Apr 10 2008
Ozzie being Ozzie
Oh, Ozzie… Everyone is out to get you, aren’t they?
Coming in to the season, Ozzie said he would be Ozzie again. The loudmouthed (yet successful) coach is already crying foul, and of course, we listen.
Hey, if I was Phil Cuzzi, after last year’s tongue-lashing:
I don’t know how much of a rush I’d be in to discuss a call against one of Ozzie’s boys either.
We’re a little over a week in to the season, and Ozzie has already stirred the pot with his Clemente talk. This latest flap promises to be just one of the several more bumps in the road along the way this season.
[...] Less than a week after his head coach was ejected, Jim Thome decided to blow up at an ump over balls and strikes, too. Looks like he gave his coach a piece of his mind, too. [...]