Beloved former Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen offered some harsh words for one of his old players during an NBC Sports Chicago broadcast on Wednesday night.
Guillen, who doesn’t have much of a filter on air, was asked by co-host Chuck Garfien if he disliked Carlos Gomez, a former AL Central rival, or Nick Swisher more. For Guillen, the competition isn’t close – he hates Nick Swisher with his whole heart.
Swisher only played one season under Guillen with the White Sox in 2008, and had a fairly awful season. He was then traded to the New York Yankees, and immediately won a World Series in 2009. Guillen joked that one season in Chicago was one too many for Swisher, who Guillen believes is a “fake” person.
Yeah so @OzzieGuillen really didn't hold back when discussing Nick Swisher pic.twitter.com/KJyvwJTWOM
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Garfien: Who did you dislike more? Carlos Gomez or Nick Swisher?
Guillen: Oh my god. Nick… nobody can compare that with Nick Swisher. I hate Nick Swisher, with my heart.
Garfien: Really? You want to get into that a little more?
Guillen: No, not really, but I think he hates me back. That’s nothing wrong with that.
Garfien: You guys just didn’t get along. Didn’t work out.
Guillen: No, no, I never talked to him. I was managing him, but I no like the way his attitude was all fake. And I no like fake people.
Garfien: Alright. So he was only with the White Sox for one year, then he moved on.
Guillen: …. One year too long.
This isn’t the first time Guillen has gone after Swisher publicly. In 2010, Guillen’s White Sox defeated Swisher’s Yankees, but Swisher hit a two-run home run and had an extended celebration against his old manager. Guillen buried Swisher after the game.
Via the New York Post:
“That’s the way he is. Good for him, enjoy it. I wish he could do that for me, because he wasn’t a very good player for me. He was very bad for me.”
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