Ozzie Guillen: ‘I miss baseball’ – Chicago Tribune

Relaxation poured from Ozzie Guillen’s pores Wednesday afternoon as he sat on a couch in the living room of his Bucktown home, reliving some memories from the 2005 World Series championship season.

The only tense in the former White Sox manager/shortstop’s peripheral is the present and the future. But he hears his past knocking.

“I miss baseball,” he said.

Nearly 10 years removed from the miracle on 35th Street season, and three from a dugout, Guillen has occupied his time working as a baseball analyst for ESPN, playing golf and watching his youngest child, Ozney, a 22nd-round pick of the White Sox in 2010, play ball for the Normal (Ill.) CornBelters of the Frontier League.

But he perked up when the subject of managing again was broached.

“Do I want to get back on the field? Of course I do,” he said. “When my turn comes. I don’t want anybody’s job. I was there before. I’m not better than the game. I’m not better than the manager anybody has right now.”