ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—Volatile Kansas City outfielder Jose Guillen got into a heated clubhouse exchange with pitching coach Bob McClure prior to Saturday night’s game, knocking over chairs before several Royals stepped in to separate them.
Guillen and McClure argued face-to-face, but no punches were thrown. Guillen, who unleashed a profanity-filled tirade against his teammates in May, declined to comment on the incident and started against Tampa Bay.
Guillen was sitting at a table by his locker when he toppled over a chair and made a comment in Spanish. After a teammate attempted to calm him down, Guillen appeared to get more agitated, tossed over another chair and said, “Coaches don’t need to be all up in our … business.”
McClure, who was sitting at his locker, turned around and said, “Jose, if you’re talking about me, then you need to shut … up.”
Guillen then knocked over another chair, yelled at McClure and confronted the coach.
Guillen told McClure he wasn’t talking about him and wasn’t being disrespectful toward the coach. Guillen added he didn’t appreciate McClure telling him to be quiet.