{"id":662533,"date":"2026-04-04T10:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662533\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:15:15","slug":"ozzie-guillen-fights-back-tears-after-finding-out-white-sox-are-retiring-his-number-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662533\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozzie Guillen fights back tears after finding out White Sox are retiring his number"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ozzie Guillen couldn\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n

As he was on the Chicago Sports Network during the broadcast of a White Sox\u2019s 5-4 win over the Blue Jays on Friday in Chicago\u2019s home opener, Guillen was joined by Scott Podsednik.<\/p>\n

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Podsednik, best known for his All-Star and World Series title season of 2005 with the Guillen-managed White Sox, opened an envelope on-air, suggesting he didn\u2019t know what it was.<\/p>\n

\"Ozzie<\/p>\n

Ozzie Guill\u00e9n, World Series winning manager with the Chicago White Sox, lifts the World Series trophy during a ceremony commemorating the 2005 Chicago White Sox team at Rate Field on July 12, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Guillen, who was eagerly looking over Podsednik\u2019s shoulder for an attempt at a clearer view of the letter, was then shocked to learn of what it contained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chicago White Sox announce today,\u201d Podsednik began before he paused and appeared to look over in Guillen\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n

Podsednik\u2019s voice continued, as it now echoed throughout Rate Field, \u201cThat 2005 World Series winning manager Ozzie Guillen will be honored on Saturday, Aug. 8.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Guillen interjected, \u201cAnother bobblehead?\u201d with a chuckle.<\/p>\n

Podsednik continued, \u201cWith a special ceremony retiring his No. 13 uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guillen immediately began to feel the emotions, which coincided with the crowd unleashing a round of cheers and applause for the former manager, who is now 62.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere\u2019s my wife?\u201d Guillen asked, overcome with emotion, as she immediately entered the set, and the two embraced.<\/p>\n

Guillen, a native of the 2026 World Baseball Classic Champion Venezuela<\/a>, remains a very popular name in Chicago years after his tenure.<\/p>\n

He managed the White Sox from 2004 to 2011, winning Manager of the Year and leading the team to their first World Series in 88 years in 2005.<\/p>\n

\"Then<\/p>\n

Then Chicago White Sox General Manager and Executive Vice-President Kenny Williams and manager Ozzie Guill\u00e9n, who is draped in the flag of Venezuela, celebrate during the team\u2019s 2005 World Series victory parade in Chicago. Getty Images<\/p>\n

With the White Sox, Guillen went 678-617 with one title and two playoff trips; the run also included four seasons of at least 88 wins.<\/p>\n

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Guillen later managed the Marlins for one season in 2012.<\/p>\n

As a player, the former shortstop was a three-time All-Star with the White Sox in 1988, 1990 and 1991.<\/p>\n

He also won a Gold Glove in 1990 and was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1985.<\/p>\n

Guillen played for the Sox from 1985 to 1997, and enjoyed stints with the Orioles, Braves and Rays, retiring after the 2000 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ozzie Guillen couldn\u2019t believe it. As he was on the Chicago Sports Network during the broadcast of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[5,138,5027,49,2561,4,5029,297,10769,396,2562],"class_list":{"0":"post-662533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-white-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-sports-network","11":"tag-chicago-white-sox","12":"tag-chicagowhitesox","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-ozzie-guillen","15":"tag-rays","16":"tag-scott-podsednik","17":"tag-white-sox","18":"tag-whitesox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116345918251046967","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}