Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Marlins suspend 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 has been suspended for five games because of his comments about Fidel Castro. He has again apologized and says he accepts the punishment.




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