Ozzie Goes Marge Schott

The Atlantic:

Just how bad of an offense was Ozzie Guillen's interview with Time magazine in which he said he "loved" Fidel Castro?  Well, the Miami Marlins have slapped Guillen with a five-game suspension, the same type of punishment the MLB would dole out for a pitcher intentionally throwing at someone. "The pain and suffering caused by Fidel Castro cannot be minimized especially in a community filled with victims of the dictatorship," the Marlins organization said in a statement picked up by ESPN before announcing Guillen was suspended for five games.
Guillen had told Time's Sean Gregory, "I love Fidel Castro," in an interview that was posted on Monday (it was the lead sentence in the profile). Time chalks some of Guillen's non sequitur  to the bizarre coach/team/manager-speak and dynamic, but professing your love for the Cuban dictator in a city that's home to many Cuban immigrants probably isn't the best thing. Guillen went on to say,  "I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that [expletive] is still there."

It's sort of like Marge Schott saying Hitler did some good things, but then he went too far.   It's aCarl good thing Ozzie doesn't own a team, or MLB would eventually force him to sell it at rock bottom prices to some rich old coot like Carl Lindner.  At least Ozzie was able to drop some profanity into his rant.  Obviously, the Marlins are doing this because of local politics, but Major League Baseball would have done something because of national politics.  Something like this.