I'm not trying to defend Mariotti, but point out some of Guillen's flaws. The article was about an incident involving a player on the White Sox getting hit by a pitch. Vazquez was pitching at the time and did not retaliate. Guillen replaced Vazquez with a rookie just up from the minors. The rookie, in either his first or second game, tried to hit a batter twice. On both pitches, the batter got out of the way. Guillen went crazy in the dugout, publicly humiliating the rookie. A totally classless move. He could've had Vazquez hit/knock down an opponent. Just because Vazquez is an established pitcher, he can't do that? Randy Johnson got tossed recently for hitting a player after Posada got hit. He wasn't above it. Mariotti (as did numerous other Chicago writers) ripped into Guillen and it was well deserved.
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