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Zirin hits back against Miami Marlins suspension of Guillen for Castro comments listen

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Tags: Miami, Cuba, baseball, MLB, Dave Zirin, Fidel Castro

Today Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins suspended their manager Ozzie Guillen. The infraction? Paying a compliment to former Cuban president Fidel Castro. Guillen has apologized for telling Time magazine he loves Castro. Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports and is critical of the Marlins and the right-wing Cuban exile community in Miami for their witch-hunt of Guillen. Zirin is ...