Set the Way-Back Machine Part II

I originally posted this back in February. With the recent unpleasantness, I thought it might be amusing to revisit how the hopelessly biased Chicago Tribune views the city’s two managers:

Mark Gonzales, 17 February:

[Ozzie] Guillen insinuated that [Alex] Rodriguez was a hypocrite. “He’s full of it,” Guillen said. “The Dominican team doesn’t need him. It’s the same with [Nomar] Garciaparra playing for Mexico. Garciaparra knows Cancun because he went to visit it.”

This was merely the latest in a series of colorful pronouncements from Guillen. “People say ‘Ozzie Guillen is a big mouth, he’s so controversial,’” Guillen said. “No,
people don’t like it when you tell the truth.”

Paul Sullivan, 20 February:

Dusty Baker is hoping for a drama-free season in 2006, which would be a big departure from his first three years in Chicago.

Whether he was inventing phrases like “steroid McCarthyism,” presenting theories on how minorities handle the heat, or revealing that he sprinkles holy water on his
players, Baker often found himself involved in a controversy.

Yeah, that Dusty sure is a whack job, isn’t he?