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 A day after a post-game rant about his team's poor performance, Guillen only reiterated his feelings Thursday when asked if they had changed after he had time to think.
"When you expect to compete, and your payroll is to compete and the city to compete, and you are in that situation I am right now, what do people want me to say?" Guillen said. "I'll be happy to be out of this (expletive deleted) every day."
World Series champions two years ago, the White Sox are last in the AL Central with a month left in the season. They went into the finale of their series at Texas on Thursday night with 15 losses in 18 games.
"It's not easy to watch," Guillen said. "I have pride. I like to kick people's (rears) on the field. I haven't had fun one game yet. Because every time we win, we win by one and we're in drama."
Guillen, who wants his players to feel the same frustration, said he's embarrassed by the way things have gone this season. He said he puts his head down when he sees White Sox fans at home.
"I want them to know how I feel," he said.
The White Sox blew a 4-1 lead Wednesday night and lost 5-4 in 11 innings. Chicago had only five hits, none in the last five innings against five Texas relievers, a night after another one-run loss when they failed to score after loading the bases with no outs in the eighth.
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The series at Texas came after Chicago was swept in four games at home and outscored 46-7 by Boston.
In his post-game comments Wednesday, Guillen said the White Sox don't look like a team with a $100 million payroll on the field and that it might be time to bring up the Double-A players.
Guillen said it was "embarrassing day in and day out to do the same stuff" and said every player should be embarrassed.
"I never say they weren't trying. I never say they don't respect my rules. I never say they don't go out and bust their (rears)," Guillen said Thursday. "The only thing I said was, go get it done. ... This is getting old."
Despite his frustration, Guillen hopes one day to retire as the White Sox manager
-- only when he's too old to do it anymore.
"I love to manage. I love it, I love it every day of my life," said Guillen, a former White Sox player in his fourth season as manager. "I want this organization to do good with me or without me, I do. ... I want Sox people to feel proud, feel great."
[Associated Press;
by Stephen Hawkins]
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