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The Spectacle Blog
The Miami Marlins have suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games for his comments in praise of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in an interview with Time magazine last week.
Although Guillen apologized for the comments it did not abate the anger in Miami’s Cuban exile community and no doubt it played a key role in the Marlins making this move.
The suspension takes effect immediately and bench coach Joey Cora will take over as interim manger in Guillen’s absence. The Marlins are presently in Philadelphia and will return to Miami to host a three games series against the Houston Astros.
Guillen’s best bet would be to reach out (through the Marlins) to leaders in the Cuban exile community and to someone like Senator Marco Rubio. It would give them an opportunity to give Guillen a true understanding of life in Cuba under Castro and for Guillen to make a genuine mea culpa. If they can impress upon him that Castro=Chavez then I think Guillen gets it. Guillen, a native of Venezuela, has been critical of Hugo Chavez in recent years. I think that would be the best possible resolution of this matter.
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Bob| 4.10.12 @ 1:23PM
He better do a lot of reaching out now that he has five days to do it.
Kingofthenet| 4.10.12 @ 1:50PM
This is nuts, he was merely giving the Devil his Due.
RJ| 4.10.12 @ 1:55PM
While I disagree with Ozzie's views in support of Fidel Castro, the suspension is inappropriate. It is also ineffective.
Bob| 4.10.12 @ 5:10PM
They did it only to try to appease the Cubans in Miami, so it probably will be ineffective.
Cpm| 4.10.12 @ 2:03PM
The Marlins are doing what they think they have to do. If it had come from the commissioner's office it would be an invocation by the thought police.
Occam's Tool| 4.10.12 @ 2:28PM
The suspension is quite appropriate---He is A Manager of a Baseball Team, and represents them, the Marlins. They knew when they were getting him that he would use bad words, sass umpires, and kick dirt. If they had suspended him for THAT, that would be wrong.
But pissing off a major fan base---hey, he was hired to do a job and he screwed the pooch.
Paco| 4.10.12 @ 2:35PM
Those of us who suffered exile, imprisonment, death, due to the Castro tyranny do not appreciate silly, even stupid, comments by famous people in the world of movies and sports and the rest with regard to matters they clearly either don't know about or don't think through -- unless they do, and then God help them. But nor do we appreciate the sanctimonious and cheap ways in which lesson0-givers who never knew what it means to be under tyranny try to score points for themselves by attacking their betters. Nor do we care for the Marlins organization caving to the mob, or the amplifications of the mob through the media. Let responsible members of our community have a quiet conversation with the manager and they will surely understand each other, instead of making a dumb hype of this. The important thing is to free Cuba. Before showing off by attacking Mr. Guillen, ask yourself what you have done to fight communism in Cuba, what have you done for the hungry people of Cuba.
Viva Cuba! Cuba Libre!
RJ| 4.10.12 @ 3:34PM
Great comment, Paco.
JmsA| 4.10.12 @ 3:35PM
Paco, although some do, the overwhelming majority of Americans don't care about the plight of Cubans. Heck, JFK, who lacked the balls to see it through or the brains to stop it beforehand, was given an approval rating of 80% by the public after admitting fault for the Bay of Pigs fiasco. And no, the exiles did not wish American troops to be involved, although some very brave and heroic Americans from the Alabama Air National guard flew and died during the failed invasion. Had Americans listened to all those who had arrived at these shores fleeing from communist tyranny, not just Cubans, I suspect this country would not be in the straits it finds itself in. There are some, including some posting herein, who consider all Cubans not to be anything more than common criminals.
Bill| 4.10.12 @ 2:53PM
I don't know why MLB import those Latino whores into our ball parks, while hundreds of American players are thrown into sideline because of the affirmative action.
Todd S| 4.10.12 @ 3:36PM
Your racism really knows no bounds does it Bill? It is a fact that many of the best players in the game like Albert Pujols are Latino (particularly Dominican) and affirmative action has nothing to do with it. Get lost loser
Calvin| 4.10.12 @ 3:49PM
Bill seems like a progressive troll to me. He is playing a part.
Todd S| 4.10.12 @ 5:31PM
I don't think so based on his other comments. I just think he is a racist redneck.
Traditional Conservative| 4.10.12 @ 2:55PM
Sports Faaaaans!
JmsA| 4.10.12 @ 3:18PM
There's no affirmative action in Baseball, dumbshit. Latin Americans, and particularly Cuban baseball players like Esteban Bellan (3rd baseman for the Troy Haymakers in the old NAPBB from 1869-72), played in the U.S. long before the advent of MLB.