How close Ozzie Guillen came to managing the San Diego Padres

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien sits down with Ozzie Guillen to talk about the MLB lockout and how long he believes it will last. Plus, how Ozzie almost left NBC Sports Chicago this offseason to become the new manager of the San Diego Padres. Then, they discuss why he and Minnie Minoso had a rift for so many years and what Ozzie did to fix it, why he’s hoping the White Sox retire his number sooner rather than later, and more.(3:40) - Ozzie on the MLB lockout, how long he thinks it will last and how it compares to the 1994 strike(33:00) - How he almost became the manager of the Padres this offseason(44:24) - His rift with Minnie Minoso and what Ozzie did to fix it(54:15) - Will the White Sox retire Ozzie's number?

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0:00.0	You were in the news in October, the Padres came calling.
0:09.0	Yeah.
0:10.0	Interested in you to be their manager.
0:11.0	So what happened there?
0:13.0	I did that interview.
0:15.0	I did the interview was very well.
0:17.0	I thought, I'm pretty sure I was the one.
0:20.0	That's right. I'm pretty sure I was the one.
0:25.1	That's right.
0:30.7	Ozzy Guyan was that close to becoming the new manager of the San Diego Padres this off season.
0:34.8	And here on the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you by Win Trust, you're to hear
0:39.1	the inside story from Ozzy about how close he actually came to leaving us at NBC Sport, Chicago,
0:46.4	and returning to the dugout with the pod race. And they're not the only team that reached out.
0:53.0	So did the Mets.
0:55.1	But first, we cover the lockout.
0:57.5	It's a candid conversation about what's going on,
1:01.6	why there is a lockout,
1:03.0	and why Ozzy isn't sure the players are united enough
1:07.4	for a big, long fight,
1:09.5	like the one his generation had in 1994 when the players went on
1:14.0	strike in August and the owners ended up canceling the World Series. We also talk about
1:20.4	Minnie Minosa, making the Hall of Fame. Ozzy reveals why he and Minnie had a rift for a long time and what Ozzie did to repair it when he became the manager of the White Sox.
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