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ChiSox manager Guillen wants extension

Published Sep. 20, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

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Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen wants a contract extension and soon.

Guillen, who has one year remaining on his contract, says he does not want to be a lame duck manager going into 2012. Instead, he'd like the White Sox to tell him before this season ends if they want him beyond next season.

The 47-year-old Guillen is completing his eighth season as Chicago's manager.

''Only two gods know, Jerry's God and the real God know what my future is going to be here,'' Guillen said before the first game of Tuesday's day-night doubleheader with the Indians.

He's planning a trip to Spain with his wife two days after Chicago's final game on Sept. 28 and was unsure if White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf will let him know on an extension before he leaves the country.

Guillen doesn't want to be talking baseball once he's on vacation.

''I don't want to spend time with my wife thinking about baseball or thinking about my future,'' he said. ''I hope my conversation having dinner with my wife is about having fun and forgetting about this crazy summer and this very sad summer, if you put it that way.''

Chicago, expected to contend for the AL Central title, is finishing a disappointing season. The White Sox are in third place with a 74-78 record and were eliminated from the playoffs last week.

Guillen admitted the White Sox fell short of expectations.

''I don't say (it was) embarrassing, but we didn't get where we wanted to get,'' Guillen said. ''It makes you think, and it makes you wonder if you're that good. It makes you wonder if you're managing well and if my coaching staff did its job.''

Several key players, most notably Adam Dunn and Alex Rios, have had poor seasons. Guillen's decision to go with a six-man pitching rotation also has been questioned.

''At the end of the day, it doesn't matter,'' he said. ''You had a losing season. That's all that matters. A lot of people have to look at themselves in the mirror from the top to the bottom to see if we did the right thing with this ballclub this year.''

Guillen knows as manager he should be held accountable for what happened this season.

''I will take the blame,'' he said. ''I don't make any excuses for anything. They gave me a good ballclub, and we didn't play well. We didn't play the way we should be playing; I should be part of that.''

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