MINNEAPOLIS | The fire still burns within Royals designated hitter José Guillen, the same fire that has, too often, raged into controversy throughout his 14-year career.
Simply referring to him as a DH is sufficient to bring a glare even though Guillen has served solely this season — so far, anyway — as a designated hitter. Nonetheless, he refuses to think of himself as a DH.
But that is nothing when measured against his reaction to any suggestion that he has somehow, at age 33, rediscovered the quick bat that has always been his trademark — the quality that always attracted interest from teams no matter whatever other baggage came attached.
“My track record is when I’m healthy,” Guillen said, “I do what I know what I can do. And I’m healthy right now. I hear people say things about how my bat was slow and all that. They don’t know. They don’t know what I went through last year.”
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