Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Marlins suspend manager Ozzie Guillen for 5 games (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - In this June 28, 2011 photo released by Granma newspaper, Cuba's Fidel Castro, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez look at Granma state newspaper in an unknown location in Havana, Cuba. Five games into his tenure with the Marlins, motor mouth manager Ozzie Guillen is returning to Miami to explain himself as a backlash builds regarding favorable comments he made about Fidel Castro. It's not the first time Guillen has stirred a political tempest. He twice appeared on a radio show hosted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in October 2005, when Guillen led the Chicago White Sox to the World Series title. At the time, Guillen said:

MIAMI (AP) Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended for five games Tuesday because of his comments about Fidel Castro, and he again apologized and said he'll do whatever he can to repair relations with Cuban-Americans angered by the remarks.




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