Ozzie Guillen in hot water over Fidel Castro talk
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There aren't a lot of rules on what you can and cannot do down in Miami, which is why the Marlins have seemed like such a perfect landing spot for Ozzie Guillen.
Yet if there's a line to cross, Guillen will somehow find it. He's now drawing criticism just one week into his first regular season with the Marlins after expressing a respect for former Cuban leader Fidel Castro during an interview with Time's Sean Gregory.
"I respect Fidel Castro," Guillen said in the article. "You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that [expletive] is still here."
Of course, if there's one thing you don't say in Miami, it's "I love Fidel Castro" — which are the first four words from Guillen in Gregory's article. Miami is full of Cubans who once suffered under the reign of the dictator and won't take any praise aimed toward Castro, which is probably why the Marlins quickly distanced themselves from Guillen's comments.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/ozzie-guillen-apologizes-fidel-castro-remarks-034019658.html
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