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Ozzie Guillen and the Miami Marlins: A Political Frenzy

By Craig Forrestal On April - 10 - 2012

Ozzie Guillen has created another media frenzy with his mouth. Guillen is no stranger to controversy from his days in Chicago—including use of a homophobic slur to describe a member of the Chicago media.

However, this time Guillen crossed a line a that should never be crossed—discussing Castro in Miami.

For those of you that do not know what he said, Guillen made comments a few days ago about Fidel Castro, namely that he admired the Cuban dictator.

Those comments set off a media frenzy in South Florida. I lived in Chicago when Guillen was with the White Sox and now am in South Florida, and I have followed Guillen very closely as a player and manager.

However, I will no longer support Guillen. My mother was born in Havana, Cuba, and fled the country at a young age due to political injustices. My maternal grand...

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