B.R. - Guillen managed to be unique

Leave it to Bob Ryan to define the term "throwing someone under the bus", I love it...

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was saying, among other things, ''I lead the league in throwing players under the bus."


He does it the way he wants to do it, saying what he wants to say. Those who've been around him all year knew what he was referring to, but for many the idea that a coach or manager would make casual public reference to throwing his players under the bus was jarring to the ear.


You don't say that. Well, Ozzie does.


If someone messes up, Ozzie won't protect him with the media. In Ozzie's view, ''throwing a guy under the bus" means nothing more than being honest about something everyone saw, anyway. ''They know what I mean," he says. ''I do it to make them better."


Ah, it's nothing more than tough love, Venezuelan style.