Guillen shocked by Ozuna's violation

MILWAUKEE - This one really hurt.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has been asked to weigh in on the suspensions of several major-league baseball players caught using performance-enhancing drugs.

On Friday, Guillen cringed when asked about infielder Pablo Ozuna, who has been suspended 50 games for having an "elevated testosterone/epitesterone ratio," according to a statement from Major-League Baseball.

Ozuna, who plays for Class AAAA Lehigh Valley in the Philadelphia Phillies' minor-league system, was with the Sox from 2005-07, and his versatility made him a Guillen favorite.

"Really bad situation," Guillen said. "Wow. When I got a text from (bench coach) Joey (Cora), it shocked me. It doesn't shock me who can be caught, but now you have to be stupid. If they think major-league baseball plays around with this, they're wrong. Major-league baseball is behind this thing pretty hard and pretty serious. It was a shock. I never thought he was going to go through this. It's a shame."

Guillen said the suspension is probably going to end Ozuna's career and would likely thwart any coaching plans.

"Why do we do this?" Guillen said. "You know you're going to get caught. Is that going to make you better? Maybe. But if you balance how it's making you better and how you risk your career, you're risking your career more than you're going to get better. It's a shame. This is the first time it happened with one of my favorite players, and one of my favorite guys."

Konerko sits again: A day after having a cortisone shot to ease the pain in his sore right thumb, Paul Konerko sat out in Friday night's series opener against the Brewers.

The Sox' captain said the shot is working well and he'd "be surprised" about not playing today.

Good to be back: The White Sox are playing in Milwaukee for the first time since 2001, and plenty of their fans made the trip for Friday night's opener. The Sox and Brewers played together in the AL Central from 1994-97.

"I always loved to come here because I always had great games here. Go from Chicago, a lot of Chicago fans," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "It's going to be a really nice weekend. There are a lot of people at the hotel, around the park. Every time we play here we draw people and it's always fun to play here."

When he was playing shortstop for the Sox, Guillen wasn't a big of the Brewers' old ballpark, County Stadium.

"This ballpark (Miller Park) is a lot different than the piece of garbage they had in the past," Guillen said.