As the Twins and White Sox square off again- Kevin Slowey, you rule- it's time to check in with our favorite crazy MLB manager. According to a non-Mariotti-penned Sun-Times piece:
One topic that gets him a bit riled up is when he is criticized for what some White Sox fans and members of the media deem too much tushy-rubbing when it comes to talking about the Minnesota Twins.Tushy-rubbing? Posted by Stephen Silver at July 29, 2008 09:49 PMGuillen has gone out of his way to pay compliments to the Twins organization, from manager Ron Gardenhire to their farm system. On Monday, he tried to answer those who criticize him for a perceived man-crush on the Sox' division rivals.
''I know about baseball,'' Guillen said. ''I don't know if [my critics] know about baseball. Tell the people in Chicago how many playoffs the White Sox have and how many playoffs the Minnesota Twins have since I'm managing and since I was playing.
''They have good players, they build good players, they play the game good. They've been playing like that since I was playing, and that's why I do it.