DETROIT -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has been in Chicago since 1985 and has high praise for the improvements he saw under Mayor Richard Daley, who announced Tuesday he won't run for another term.
But don't expect Guillen to run for mayor, despite joking about it on Twitter earlier Tuesday.
"I love politics," Guillen said. "I read and talk it. But be in it? I doubt it. I think the mayor in Chicago do a tremendous job. I was in Chicago since 1985, and way the city changed, all the great things happened. Chicago is one of the best cities to go to visit, (and they) clean it up. Great job. I don't think you're going to find one better than that." Guillen believes that Daley did a great job under the pressures he faced in 21 years.
"That's a lot of heat," Guillen said. "That's a lot of things you got to control. And he did an unbelievable job. And he's a White Sox fan.
"But seriously, I think when you talk about politics, you have to be careful what you say because you don't know who you know or talk about. But Mayor Daley did an unbelievable job in Chicago, and the guy who is coming next? Good luck because he's got to fill heavy shoes because what the mayor did there was amazing."
How come opposing pitchers always hit our guys and we do Nothing?
Ozzie's an idiot
Ozzie has my vote