Ozzie Guillen: The picture of [bleepin'] class

Some hits from the story in today’s Chicago Tribune:

Mt. Ozzie on the Cubs:

” The Cubs haven’t won in [100] years, and they’re the [bleeping] best. [Bleep] it, we’re good. [Bleep] everybody. We’re horse[bleep], and we’re going to be horse[bleep] the rest of our lives, no matter how many World Series we win.”

“How about the Cubs celebrating that Lee Elia bull[bleep]? How many times do I curse people out? I will make a lot of money with my [stuff]. I have to keep going because in the future Ozzie will need money, and I can say, ‘Here, give me money, here’s the 10-year anniversary of my time I called [Jay] Mariotti stuff and the time I went on the radio and cursed out Mike North.’”

Mt. Ozzie on the White Sox:

“We won it a couple years ago, and we’re horse[bleep],” Guillen said sarcastically before the Sox (14-15) lost to the Blue Jays 4-3 and fell below .500 for the first time since April 3.”

“We have the worst owner (Jerry Reinsdorf). The guy’s got seven [bleeping] rings, and he’s the [bleeping] horse[bleep] owner.”

Mt. Ozzie on Chicago fans and Chicago media:

“If we had 50 people allowed on the roster, we could do that. That’s what ticks me off about Chicago fans and Chicago media: They forget pretty quickly. A couple of days ago we were the [bleeping] best [stuff] in town. Now we’re [bleep].”

“People are panicking,” said Guillen, whose Sox were in first place in the American League Central from April 15 until Saturday night. “Did we play a real bad week? Yes, we did, we stunk. But it wasn’t too long ago that we were — ‘the biggest surprise in baseball, wow, look at the White Sox.’”

“All of a sudden, there we go, back to normal. We have to deal with it. [Bleep] it. As long as the 25 guys out there believe we can do it, everyone else, hey … “

Now that Ozzie has cleared the air, only one [bleepin'] question remains: Who had the worse weekend? Cedric Benson, or Ozzie?

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Game 31 Recap Cubs 3 Cardinals 5

The Cubs fell to the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 in the last of a three game set. In a match-up of two players facing off against former teams, it was Cardinals pitcher Todd Wellemeyer that came out on top over Jason Marquis. This makes the third straight series the Cubs have lost. They are just 3-7 over their last 10 games.

The action started when the Cubs jumped on the Cards early in the second inning with a 2-0 lead. Reed Johnson doubled in Geovany Soto followed by a sac fly from Alfonso Soriano to drive in Mike Fontenot. The Cardinals came back however and tied it in the bottom half of the inning. Later, Albert Pujols would double in two more runs in the fourth inning to give the Cardinals the lead 4-2. They never looked back.

The Cardinals tacked on another run in the sixth inning to make it 5-2. The seventh inning brought along a very familiar situation, as the Cubs loaded the bases for the fifteenth consecutive game. This time it was with no outs and the heart of the order coming up. Derrek Lee and Kosuke Fukudome each recorded outs, with Fukudome driving in a run on a sacrifice fly to center. After which Mark DeRosa flied out to end the inning.

Tonight’s game marked the second game in a row that Aramis Ramirez was out of the lineup with a swollen wrist. Hopefully, he will be back for the Cincinnati series coming up as the Cubs continue their road trip this week.

Notable Stat

Mark DeRosa continues to struggle, going 0-4 and leaving 5 men on base.

Most Valuable Cub: Geovany Soto. The Cubs young catcher went 1-3 with a walk and a run scored. He also threw out Aaron Miles at second base on an attempted steal.