an excuse. I called the guy that name, but, no, that's the way I grew up, that's the way I've learned that language," he said.

"I don't have an excuse to say that, I have been here enough to know you can use so many words in the States. That's not an excuse, but I wasn't calling people that. I was calling him that."

I guess not. Or at least I don't think so. It's really hard to figure out just what the hell he was trying to say here. Ozzie ability to use a lot of words to say nothing is rivalled only by Puffy McMoonface.

Regardless, this material is pure gold. And it's a lot funnier than anything you'll see on Last Comic Standing or Blue Collar Comedy Tour.