Ozzie Guillen, manager of the World Series champion Chicago White Sox, became a US citizen Friday. The Sox hadn't won a World Series since 1917, but it just took two years of Ozzie's hyperkinetic leadership to buck 88 years of South Side Chicago futility.
The Venezuela-born Guillen's unique use of the English language made White Sox post-game press conferences almost as entertaining as the games that preceded them.
There's more to becoming a US citizen than taking an oath the Sox skipper had to take a citizenship test--he passed: English grammar wasn't part of the exam. However, no one should be too tough on Ozzie--he has a better command of the English language than legendary New York Yankees manager, Casey Stengel, "The Old Perfesser," ever did.
Ozzie never said anything as jumbled as this "Stengelese" phrase:
"It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like."
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