White Sox's Guillen rips Rangers' closer Wilson

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Emotion, not cockiness, behind C.J. Wilson’s reactions (RR)
Published 7/20/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... C.J. fires back to Ozzie’s rip of Rangers’ closer Wilson . “I wouldn’t say that I’m cocky, but I’m definitely emotional,” said Wilson, who joked that a simple look at him reveals that he isn’t very professional. “I have a Mohawk, so how can I say that I am professional? Just look at me — baggy uniform, I shave once a week. I’m here to compete and play baseball.” The Rangers play at Chicago on Monday, but Wilson doesn’t expect any lingering issues during the three-game series. “I don’t care who’s on the opposing team. I’m going to try to get them out,” Wilson said. “I don’t ...

Sunday morning things
Published 7/20/2008 by Adam J. Morris at Lone Star Ball
... Grant also says that roster moves are imminent, with German Duran being sent down today to make room for Vicente Padilla, and Taylor Teagarden and (probably) Warner Madrigal going down on Monday to make room for Eric Hurley and Scott Feldman.  Feldman, Grant says, will be pitching just in relief the rest of the way, with the Rangers wanting to keep his innings total down. ...

Ozzie Guillen Has a New Target
Published 7/20/2008 at FanHouse
... ticks Ozzie off. A week ago today, in the last game before the All-Star break, Wilson came on to close a game in which the Rangers had a four-run lead. Well, after allowing three-runs to score, Wilson finally got the third out of the inning with the bases loaded and proceeded to celebrate as though he'd just won the World Series. Ozzie didn't like it and said something then, and now a week later with the Rangers set to come to Chicago, Ozzie would like C.J. to know he still hasn't forgotten it. "You can be cocky, be yourself or have your own ...

The Week In Quotes: Week of July 14-20 by Alex Carnevale
Published 7/21/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
... ) fired." —Guillen (Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News ) LONG ROAD, NO CLEAR ENDING "If I did choose the other path of pitching, it would be a long road with no clear ending. This is not a simple decision, but it's right there in front of me and it was easy to make for me." —Former ...