In the evening hours, if I'm online, I tend to turn off Twitter because it's 90 percent guttural out-of-context reactions to sporting events you aren't watching, and 10 percent athletes stating whether they are or are not on an airplane. For some reason, I didn't on Tuesday night, and I was rewarded with Oney Guillen's real-time exploding of Bobby Jenks.
Oney Guillen Flings 400 Words Of Twitter Rage At Bobby Jenks
Oney Guillen, son of White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, resigned from his position earlier this year over his Twitter activity. Jenks was the team's closer until heading to Boston, and on Tuesday he told FanHouse:
“I’ll always respect (Guillen) as a person and give him credit that’s due,” Jenks said. “But I want to play for a manager who trusts his relievers, regardless of what’s going on.”
He added: “Why would I come back to that negativity? I’m looking forward to playing for a manager who knows how to run a bullpen.”
Those are pretty harsh words. They are not nearly as harsh as the words that were waiting for him on Twitter. I’m just going to step back for a moment and let Guillen’s tweets speak for themselves. There are cusses. Reader discretion advised:
hahah memo to bobby jenks get a clue u drink to much and u have had marital problems hugeee ones and the sox stood behind u
they did not air out ur dirty laundry, u came to srping not drinking and then u sucked and started srinking again be a man
be a man and tell the manager or the coaching staff how u feel or the organization when u were with the sox not when u leave
u cried in the managers office bc u have problems now u go and talk bad about the sox after they protected u for 7 years ungrateful
if it wasnt for u and mainly u freddy garcia would have like 17 wins and the sox would have beat the twins
and u self diagnosed urself bc u didnt want to pitch un real i hope the sox let this guiy fucking have it
oh and yes i remember clearly u blowing a hugee game in 09 and u laughing ur bearded ass off while everyone busting there tail
i thought u were a man not some punk who runs away and talks bullshit. u coward. say it to there face when u were with them
dont make me air out more then i have 2 say ur sorry dont disrespect the White sox ever
now u know what piece of shit person u rooted for chicago. the ones that leave and talk bad about ur team
and u say the manager didnt trust u? he kept putting ur fat ass there and u kept blowing it, he never took u away from that role unreal
although it wouldnt surprise me if the sox take the high road and be classy instead of destroying this yellow beard dipping idiot
and to think u were actually a cool guy and ur word meant something, to bad u dont hit in the AL so they can drill that ass
one little story remember when u couldnt handle ur drinking and u hit a poor arizona clubby in the face i do. and later u covered it with
Im sorry thats ur answer to everything. How can u disrespect ur ex team like that.
i was trying not to tweet on my family vacation but this needed to be adressed
i love the white sox and i stand up for them regardless i have to protect them if they wont
last tweet i hope sox fans boo his ass since he is no longer with ur team
All right, I’m back. I got up to get some coffee. Did you like the part where he calls him a yellow beard dipping idiot?
South Side Sox, just like everyone else I’m reading, is annoyed with Guillen.
In the process, he inadvertently made Jenks a somewhat sympathetic figure, even while spilling some potentially damaging information about him. That takes a certain kind of talent.
I’m going to take the cowardly route, as is my wont, and remain neutral in this matter. Perhaps Guillen is starving for attention, or perhaps Jenks’ comments are the last straw after years of poor behavior. Perhaps both. Taking a side doesn’t interest me, but observing Twitter outrage on such a grand scale certainly does.
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