Ozzie has said a lot of s**t over the years and for the most part he has gotten away with it. A lot of his talk as the Chicago White Sox manager has just gotten a lot of people to shake their heads and say "It's just Ozzie being Ozzie." Not this time.
Last week in an interview with Time magazine, Ozzie Guillen said that he loves and respect Fidel Castro for being to stay in power for so long. Bad move, Ozzie. A large portion of fans that the Marlins are trying to put into their new stadium are Cuban-Americans. Fidel Castro is a ruthless dictator to them and many older Cuban-Americans that actually were in Cuba during Castro's regime and saw his atricities first hand.
As a result, a group of Cuban-Americans are threatening to boycott the games until Ozzie steps down. Ozzie has since apologized twice with the most recent one being done earlier today. Along with it, the Marlins have suspended Ozzie for 5 games with MLB agreeing that the suspension was appropriate.
From what others are suggesting, this sounds like the absolute worst thing Guillen could've said being the Marlins Manager. What was interesting was the fact that he seemed to say similiar comments to this effect years ago when he was still the White Sox manager. In this scenario, I don't know why you bring it up. It seems that Ozzie will survive this but his reputation has taken a serious hit. Next time Guillen will think before he talks considering the fan base is already uneasy about him to say the least.
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