Miami Dade College men\u2019s baseball continues to have connections to the Major Leagues.<\/p>\n
First baseman Ozney Guillen, 19,\u00a0is the son of Chicago White Sox\u2019s manager, Ozzie Guillen.<\/p>\n
The power-hitting infielder rebuffed a scholarship offer to the University of South Florida to play at MDC after being drafted in 21st round (668 overall) of the 2010 Major League Baseball amateur draft.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe offer wasn\u2019t right,\u201d said Ozney Guillen, a 6-foot-3, 215 pound freshman. \u201cI spoke to my high school coach and Carlos Marti who is the New York Yankee\u2019s area scout and they gave me the advice of going to MDC instead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ozney Guillen, has always had baseball in his veins, according to his high school coach at Monsignor Edward Pace Senior High School\u2014ThomasDuffin. He was named to\u00a0The Miami Herald\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0All Dade-County team.<\/p>\n \u201cHe grew up watching baseball, which is more important than having tools, a lot of the little things in baseball that you have to teach, he already knows,\u201d said Ozzie Guillen during a phone interview.<\/p>\n As a youngster, Ozney traveled back and forth during weekends to watch his father manage the White Sox. He eventually befriended professional baseball players like center fielder Andruw Jones, and Detroit Tigers first baseman\/third baseman Miguel Cabrera.<\/p>\n \u201cThey would take care of me when my parents would go out. Jones looked after me,\u201d Ozney Guillen said. \u201cWhenever I needed something like batting gloves they [would] send it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Being the son of such an outspoken manager has its price tag.<\/p>\n \u201cIt carries a burden, some people expect things from me, as if I am supposed to know everything and do well just because I am Ozzie Guillen\u2019s son,\u201d Ozney Guillen said.<\/p>\n Ozzie Guillen, who has been the manager of the White Sox since 2004, and who won a World Series with them in 2005, agrees.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople thought I was going to put my nose in the practices and games, but I stayed away to respect him and his coaches,\u201d Ozzie Guillen said. \u201c I would show up to the games as a parent.\u201d<\/p>\n Ozney\u2019s teammates at MDC don\u2019t seem fazed because he is the son of a star, and neither does his Head Coach, Danny Price.<\/p>\n \u201cPresently he is fighting for a job,\u201d Price said. \u201cWe are very fortunate to have some good players on our team and Ozney Guillen is one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Freshmen shortstop Jorge Vega-Rosado described Ozney Guillen as a normal guy.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a good teammate, does what he has to do,\u201d Vega-Rosado said. \u201cHe\u2019s brings another power hitter to our team. We joke around with him asking [him] who his dad is?\u201d<\/p>\n But Ozney Guillen said he is not living under his father\u2019s shadow.<\/p>\n He does, however, hope to make it to the Major Leagues like his dad.<\/p>\n \u201cMy son is very quiet, humble and respectful, which is something I\u2019ve passed on to him,\u201d Ozzie Guillen said. \u201cHe is his own type of player.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Miami Dade College men\u2019s baseball continues to have connections to the Major Leagues. First baseman Ozney Guillen, 19,\u00a0is the son of Chicago White Sox\u2019s manager, Ozzie Guillen. The power-hitting infielder rebuffed a scholarship offer to the University of South Florida to play at MDC after being drafted in 21st round (668 overall) of the 2010 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":7486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2802],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"category-baseball"},"yoast_head":"\n