Monday, March 12, 2012

Ozzie To Bobby V.: Go (Expletive) Yourself

Put two of the most colorful and controversial managers together and what do you get? An ejection of one, a cavalier gesture by the other, and a unpublishable retort by the first. And it's Spring Training!

After Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen was ejected from today's game at jetBlue Park at Fenway South, he exited near the Red Sox dugout (where the visiting clubhouse inexplicably is located). Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine waved goodbye to the talkative one as he went by. Oops! When informed of the gracious gesture, Ozzie shot back:

“I didn’t see it. I would have told him to go and (expletive) himself, too. That’s the way Ozzie Guillen is.”

Yes, it is. Can the orange-clad ones get re-assigned to the American League East? The NL can have the Orioles. Oh, by the way, the Red Sox won the game, 5-3.

(Photo credit: Associated Press)