April 28, 201114 yr http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=6443737 MLB reviewing Ozzie Guillen tweetsEmail Print Comments1 By Doug Padilla ESPNChicago.com Archive NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball is stepping into the social media fray after Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen sent out Twitter messages on his personal account moments after getting ejected Wednesday night. Senior vice president of baseball operations Peter Woodfork confirmed Thursday that MLB has not had to deal with a player, coach or manager sending out social media messages while a game was still in play, and there is no standard policy on how to discipline the action. MLB's rules state that all social media messages -- Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc. -- must stop 30 minutes prior to the first pitch. Messages can resume after the game at the individual club's discretion. Getting ejected from a game does not exempt an individual from those rules. Guillen's case is being reviewed by the staff that is headed by new executive vice president of baseball operations Joe Torre. Joe Garagiola Jr., who is directly responsible for on-field discipline, is expected to decide what punishment, if any, is handed down. Guillen was ejected in the first inning of Wednesday's game against the New York Yankees by home-plate umpire Todd Tichenor. Guillen was arguing a called third strike on White Sox cleanup hitter Paul Konerko. Before play had even resumed in the bottom of the first inning, Guillen sent out his first Twitter message that read: "This one is going to cost me a lot of money this is patetic (sic)." Not long after that, a second message appeared on his Twitter account. That one read: "Today a tough guy show up a yankee stadium." He presumably was referring to Tichenor. Whether Guillen knew the implications of sending out the messages during a game is not known. Guillen was asked about the tweets after Wednesday's game. "I no worry about that," Guillen said. "Let's talk about [expletive] baseball. [Expletive] tweeting." If discipline is indeed handed down on Guillen, it won't necessarily establish a precedent. MLB is not interested in creating a one-size-fits-all punishment when it comes to social media violations, according to Woodfork. All violations will be decided on a case-by-case basis. If somebody sends an innocuous tweet about the weather, for instance, it would be treated differently from one that was critical of on-field staff. Doug Padilla covers the White Sox for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN 1000.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (bobryansson @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 03:04 PM) Weren't we all waiting for the Ozzie-drama to take the focus off the players? It's like clockwork.
April 28, 201114 yr Author QUOTE (bobryansson @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 03:04 PM) Weren't we all waiting for the Ozzie-drama to take the focus off the players? I know I was.
April 28, 201114 yr Joe Garagiola, Jr. That's a name that White Sox fans have to be more familiar with than any other organization's fans (besides the Diamondbacks).
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (bobryansson @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 03:04 PM) Weren't we all waiting for the Ozzie-drama to take the focus off the players? Focus off the players? Our stadium will be empty this weekend.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 08:34 PM) Focus off the players? Our stadium will be empty this weekend. Nice thong.
April 28, 201114 yr "MLB Reviewing Guillen Actions" is simply the infinite state of things as long as he is manager.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 05:35 PM) Lol, why the f*** does the MLB even care? You can't talk trash about umpires.
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 06:55 PM) You can't talk trash about umpires. I meant the whole "tweeting 30 minutes prior to game, and not during".
April 28, 201114 yr QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 06:04 PM) I meant the whole "tweeting 30 minutes prior to game, and not during". Shows what I get for not reading the article. I dunno. Maybe it has something to do with having a wireless electronic device that close to game time. I honestly have no idea.
April 29, 201114 yr QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 04:11 PM) "MLB Reviewing Guillen Actions" is simply the infinite state of things as long as he is manager. awesome QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 05:35 PM) Lol, why the f*** does the MLB even care? Players on the bench sending out tweets? If the players are that bored, what does that say about the product? Also the tweets would be conflicting with the broadcast that pays the bills for MLB and the clubs. I could see the player's union being against it if it means the clubs would put pressure on their players to tweet during games. IMNSHO, this isn't any worse than the two minute interviews that managers give during some nationally televised games. It scares the organization because their people can speak directly to the fans, outside of their systems.
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