From watching coverage on it this morning, it seems like the biggest hangups people are having in this situation is the fact that he said that he loves and respects him in the interview. He went on to clarify just like he did in the interview you quoted, but now that he is in Miami it is a lot bigger deal.
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From watching coverage on it this morning, it seems like the biggest hangups people are having in this situation is the fact that he said that he loves and respects him in the interview. He went on to clarify just like he did in the interview you quoted, but now that he is in Miami it is a lot bigger deal.
lastflowers
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Astros ready for the world series.
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Astros ready for the world series.
How crazy is it of me that I wish the Phillies had Daniel Murphy? I really like that guy, and he can play a few positions. He's had a few freak injuries, but I don't know if that makes him "injury prone". I'm really interested to see what kind of numbers he puts up for a full year.
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They interviewed the Texas fan that caught Hamilton's home run. Apparently he caught 7 home runs just last year. Damn season ticket holders.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20496105&topic_id=21753540
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20496105&topic_id=21753540
darkside31337
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Yeah, but he's a Met. :-(
Future Foundation
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Does anyone legitimately think Ozzie is getting fired after this?
I knew he would be suspended at some point but I didn't think it would happen this early in the season.
RumblingRosco
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I would LOVE to live next to a stadium like the Coliseum. Doesn't matter that I'm an STL fan, I'd buy season tickets to any stadium with that many open/cheap seats and go to every damn game. Closest ballpark to me now is ~2.5 hours away (Wrigley, U.S. Cellular, and Busch all being about the same distance from me), and I sure wish I could be closer to any park.
No way does Ozzie get fired this quickly.
No way does Ozzie get fired this quickly.
yankeehater
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I am surprised Ozzie only got 5 games. It will be interesting to see if the fans forgive him. I really will never understand what makes people think it is a good idea to say positive things about people like Castro, Stalin or Hitler. Respect is the last thing you should be showing towards people like that.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Ozzie doing this in Spanish doesn't really provide entertaining television 
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I get why it's called Strike Zone but it's still a terrible name
Oh well. Good thing I got Bright House!
Oh well. Good thing I got Bright House!
acheron_xl
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At least 9 of these guys are worth the money. I hope the other 16 are good at selling tickets.
darkside31337
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Ozzie has spent over 40 minutes at this press conference. I think he feels very sad and very embarrassed by the whole ordeal over his very stupid comment.
brianjones
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this is absurd
just fire him
just fire him
Lol Vernon wells
Fredi. It's not Costanza's or Durbin's fault that Fredi relies on them in high leverage situations.
twinturbo2
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Such bullshit. Nobody will remember this once the seasons over. P
BFIB
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Ozzie: Please Zambrano, do something, anything!
Someone on ESPN said, "Saying 'I love Castro' is like saying 'I love Hitler.'"
Wow. What ignorance. Anyway, I still think it's hypocritical for a multimillionaire baseball manager to say that he loves Castro. The guy is an idiot who just likes to look like a rebel.
Wow. What ignorance. Anyway, I still think it's hypocritical for a multimillionaire baseball manager to say that he loves Castro. The guy is an idiot who just likes to look like a rebel.
It the fact that he's saying this while managing a team in the ONE place in the country that hates Fidel to no end.
I get that, but it's still an ignorant comment.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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You're ignorant, Lebatard is a cuban-american and he said that. Castro is as evil as it gets for them, like Hitler is to the rest of the world. That's all he meant by it.
Little Green Yoda
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It's a shame that the Cards don't play the A's that often in interleague. Coliseum tickets are so much cheaper than the ones @ Pac Bell
yeah, I think AT&T Park is a dumb name
I post in threads she posts in all the time. I'm still alive.
Oh, I'm ignorant. OK, thank you for the insult. I've taken three separate classes on Castro, and wrote papers on him, but I'm ignorant. Alright, it seems like you know me well, thank you!
yankeehater
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If you had heard Lebatard's comments on the radio today maybe you would understand. Obviously Castro didnt kill the number of people, but if it was one of your loved ones that he killed you would hate him all the same. It was an incredibly insensitive and stupid thing for Ozzie to say.
I'm not saying Ozzie's comments weren't dumb. Hell, I said yesterday that I thought he should be let go.
Mgoblue201
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I have little sympathy for Guillen if only because saying anything positive about Castro in Miami should've been the first thing on his list of taboos. This was something he should've thought through beforehand. I am bewildered that he could accidentally say it. However, I also don't want to see him fired. The five game suspension is probably an appropriate punishment.
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Just saw this picture. Steve Cishek pitching. Dude is not going to have a very long career.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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Idc what you know about Castro (Reading a book and being among his victims leads to two different understandings btw), you were insulting Lebatard. You just called a cuban-american's opinion on Guillen's comments ignorant when you didn't understand where they are coming from. Got cubans in the family, grew up in So Fla. You did not understand what Lebatard meant yet were so sure you did that you insulted the man. Seems ignorant to me.
Not to mention Castro is still in power and has killed some of our fans family's with other's in prison cells right now. If he said he respected Hitler it would be easier to sweep under the rug than Castro just because this is Miami. Lebatard was just making sure those who don't understand Miami understand the weight of this. This is something good reporter's do.
I don't want to make this a political discussion, so I'll end this here, but most Cuban families in Miami don't hate Castro because he killed their families, but because he took their property. I'll end that here. Whatever, because like I said, I thought Ozzie should be let go.
acheron_xl
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Met announcers were talking yesterday about why the division has tightened up. It isn't so much the fact that the Fish and Nats have improved, but more the fact that the Braves and Phils are a bit more mortal this season with the injuries and offensive problems. NL east is going to be fun to watch this year.
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