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This time, Ozzie Guillen looks shaken

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Ozzie Guillen has every right to voice his opinion on a topic that every American citizen should be cognizant of — that Fidel Castro has lasted as long as he has (since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president) is an astonishing accomplishment.

(Photo by David Banks/Getty Images) R:MerlinGetty_Photos142648323.jpg Is anybody surprised that Ozzie Guillen shot off his mouth? Of course not. Surprised that someone who has spent more than a week in Miami would publicly praise Fidel Castro?

MIAMI — A contrite Ozzie Guillen sat in the heart of Little Havana seeking forgiveness for what the Miami Marlins manager called the biggest mistake of his life – saying he admired Fidel Castro. This wasn't some offhanded

Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen is currently taking a break from the team's road trip for a pit stop in Miami to dish out a few thousand apologies.

By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com | 04/10/12 10:15 PM ET early — at about 7 am PT in San Francisco — because he wanted to watch Ozzie Guillen's news conference in Miami and what he'd say about his controversial remarks about Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Marlins' Ozzie Guillen apologizes, but is it enough in South Florida

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By Cindy Boren Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen is spending the team's off-day explaining his remarks about Fidel Castro. (Alex Brandon / AP) Shortly before Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen was to address his controversial comments about Cuban

By Cindy Boren Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen is spending the team's off-day explaining his remarks about Fidel Castro. (Alex Brandon / AP) Shortly before Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen was to address his controversial comments about Cuban

Hoch / MLB.com | 04/11/12 12:50 AM ET BALTIMORE — Yankees designated hitter Raul Ibanez makes his home in Miami and is of Cuban descent, but he declined on Tuesday to offer any thoughts on the situation with the Marlins and manager Ozzie Guillen.

Everyone's buzzing about Ozzie Guillen's controversial Fidel Castro remarks (and we'll get to that), but the big storyline on the field today is two former relievers making their first starts of 2012: Neftali Feliz and Daniel Bard.

The Miami Marlins have suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games after an interview in Time in which Guillen made comments interpreted as pro-Castro. Guillen said he "love[s] Fidel Castro…I respect Fidel Castro.

What Ozzie Guillen got right about Fidel Castro

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OK, Ozzie Guillen was undeniably insensitive to the Cuban-American community when he said he respected Fidel Castro as a survivor. But he didn't get the facts wrong. By Peter Grier, Staff writer / April 10, 2012 Miami Marlins president David Samson (l

Five games into his tenure with the Marlins, Guillen is returning to Miami on Tuesday to explain himself as a backlash builds regarding favorable comments he made about Fidel Castro. Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen speaks at a news conference at

Surprised that someone who has spent more than a week in Miami would publicly praise Fidel Castro? ''It wasn't the smartest thing to say,'' said Cubs pitcher Chris Volstad, who grew up in South Florida and spent the last four seasons playing for the

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,

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,

Marlins' Ozzie Guillen apologizes, but is it enough in South Florida

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MIAMI (AP) — Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen's comments professing admiration for Fidel Castro caused a bigger uproar than if the Miami baseball team had spent the entire season in last place. In the US city with the biggest Cuban-American population,

By DAVID HAUGH Because Chicago needed an interpreter to understand Ozzie Guillen's mea culpa news conference Tuesday in Miami, I offer a quickie local translation for the entire saga: Thank goodness he's gone. The Marlins got exactly what they paid

By Adam H. Beasley and Alexandra Leon / McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI — A contrite and at times emotional Ozzie Guillen apologized for more than an hour Tuesday for having said “I love Fidel Castro,” categorizing the remark — which ignited a firestorm

Take Ozzie Guillen, the manager of the Miami Marlins. He dared to tell Time While this view is out of the mainstream in the United States, it is a very popular one throughout Latin America (Guillen was born in Venezuela).

