Ozzie Guillen Called a Racist After Demoting Brian Anderson

When the White Sox made the decision to activate Carlos Quentin on Monday, they had a pretty tough decision to make when deciding who Quentin would replace on the roster. Essentially the decision boiled down to which player's presence on the roster would hurt the team less -- Dewayne Wise or Brian Anderson?

One is a journeyman minor-leaguer who found a role on the team last season, and the other is a former first-round draft pick that has just never lived up to the expectations. Well, the decision was made somewhat easier due to the fact that Anderson had some minor-league options left, while Wise did not. Of course, that makes too much sense, so instead some people have just started to make the claim that Ozzie Guillen is a racist instead.

''What he needs to do is start playing better,'' Guillen said of Anderson's demotion to Charlotte. ''It's been four years, and I've got a lot of e-mails from people calling me racist and stuff because 'I don't like Anderson.' Well, when you don't like the players, they don't last too long. When I don't like one player, believe me, he'll be out of here in a hurry because I've got the power.

''If I tell [general manager Ken Williams], 'This guy isn't good for the ballclub,' Kenny will do everything he can to get him out of here. If people think we don't like Brian, yes, we do. Yes, we do. I think Brian hasn't produced like we thought. We've given him four years in a row to produce. We gave him a shot to be the every-day center fielder, and that didn't work. Since I've been managing the ballclub, we've given him a legit shot. Two months ago, I said, 'He's going to be my center fielder every day,' and he couldn't do it. Some people think it's my fault, and I hate him, but I have to make the best lineup, and he didn't perform.''

The idea that Ozzie Guillen hates white people because he demoted Anderson instead of designating Wise for assignment is one of the more idiotic things I've heard in a while. As I said earlier, it came down to nothing but the number of minor-league options the players had left.

Of course, designating Wise for assignment made more sense from a baseball perspective because neither he or Anderson can hit to save their lives, but Anderson provides superior defense. Something the White Sox can use in the outfield now that they plan on resting Quentin late in games and they have Scott Podsednik in centerfield.

It's obvious that the reason Dewayne Wise is around is because he has video, taken through a peephole of Ozzie Guillen changing in his hotel room, and he's threatening to release it.