Actor John Ortiz Developing Biopic on Baseball Manager Ozzie Guillen

If you’ve followed professional baseball over the last decade, you’re likely familiar with the name Ozzie Guillen. One of the more outspoken managers in the sport, Guillen is the first Latino manager in the history of Major League Baseball to win the World Series, bringing the Chicago White Sox their first championship since 1917 when the team won it all in 2005. Now, according to Showbizcafe (via Collider), Silver Linings Playbook actor John Ortiz (who plays Bradley Cooper’s best friend Ronnie in that film) is developing a biopic about the often controversial player-turned-manager in the vein of Moneyball. Read on! Speaking with Showbizcafe, Ortiz revealed that he’s meeting with Guillen to work out the details of their project before it goes into pre-production. He says: “Ozzie Guillen and I are going to meet when I’m in Chicago. I don’t want to make a straight up baseball movie, but something along the lines …