Ozzie Guillen pulls a Dusty?

[Schwarber Fan]

"It's not a good team right now because we're below .500. Whoever is above .500 is a good team compared to a bad team. I'm not going to call the ballclub a bad ballclub. It's a good club playing not good.''

 

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=301504

[Banedon]

At least for Ozzie he has the excuse that english is not his native language.

[Ski]

"It's not a good team right now because we're below .500. Whoever is above .500 is a good team compared to a bad team. I'm not going to call the ballclub a bad ballclub. It's a good club playing not well.''

 

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=301504

fix'd.

[javy knows my name]

At least for Ozzie he has the excuse that english is not his native language.

 

Actually, it really bugs me that he's been here for so long and sounds like he does.

[jersey cubs fan]

At least for Ozzie he has the excuse that english is not his native language.

 

Actually, it really bugs me that he's been here for so long and sounds like he does.

 

Why?

[javy knows my name]

At least for Ozzie he has the excuse that english is not his native language.

 

Actually, it really bugs me that he's been here for so long and sounds like he does.

 

Why?

 

Because if you've been in the US as long as he, your English should at least be understandable. Never mind that part of your job description is media relations.

I find him basically incoherent

[BigSlick]

Soriano's 'english' irks me more than Guillen

 

Soriano has almost no command of the language, amazing that they say he knows some Japanese from when he spent some time there, but I'd love to hear how well he 'speaks' that as well

[Gingerballs Lives]

Soriano's 'english' irks me more than Guillen

 

Soriano has almost no command of the language, amazing that they say he knows some Japanese from when he spent some time there, but I'd love to hear how well he 'speaks' that as well

 

 

I don't get this, these guys could be speaking in tongues for all I care. I just want them to be good at hitting a little white ball with a big wooden stick.

[Roast]

Yeah, getting mad at someone for not having a solid grip of english is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. By most accounts I've heard, english is one of the most complicated languages on the planet to learn. Having to do in no small part with the fact that in the english language there are so many "rules" that only apply part of the time. Besides, not everyone has the ability to just up and drop a thick accent. Case in point: My best friend growing up's father was from Puerto Rico. He's been here for probably 25 or 30 years now and his english still sounds like Ozzie's. And it has nothing to do with him not being an intelligent man, apparently that's just a hard accent for him to drop. Besides, there's a good chance people see that as part of their culture/heritage/whatever you want to call it. There are plenty of reasons to hate on Ozzie - God knows he gives you plenty of material - but knocking him for his choppy english is absolutely ridiculous.

 

 

 

/mini-rant.