Donnelly Is Not Happy With Guillen

White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen’s attempt to rattle Brendan Donnelly in the seventh inning Wednesday night was not appreciated by the Angel reliever, who had some harsh words for Guillen after the game.

For the second straight night, Donnelly was charged with a ball for bringing his pitching hand to his mouth on the mound, but the right-hander did it after he released a pitch to Timo Perez, not before the pitch.

Guillen appeared to be dwelling on the infraction in conversations with home-plate umpire Mike Everitt, and Donnelly objected to Guillen’s insinuation that he was cheating.

“I don’t even know when I’m going to my mouth -- they were calling me on it as soon as I released my pitches, but it’s not like I was doing it before pitches,” said Donnelly, who gave up a game-winning homer to Jermaine Dye on Tuesday night and a solo homer to Joe Crede on Wednesday.

“It’s the same habit I have of eating bacon cheeseburgers, and I’m not going to stop that. I guess I can say I commend Ozzie for doing anything possible to win a ballgame, but I do think it’s tired. If I was a manager, unless I was blatantly trying to doctor a ball, I wouldn’t interfere with play.”

Said Guillen: “It’s one of those weird rules. You can be one inch away from the dirt and do it. All of a sudden you’re on the dirt, you can’t do it. But a rule is a rule, and the umpires were aware of it and watching what he was doing.”

Donnelly thought Guillen had other motives.

“He was trying to get in my head,” Donnelly said. “If I was cheating, that would be one thing, but c’mon, I’ve been too busy giving up home runs to those guys to cheat.”

Pitching coach Bud Black also appeared displeased with Guillen. During his visit to Donnelly during the Perez at-bat, Black picked up a clump of dirt from the mound and hurled it toward the White Sox dugout.

“That was just a dirt clod in the middle of the rubber; there wasn’t any meaning to it,” Black said with a smirk.

So, why didn’t Black throw the dirt toward the Angel dugout?

“Bengie was in the way,” Black said, referring to catcher Bengie Molina. Black wouldn’t criticize Guillen, though.

“I don’t think it was gamesmanship; it’s just the opposition trying to make the umpires aware of the rule,” Black said. “Donnelly throws a pitch, and out of habit, he instinctively goes to his mouth. Obviously, you can’t do that.”