White Sox reject Ozzie Guillen's rant

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    The Chicago White Sox issued a statement Monday refuting comments manager Ozzie Guillen made about what he perceives as a Major League Baseball bias against Latin American players.

    "This is an issue Ozzie Guillen obviously feels very passionately about," the statement read. "Ozzie certainly has his own experiences as a player, coach and manager, and is entitled to his own opinions, but the Chicago White Sox believe his views are incorrect."

    Guillen said Sunday he's the "only one" in baseball who teaches young Latin players about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs, adding that Major League Baseball doesn't care about the problem.

    "I'm the only one to teach the Latinos about not to use," Guillen said Sunday. "I'm the only one, and Major League Baseball doesn't [care]. All they care about -- how many times I argue with the umpires, what I say to the media. But I'm the only one in baseball to come up to the Latino kids and say not to use this, and I don't get any credit for that.

    "They look at you and they say, 'Good for you Ozzie,'" he said. "Ozzie said it, don't worry about it. If somebody else said it they would be playing that [stuff] every day on the Jumbotron. ... I'm the only one that came up with that idea. I did it for the Latino kids. ... I want to help those kids."

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