Thursday, April 19, 2012

O1. Guillen Makes a Big Mistake

I read over an article from espn.com regarding the issue of Ozzie Guillen, the Manager of the Miami Marlins.  The article was titled "Ozzie Guillen returns, changed?"  A week or so ago Guillen made a comment about Fidel Castro the former Prime Minister and President of Cuba.  A dictator who put the Cuban people in misery.  Anyways, Ozzie told made a statement to reporters that would change his life, and what people thought of him.  "I love Fidel Castro."  Those words put the people in Miami in a huge state of shock.  They couldn't believe it and turned against Ozzie.  A lot of angry people wanted him out, and angry mobs formed outside of the new stadium.  Guillen apologized a couple days later and felt terrible.  He felt as if he betrayed the entire city, and the entire Latino race.  Ozzie had a 50 minute long press conference to show how sorry he was.  His apology truly did come from the bottom of his heart as you could see the remorse in his face and in his eyes.  Major League Baseball gave him a 5-game suspension that Ozzie has already served.  He returned to the diamond earlier this week, and surprisingly things were normal around.  The cops didn't have any mad men looking for trouble with him.  Just a usual day at the ballpark.  Only thing different was the attendance of the, which was expected though especially as it was a weeknight game.  Ozzie Guillen has always been a head case and is known to do dumb things, but this is by far his worst.  He has put himself on his own probation and is looking to gain the trust back from the fans and the people within the organization.  Guillen will have to do everything to keep quiet for a while.

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