White Sox’ Ozzie Guillen proposes to “swap teams” with Twins’ Ron Gardenhire

Gardenhire, according to reports, is mulling over the trade, but he doesn’t think he’ll take it. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s really flattering to be offered a whole new team,” Gardenhire said. “But it’s not like he offered me the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, or even the Minnesota Twins. He’s got Juan Uribe starting–didn’t that guy kill someone?”

Guillen, however, is undeterred by Gardenhire’s demurrals.

“I’m thinking about sweetening the deal a bit,” Guillen said. “I’m thinking I am going to offer to give the White Sox a one-game lead on us, instead of us having a half-game lead on them. As the Twins, we’ll still probably have a good shot at catching them.”

According to commissioner Bud Selig, trading entire teams is not really looked upon nicely within baseball.

“Generally, we feel that you should stick with the team you’ve been managing all year, instead of changing in the last week of the season,” Selig said. “But hey–this game is constantly evolving, and I’ve clearly got no control, so whatever’s clever.”

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Labels: 2008 MLB Playoffs, AL, AL Central, baseball, Bud Selig, Chicago White Sox, Jim Thome, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins, MLB, MLB Playoffs, Orlando Cabrera, Ozzie Guillen, pirranhas, Ron Gardenhire

Posted on September 26th, 2008

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