White Sox television commentator Ozzie Guillen blasted home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstead over a past feud after the team's 9-0 loss to the Orioles on Tuesday.
Wendelstead fired Chicago interim manager Grady Sizemore after the two got into an altercation following questionable ball and strike calls.
Guillen, who played 16 major league seasons and managed nine more, used the altercation to reopen old wounds with Wendelstead, the son of Harry Hunter Wendelstead Jr., who was an umpire for 33 seasons from 1968-1998.
“I wanted to punch him in the face,” Guillen said of Wendelstedt on NBC Sports Chicago after the game. “He's the first guy in major league baseball to ever throw me out of a game for no reason. His father was a legend. I said, 'Hey, you're not your father's ass pimple,' and I told him that.”
Guillén didn't stop there, poking fun at Wendelstedt's appearance after studio staff showed him a video of an altercation between him and Sizemore.
“That guy is a bad guy. Look at how fat he is,” Guillen said. “He should be embarrassed to wear that uniform.”
For Guillen, who has covered the White Sox, who have been at the bottom of the MLB league all season, this may have been an explosion of frustration.
Tuesday's loss marked Chicago's 12th straight loss and third time they've lost 12 or more games in a row, dropping them to 31-109 this season.
The recent defeat was also very embarrassing.
The team allowed a routine popup in the bottom of the second after left fielder Andrew Benintendi and infielder Miguel Vargas collided.
The White Sox are on track to have 126 losses by Wednesday's game, which would break the modern season record of 120 losses set by the Mets in 1962.
