Report: Guillen will manage Marlins in deal
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Ozzie Guillen is out as manager of the Chicago White Sox and will manage the Florida Marlins next season as part of a deal between the teams, according to a report.
The Chicago Sun-Times, citing multiple sources, reported that the White Sox and Marlins are in the final stages of a deal and that Guillen will manage his last game with Chicago on Monday night.
Earlier in the day, interim Marlins manager Jack McKeon said he would not return next season.
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Guillen confirmed before Monday night's game against Toronto that he met with White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf in the afternoon. In a typical fashion, his comments to the media were peppered with profanity.
"[Expletive] more years. I want more money," Guillen said at one point, even though he also said he told Reinsdorf: "I think I should be back here for more years."
Guillen said he left the meeting with Reinsdorf with "nothing" and was waiting to see what happened, although the Sun-Times reported that he knew he was on his way out.
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"I told him the way I feel, like I always do," Guillen said of the meeting.
The issue was clearly related to money, with Guillen joking that he couldn't just walk into the owner's office and demand $2 million.
"That's a process," said Guillen. "I'm not that crazy, I'm not that stupid."
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Guillen also said: "What? I'm going to die with the White Sox poor? Hell no."
He said: "I'm not going to come here for a 10-year deal making $200,000. No."
Guillen has managed the White Sox for the past eight seasons and won a World Series with the team in 2005. He played shortstop for the team for 13 seasons.