He’s Not Fat, He’s My Countryman
June 19, 2007 by Geoff Young
Filed under Odds and Ends, Personalities
Ozzie Guillen manages the Chicago White Sox. Miguel Cabrera plays (very well, I might add) for the Florida Marlins. Both hail from Venezuela.
Now Guillen is telling Cabrera to lose weight. Quoth the Chicago skipper:
When you’re getting older and you go down, they say you’re fat. Right now it’s, “Oh, he’s a little chubby. He likes to eat.” When you’re not hitting .340 with 40 home runs, they’re going to call you a fat boy from Venezuela. You’d better lose some weight.
This is sort of touching, but it’s also sort of weird. Like, it’s nice to see Guillen concerned about his fellow countryman, but the guy plays for the Marlins.
Guillen and Cabrera had their little chat over dinner Sunday night. No word on what they ate.
Don’t know about you, but Ozzie should be more worried about Bobby Jenks coming in from the Bullpen and having him as a light snack.