That is the first roster I've seen but I am a casual fan. Is every player from every team already in the bigs? Seems like an all-star game divided by country of origin. I'd like to see a good showing buy some unknowns. So would the scouts, no doubt. rcade makes a great point. The media will give Ozzie a pass on this. It will take another manager calling him out to really expose him but we know that won't happen.
From Yahoo.news:
"I don't call him a hypocrite in that way. Alex is not a hypocrite. I was just trying to say he doesn't have to please people. He doesn't have to make people from the United States or from the Dominican Republic or from Venezuela happy. When you do that, you sound like you are a hypocrite. You say, 'Hey I want to play for the United States and that's the team I belong on,' move on and that's it."
Guillen said he didn't want Rodriguez to have to deal with the issue at spring training when he reports and would call him, if necessary.
"I apologize to Alex Rodriguez, his family, his fans, the New York Yankee organization, to the White Sox organization," Guillen said.
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Full ArticleOzzie should be given credit as a good baseball manager, but --- how can such a small man have such a large mouth?? Also how can he spit so much and so often??