Ozzie Guillen has made a career both on and off the field by being outspoken and unpredictable with his commentary surrounding the game of baseball. He currently serves as the Chicago White Sox analyst on CHSN pregame and postgame coverage alongside anchor Chuck Garfien, and he has made headlines for his feedback about the struggling franchise in recent years.
During his weekly guest appearance on 670 The Score’s Mully and Haugh program on Wednesday, the former White Sox skipper shared his appreciation for the difficulties of hosting a radio program on a day-to-day basis versus working on television.
“Real good radio people do their job every day, and it’s something that’s not easy for that many years,” said Guillen. “I was just talking with Ozzie (Guillen) Junior yesterday when we jumped in the car. I said ‘bro, how do those guys prepare themselves every day to put up with fans like me who listen to them every day.’ It’s not easy.”
Guillen began working as an analyst for NBC Sports Chicago in 2018, initially serving as a contributor to the network. However, he expanded into a full-time pregame and postgame analyst role covering White Sox baseball on NBC Sports Chicago, and now CHSN, since 2019. In addition, Guillen has also been making regular appearances on 670 The Score for many years on Mully and Haugh.
“To me it’s easy to go manage every day, because every day is going to be different,” Guillen said. “Every day they got to wake up early and go to work. Yet you have people criticizing you, you have people agreeing with you. Then you got people who think they’re smarter than you, it’s just crazy man. I tip my hat to you guy cause working that day in and day out is not easy.”
Furthermore, he stated that the difficulties of working in radio—and media in general—have become even more challenging, especially in the age of social media.
“With social media and everything, and people sitting in their basement listening to people and make comments,” noted Guillen. “Also you have to be careful what you’re saying. You have to be careful what you do. When you work on TV, radio or whatever it is, you have to walk on egg shells.”
Guillen then explained that he records every broadcast he works on for the CHSN network in case there is a misunderstanding about something he may have said. He added that this isn’t necessarily to improve in his role, but rather out of a fear of being potentially canceled over it.
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