With the regular season winding down and the White Sox seven games out of first place, a sweating, visibly shaking Bud Selig entered Ozzie Guillen's office Monday to tell the notoriously proud, hot-tempered manager that his team had been eliminated from playoff contention. 'Excuse me, Ozzie, or Mr. Guillen, whichever you prefer Well, Mr. Guillen, sir, I'm afraid I need to tell you something, and well, it's about the whole October thing and the Twins and the Tigers and the playoffs start soon and ' the commissioner reportedly said before leaning on Guillen's desk and accidentally knocking over a picture frame and a can full of pencils. 'The whole league, I just want you to know, we were all really pulling for you, really all year, just thought you were doing a tremendous job, and, well Okay, well, I'm going to leave now. See you in April, then?' Selig later announced that, due to a miscommunication, the White Sox would be facing the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs, and promised that he 'will definitely make it up to the Tigers next year.' 