Dan le batard on ozzie guillen biography
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by Solomon Comissiong
Right wing Cuban Americans made newly-minted Miami Marlins’ manager Ozzie Guillen grovel after he expressed “love and admiration for Fidel Castro – that he respected the way Castro had survived in power for 60 years.” U.S. corporate media played the story like it was a triumph of the American way of life. Miami’s reactionary exiles have mastered the arts of political and media terror – as well as the more lethal kind – and remain “hell-bent on returning Cuba to a capitalist playground.”
Fidel Castro and Ozzie Guillen: Evasion of Truth
by Solomon Comissiong
“Ozzie Guillen has shown a lot of cowardice as he has allowed the US media, and many Miami Cubans, to fold him up like a cheap suit.”
On April 10, 2012, Ozzie Guillen, the manager of the Miami Marlins major league baseball team, “decided” to hold a press conference to “clear up” some statements he made to a reporter from Time magazine. What were Guillen’s comments that would warrant him to feel
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A fishy venture
by Maria Sanders, editor
For baseball fans, especially those in Florida, 11/11/11 wasn’t just a crazy day where all the digits in the date were the same. It was the day the Florida Marlins became the Miami Marlins.
Since the team’s beginnings in 1993, the Marlins have never become a National League powerhouse. And despite winning two World Series titles, the Marlins have never gained strong attendance numbers either. The organization had the third lowest attendance numbers in the MLB for the 2011 season, with an average of 19,000 fans per game, according to an espn.com article.
Rumors existed for some time concerning relocating the team. On that magic day in November, those rumors proved to be true, well at least a little bit.
The Marlins, while remaining in Miami, are relocating to a new stadium in the Little Havana neighborhood, with a new name and image.
“Mr. Jeffrey Loria, Owner of the Miami Marlins, along with Marlin players, invited dignitaries, and int
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HAVANA, CUBA – Nobody is perfect. Especially not Ozzie Guillen. Guillen is known for his off-field antics and his off-the-cuff comments towards the media about everything from throwing his players under the bus, to professing his love for Cuban President Fidel Castro. During a spring training Time Magazine interview Ozzie professed his love to the strongly disliked and highly controversial Cuban leader. Did he go too far? Where does this gaff rank with the rest of the media slip ups by coaches, managers, and players throughout sports history? Let’s find out!
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