TFD: 24 hours later, the White Sox don't like Ozzie Guillen's Twitter

This was predictable.

February 24, 2010 at 11:11PM

From the AP:

Ozzie Guillen's already going to star in a reality series starting in July. Now the colorful manager of the Chicago White Sox has a Twitter account and his general manager Ken Williams is not happy about it.

Guillen, Williams and Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf will shoot segments for the MLB Network reality show "The Club" this spring. That had already prompted concern about the talkative Guillen and his often salty language.

Now Guillen's added another forum to express his many opinions on many topics.

Guillen said his tweets will be personal and not a way to tell fans what's going on with the White Sox or a way to break news. Still, it appears to be a dangerous device for a manager who's gotten in plenty of trouble over the years with his comments.

Some of the early tweets appear harmless, things like "what I saw on the field today was a lot of grass" and "going to eat in half hour." But who knows with Ozzie?

Williams wasn't thrilled.

"No comment ... and make sure you write that it is a no comment with a head shake from side to side," Williams said.

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"Listen, I'm a grown man," Guillen said. "A lot of people think I do stuff without thinking or talking to people. Any information out there, I'm not stupid enough where I will say, 'We're going to make a move today.' ... That's not the idea. I'm not going to give fans the message before I give it to the media, it's never going to happen. The Twitter is like what I am doing today, have fun with it. It's all personal."

First person to make up t-shirts with Ozzie's face that say "The Twitter is like what I am doing today," well ... you can start printing your own money.

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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