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Will Ozzie Guillen help lift White Sox out of second-class status?(Warm Up Tosses)
OZZIE GUILLEN WAS ENJOYING THE MOMENT TO THE FULLEST, talking rapidly in Spanish with three former major league stars in his office at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago.
Laughter and noisy friendship permeated the air.
The White Sox manager admitted it was "a great honor" to be in the company of three fellow Venezuelans who were invited to join him in throwing out the first balls for the Sox Opening Day game last April 13 against the Kansas City Royals.
His visitors, all of them, like Guillen, outstanding shortstops in their time, included Chico Carrasquel, confined to a wheelchair; Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio, who admitted to being a great-grandfather, and Dave Concepcion, showing an uncharacteristic paunch at age 55.
With Ozzie, they represented the most impressive concentration of Venezuelan shortstop talent ever assembled in one, tiny room.
"Why," somebody asked Guillen, "has Venezuela produced so many great shortstops, including you four guys and Omar Vizquel?"
A native of Caracas, Carrasquel was a four-time American League All-Star with the White Sox in the 1950s.
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