Big Fish

Outrageous Ozzie Guillen makes the Marlins the talk of baseball

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Ozzie Guillen #13 of the Chicago White Sox looks on during the game against the Minnesota Twins on September 7, 2011 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota

"I love Fidel Castro," Blurts Ozzie Guillen, the new manager of the Miami Marlins, in his Jupiter, Fla., spring-training office before an early-March team workout. During a typically stream-of-consciousness Ozzie oratory, he has covered some favorite topics, such as his passion for bullfighting ("You're giving the animal an opportunity to kill you"), disdain for sports shrinks ("You're 4 for 4, you don't need psychology. You're 0 for 4, you need a f---ing guy to get you ready to play?") and the benefits of brutal honesty ("I told my wife, 'I don't like the perfume you're wearing.' She was mad, but meanwhile,...

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