As the Red Sox travel to Chicago for this 4 game weekend series, I am reminded of the times played against the White Sox.  The new stadium is nice, but I played at the old Comisky, a dingy ballpark if there ever was one.  The grass was high and at one point they even had Astroturf in the infield. Bill Veeck and Charlie Finley (A’s) were maverick owners of their time.  Veeck was the first owner to disco to the ballpark, he had a shower in center field, and was the first person to have a picnic areas at the ballpark.

When I played, I played against Ozzie Guillen and, from what I see, he is entirely different as a manager than he was as a player.  This is understandable because managers need to be tough to get the respect of their players.  This fiery demeanor that he has now is not what he was as a player.  When he played Ozzie liked to have fun.  He was solid fundamentally; an infield guy that was good with the glove and could handle the bat.  He was a small guy and you never saw the anger from him that you see now.  There were too many giants out there for him to start fights.