(Photo by David Banks/Getty Images) R:MerlinGetty_Photos142648323.jpg Is anybody surprised that Ozzie Guillen shot off his mouth? Of course not. Surprised that someone who has spent more than a week in Miami would publicly praise Fidel Castro?

Ozzie Guillen on the hot seat over Fidel Castro remarks

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Ozzie Guillen has a knack for controversial statements and it's easy to treat his bombast as Ozzie being Ozzie, but his latest words on his respect for former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro aren't going away — not in Miami.

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen will return to Miami on Monday night in order to try and diffuse a potentially explosive situation. Guillen was quoted in a Time magazine article, which appeared online last Friday,

Ozzie Guillen The Florida Marlins' manager is apologizing for telling a magazine that he loves Fidel Castro. The team released a statement Saturday saying there is "nothing to respect" about Castro, calling him a "brutal dictator.

Ken Rosenthal has written that in the context of how Fidel Castro is viewed in South Florida, the Marlins need to do more than have Ozzie Guillen apologize at his news conference tomorrow, that they need to suspend him for

Ken Rosenthal has written that in the context of how Fidel Castro is viewed in South Florida, the Marlins need to do more than have Ozzie Guillen apologize at his news conference tomorrow, that they need to suspend him for

Saul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right

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By MAGGIE HABERMAN | When he claimed victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Newt Gingrich declared that, "The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky." But if any candidate is using Saul

On the night of his triumph in the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich declared that “The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky.” That reference and subsequent references to Alinsky

Republicans in general, and Newt Gingrich in specific, pepper their rhetoric with mentions of Saul Alinsky. "And I believe, if we have a big election with truly historic big choices, that we can defeat Barack Obama by a huge marginit will be an

He can blame Saul Alinsky. On my first day in my first job as a conservative activist, I was handed a copy of Alinsky's “Rules for Radicals.” It was given in part as a how-to manual for organizing political operations and

One of Newt Gingrich's most bizarre lines of attack against liberals and President Obama is that they're basically working from the playbook of Saul Alinsky. This has been a rally cry of his for months now. Most of us who aren't

Kim Jong-il's death brings end to era of cruelty, mystery

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Broadcast networks also stuck with regular programming, which was welcome news for “Survivor: South Pacific” fans. (Update: An earlier version of this story neglected to note that Fox had previously reported Kim Jong Il's death during "Geraldo at Large

The death of Kim Jong Il late Sunday night prompted what were surely many last-minute, drastic changes of newspaper front pages by editors everywhere. Below, see how some of those papers chose to cover the death of the

Kim Jong-il dead. The North Korean leader died two days ago and now no one knows who's in charge or what's going to happen, which is pretty much par for the course for North Korea. Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader

Remember, this is a country so deeply, insanely cultish in its worship of the leader that Kim Il-Sung — Kim Jong-Il's father, and a man who's been dead for nearly 20 years — is technically still president. (Hitchens famously

Broadcast networks also stuck with regular programming, which was welcome news for “Survivor: South Pacific” fans. (Update: An earlier version of this story neglected to note that Fox had previously reported Kim Jong Il's death during "Geraldo at Large

Kim Jong Il Dies at 69

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SHANGHAI — Asian stock markets slid Monday amid news that the mercurial leader of nuclear-armed North Korea has died, raising fears of increased political instability in the region. South Korea's Kospi index dived 4.1

North Korean television announced in a "special broadcast" that its leader, Kim Jong Il, is dead.

By Jason Corcoran – Mon Dec 19 08:57:36 GMT 2011 Russian stocks (INDEXCF) fell for a second day after oil dropped on fears that the European debt crisis is worsening and reports North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has died damped demand for riskier

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il died on Saturday, the state announced Sunday evening. The 69-year old leader, who ruled his impoverished nation with an iron fist, spread word of his own greatness to the point that he often

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il has died. He was 69. His iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade. Kim's death was announced today by state television from Pyongyang. He was suffering from diabetes and