Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen Admits That He Respects Fidel Castro and Likes Getting Drunk On Road Trips

Ozzie x controversial statements just go hand-in-hand.

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When the Miami Marlins hired Ozzie Guillen as their newest manager, the organization had to expect things like this to happen at some point . In a recent Time Magazine interview, Ozzie made some regrettable comments: “I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that motherf***** is still here.” When Guillen's words were heard by the heavily populated Cuban community of Miami, they did not bode over well with the people. So, as the Marlins manager has grown accustomed to doing, he issued an apology stating: 

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Then, after that controversial statement, Ozzie was back to his old trick again. This time, the Marlins manager confessed to the reporters earlier in the week that he likes to stay his hotel room during away games and get wasted.

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When the media asked if he wanted to do the usual, you know, retracting his statement, Guillen took a different stance. “No. Why do I have to lie?” he said. “I never get in trouble. I’m never going to leave the hotel. Nobody can call my wife and say we saw Ozzie in this bar or this place.” Seriously, will this guy ever learn from his verbal mistakes in the past?   

[via Larry Brown Sports; Off The Bench]

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