August 31, 200619 yr From the most recent "White Sox Notes" on whitesox.com I sure as hell got a kick out of it. Final word: "Freddy can't hit anybody with his 84 mile-per-hour fastball. If he hits somebody, they're going to get on base, steal second and third and everything." -- Guillen, on Garcia
August 31, 200619 yr He made a funnier comment, IMO, concerning the HBP in the Sun-Times. http://www.suntimes.com/output/sox/cst-spt-sside31.html As far as the conspiracy theory that Major League Baseball or the umpires ordered Young hit, Guillen could only laugh at first. ''[bleep] Major League Baseball,'' Guillen said. ''Like we're going to do something like that for them?''
August 31, 200619 yr Ozzie has to be the best interview in baseball. Funny stuff. He could post here, if he wasn't so damn optimistic.
August 31, 200619 yr QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 12:54 PM) Ozzie has to be the best interview in baseball. Funny stuff. He could post here, if he wasn't so damn optimistic. He'd be f***in' baninated almost immediately.
September 1, 200619 yr QUOTE(PlunketChris @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 12:11 PM) From the most recent "White Sox Notes" on whitesox.com I sure as hell got a kick out of it. Final word: "Freddy can't hit anybody with his 84 mile-per-hour fastball. If he hits somebody, they're going to get on base, steal second and third and everything." -- Guillen, on Garcia Funny quote, but bad grammar. Using "they" or "them" to refer to a single person is incorrect usage. Ozzie should have said "he" instead of "they're". Something else that upsets me about grammar is my ignorance of where to put the period when quoting the final word in a sentence. Can someone explain the rules to me? Edited September 1, 200619 yr by shoota
September 1, 200619 yr QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 04:28 PM) Guillen is never going to have good english grammar. He could speak Esperanto with a Spanish accent for all I care if he would stop putting Mackowiak in CF.
September 1, 200619 yr QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 06:28 PM) Guillen is never going to have good english grammar.guess he needs to go to grammar school.
September 1, 200619 yr QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 06:28 PM) Guillen is never going to have good english grammar. Agreed, and I'm usually lenient to non-native English speakers when it comes to grammar and accent. It's just a common mistake that many native English speakers believe is proper usage, and I took the opportunity to teach someone.
September 1, 200619 yr QUOTE(shoota @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 06:43 PM) Agreed, and I'm usually lenient to non-native English speakers when it comes to grammar and accent. It's just a common mistake that many native English speakers believe is proper usage, and I took the opportunity to teach someone. So Ozzie wrote out this quote....
September 1, 200619 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 06:44 PM) So Ozzie wrote out this quote.... I'm assuming Ozzie was interviewed and he gave that quote verbally.
September 2, 200619 yr period goes inside quote marks. and if you end a quote by saying who said it, you use a comma inside the quote marks.
September 2, 200619 yr QUOTE(shoota @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 06:59 PM) I'm assuming Ozzie was interviewed and he gave that quote verbally. Yea... Probably spelled it out for the reporter though.
September 2, 200619 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 07:05 PM) Yea... Probably spelled it out for the reporter though. I didn't take issue with the spelling of a word but Ozzie's improper use of a word, so I don't understand the point you're making.
September 2, 200619 yr QUOTE(shoota @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 07:00 PM) Funny quote, but bad grammar. Using "they" or "them" to refer to a single person is incorrect usage. Ozzie should have said "he" instead of "they're". Something else that upsets me about grammar is my ignorance of where to put the period when quoting the final word in a sentence. Can someone explain the rules to me? Ozzie said, "I have a lot of fun coaching this team." "I have a lot of fun coaching this team," Ozzie said. I don't have a problem with the first part actually. If the quote would have been "He" then one would ask who? By saying "they", the implication is or can be everyone, which is reality. I understand your complaint however.
September 2, 200619 yr QUOTE(shoota @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 07:15 PM) I didn't take issue with the spelling of a word but Ozzie's improper use of a word, so I don't understand the point you're making. Oh, there was no need for me to make one. I think you did it perfectly.
September 2, 200619 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2006 -> 10:52 PM) Oh, there was no need for me to make one. I think you did it perfectly.
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