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Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen has apologized for praising Fidel Castro. He did so on Friday in an interview with Time. Guillen said he loved and respected Castro for staying in power for sixty years.
The Marlins quickly rebuked Guillen stating, “There is nothing to respect about Fidel Castro.” After the Marlins made their position towards Castro clear, Guillen changed his tune stating, “I’m against everything the way he’s treated people the last 60 years.”
This isn’t the first time Guillen has landed in hot water for making political statements. In May 2010, while still manager of the Chicago White Sox, Guillen criticized the Arizona immigration law and said he would boycott the 2011 All-Star Game in Phoenix.
Guillen’s praise of Castro is peculiar given his war of words with actor Sean Penn for his defense of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. Guillen is, of course, a native of Venezuela.
On the other hand, anyone who follows Guillen knows he shoots from the hip and often doesn’t think before he speaks. The Cuban fans in Miami will probably boo Guillen when the Marlins return to Miami next Friday. But if Ozzie leads the Marlins to a World Series title the jeers will turn to cheers.
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T.L.P.| 4.8.12 @ 9:27AM
What'd you expect? He's Brown Trash. He's got His, and the Hell with everybody else.
Kinda like the White Hating/Jew Hating/America Hating, Muslim, in the White House. He,too, envies the Cuban POS. Read your Wiki-Leaks. Read the parts on Honduras. Read about WHY he insisted that Hugo Chavez wannabe - Manuel Zelaya - be put back in to the Presidential Palace, despite him being REMOVED by that Country's Congress/Supreme Court/Military. Imagine that. A Government that actually Protects and Defends its' Constitution. The Wiki-Leak Cables lay out the case that Obama threatened Honduras with Economic Sanctions, if they didn't return the would be DICTATOR, because he wanted to Curry Favour with Chavez, and he wanted to show the other FAR LEFT Huntas, south of our border, that they could work with him.
LOOK IT UP.
As far as Guillen is concerned? Nothing will happen. He has the protection of Melanin. Just like Hussein. Just like Sharpton. Just like Jackson. Just like every other Fat Mouthed, White Hating, Jew Hating, America Hating POS of Colour in this Country. Or did you miss the Black Panthers standing outside the Voting Place, in Philadelphia?
Occam's Tool| 4.8.12 @ 9:06PM
OK. So I want the Marlins to get their asses kicked because of Ozzie, and I want Jay Cutler to get sacked on EVERY offensive play because of Lovie Smith.
Look, sports guys are barely literate cretins for the most part who we are only interested in for their skills on the field. Nothing else. There are exceptions (Dr. Bobby Brown comes to immediate mind, along with Jackie Robinson, and I still love Ernie Banks because of his personal kindness to me, but they are very few). The only pro athlete I really respect today is Tim Tebow, and that's about it.
Shut up, assholes, and play ball.
Drek| 4.8.12 @ 12:02PM
He's a jerk.
He's a leftist jerk.
MikeN| 4.8.12 @ 12:34PM
No, they won't cheer him if they win the World Series. Why in the world would make you think Cubans would support a Castro-lover over that?
Pete| 4.8.12 @ 1:07PM
I am surprised you can understand Ozzie. After 30 years in this country he still has such an accent that I can't understand anything he says.
Bob| 4.8.12 @ 1:29PM
No, I think Guillen will still get a lot of jeers. Cuban fans won't forget that easily.
One thing's for sure, this is not the impression the Marlins wanted to make with the Cuban community in Little Havana when they built their stadium on the old Orange Bowl.
Marc Jeric| 4.8.12 @ 2:02PM
Ozzie has come to Miami to spread hate and loathing and a lot of game losses; why would anybody pay for that?
Bill| 4.8.12 @ 3:33PM
Romney's VP list:
1. Pat Toomey
Pros: PA is a swing state, former Club for Growth leader.
2. Marco Rubio
Pros: FL is a swing state, the Latino votes.
3. Mitch Daniel
Pros: a great "fiscal conservative", helped passed the "Right-to-Work" law.
4. Kelly Ayotte
Pros: a Catholic, former AG, and the women votes.
5. Chris Christie
Pros: NJ will turn red, former litigator, a fiscal hawk governor.
6. Paul Ryan
Pros: WI will turn red,a fiscal hawk legislator.
7. Bob McDonald
Pros: a fiscal and social conservative, southern heritage.
8. Pam Bandi
Pros: "photogenic" AG of FL, the women and Italian-American votes, and chief litigator on the multi-state lawsuit against Obamacare.
Cons: Single-lady
My pick: Gov. Chris Christie
Obama will be forced to campaign in a "safe" blue state, NJ, while Gov. Christie will be favorite to deliver NJ for GOP. Gov. Christie will help fix the economy and never surrender to the big-labors or bureaucrats. He vetoed the same-sex marriage bill. Recently, he traveled Israel and vowed to thwart Iran's fascist regime and its nuclear threat.
President: Mitt Romney
VP: Chris Christie
Occam's Tool| 4.9.12 @ 2:34AM
I should mention I went to college with Phil Epps of the Packers. Nice guy, too. That's about it.
Longview| 4.9.12 @ 3:47AM
Sounds like a prototypical knucklehead comment from that font of knuckleheads which is professional baseball--quelle horreur. Is a self-important mob of aggrieved warbloggers now assembling a campaign against the damned Marlins?
Never mind that Guillen immediately "walked it back" for the benefit of the unrepresentative tiny population of desperate deputy journalists that take such pronouncements for serious news. If the market exists to collect a few nickels for opinionating on every such "outrage" you will never go hungry.