Not a baseball fan, but when I saw this picture....

Okay, so I’m not a big baseball fan. I know the World Series are over (why do they even call it that, if it’s only among teams from the USA?) but I was browsing on “my yahoo” and this picture came up. I had to do a double take, because it’s not one I’d normally see. Being that there is still a lot of stigma toward gay people, especially gay men, I saw this picture and I had to look really close to see what was going on. The caption reads “Chicago White Sox manger Ozzie Guillen, left, gets a kiss from a well-wisher after the White Sox defeated the Houston Astros 1-0 in Game 4 to win the World Series for the first time since 1917, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, in Houston. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)” A “well-wisher” that person looks like someone on the team. Does anyone know who Ozzie is kissing? Is it someone in his family? Or is it a complete stranger? Nonetheless, I just felt like I had to post this picture.

Quite ironic that there is a picture of Ozzie kissing another man (it IS a man yes, hey you never know) when in August he had an “issue” with some anti-gay comments he’d said. Ozzie stated that he was just joking around with a friend, but based on what he said, I’d be somewhat offended. But he was wrapped up in that controversy, and then a few months later, his full on lips kiss is displayed all over the internet.

Personally, I think it’s great. Maybe Ozzie was enjoying the excitement of winning the World Series and he just got carried away. But when I saw the picture last night, I knew I had to post about it.

-current mood-SO READY for the weekend.