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The orland park prairie | June 21, 2018 | 5<br />
Guillen is unfiltered about respect for veterans<br />
‘Charlie Sheen of<br />
baseball’ to be<br />
special guest at golf<br />
event for vets<br />
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor<br />
Some people think Ozzie<br />
Guillen is funny and entertaining.<br />
Some think he is unfiltered,<br />
profane, speaks his<br />
mind a little too much and<br />
has a big mouth.<br />
He once told an umpire<br />
“You’re not even a pimple<br />
on your daddy’s [rear end]”<br />
and said opposing manager<br />
of Buck Showalter “I was<br />
better than him, I have more<br />
money than him and I’m better<br />
looking than him.” Guillen<br />
said of himself, “I’m the<br />
Charlie Sheen of baseball,<br />
without the drugs and a prostitute.”<br />
Yep, as unfiltered as a<br />
Camel cigarette and sometimes<br />
just as toxic. He is a lot<br />
of things to a lot of people.<br />
But not many people<br />
would associate him with<br />
being a friend to the Disabled<br />
Patriot cause.<br />
The controversial former<br />
White Sox player and manager,<br />
who won a World Series<br />
title as a skipper in 2005,<br />
will be in Orland Park as a<br />
special guest for the 14th<br />
Disabled Patriot Fund’s annual<br />
golf outing on Wednesday,<br />
June 27, at Silver Lake<br />
Country Club. Organizers<br />
are still looking for golfers<br />
and online registration is at<br />
disabledpatriotfund.org.<br />
Adam Russell, a member<br />
or the Orland Park/Tinley<br />
Park-based Disabled Patriot<br />
Fund’s board of directors,<br />
was a pitcher for the White<br />
Sox in 2008 and said Guillen<br />
is a perfect guest celebrity<br />
for the event.<br />
Controversial baseball personality Ozzie Guillen is scheduled to be a special guest at the Disabled Patriot Fund Golf Outing on June 27 at Silver Lake<br />
Country Club. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX<br />
“Ozzie was my favorite<br />
manager to play for,” Russell<br />
said. “He wasn’t a man<br />
of many rules. He did, however,<br />
have one rule that resonated<br />
with me throughout<br />
the rest of my career that I<br />
really appreciated: ‘Everyone<br />
is out on the field standing<br />
at attention for [the national<br />
anthem].’<br />
“Ozzie loves the opportunities<br />
that our country presents<br />
and respects the men<br />
and women who fight for<br />
those rights. Every time we<br />
honored soldiers before a<br />
game, Ozzie would always<br />
make a point to go over and<br />
shake their hand and thank<br />
them for their service. I<br />
couldn’t think of a better<br />
champion for our cause at<br />
the Disabled Patriot Fund<br />
than Ozzie Guillen and look<br />
forward to [a] great day for a<br />
great cause.”<br />
DPF officials say the organization,<br />
which started the<br />
year the Sox won the World<br />
Series (2005), has raised<br />
more than $3.5 million to<br />
help approximately 350 injured<br />
veterans.<br />
For more information,<br />
contact Russell at (440) 666-<br />
2024 or Shawn Wears at<br />
(312) 344-0009.<br />
Last<br />
year, the<br />
American<br />
Flag was<br />
present<br />
on this<br />
cart at the<br />
Disabled<br />
Patriot<br />
Fund golf<br />
outing.<br />
PHOTO<br />
COURTESY<br />
OF THE<br />
DISABLED<br />
PATRIOT<br />
FUND
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