American Santerans - Ozzie Guilln, Baba Ral Caizares, Sally Eaton, Angel Lozada, Oba Ernesto Pichardo (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: As player As manager Oswaldo Jos Guilln Barrios (born January 20, 1964), well known as Ozzie Guilln (Spanish pronunciation: ), is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball and the current manager of the Chicago White Sox. He is the first Latin-born manager in the history of the game to have won a World Series. His career stretched from 1985 through 2000, playing for the White Sox (198597), Baltimore Orioles (1998), Atlanta Braves (1998 - 1999) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Guilln is a member of the select group of light-hitting, quick-handed shortstops that emerged from Venezuela, a group that includes Chico Carrasquel, Luis Aparicio (both White Sox players), Dave Concepcin, and Omar Vizquel (who now plays for Guillen as a utility player for the Chicago White Sox). As a player, he was regarded for his passion, speed, hustle, intensity and defensive abilities and his ebullient love for the game, spending his entire career in the Venezuelan Winter League with Tiburones de La Guaira. In 1985, Guilln received both the AL Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News Rookie of the Year awards. He was an All-Star in 1988, 1990-91, and won the Gold Glove Award in 1990. Guilln ranks among the White Sox all-time leaders in games played, hits, and at-bats. He won the National League Pennant while with the 1999 Atlanta Braves. Following his playing career, Guilln coached for the Montreal Expos in 2002 and the World Champion Florida Marlins in 2003 before he was hired in the offseason to replace Jerry Manuel as White Sox manager. He received a rising ovation from the crowd of 37,706 Chicagoans when introduced before his first game as a manager at U.S. Cellular Field on April 13, 2004.... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=540550