This is a stupid overreaction to a stupid comment by an uneducated baseball manager. Next news cycle, please.

Thats good....very good

One guy made a stupid comment and is deutschebank worthy for one (1) news cycle. The other guy let his buddy diddle kids for years...AND HELPED HIM HIDE IT.

Its not Guillen vs Paterno

Its Castro vs Paterno....and im taking the OVER

Ok thats enough props

That comparison isn't fair though. You have to compare Paterno to Castro and Paterno "lovers" to Castro "lovers".

I agree that what Paterno did is worse than what Ozzie did. However, those who "love" Paterno are much better than those who "love" Castro.

Well done.

That comparison isn't fair though. You have to compare Paterno to Castro and Paterno "lovers" to Castro "lovers".

I agree that what Paterno did is worse than what Ozzie did. However, those who "love" Paterno are much better than those who "love" Castro.

You can't really compare the two.

Paterno had knowledge of a crime or at least heard reports that a crime may have occurred and did nothing. Guillen merely said he respected a dictaitor because he was able to hold power for more than 50 years. I don't see how either of those are similar.

Paterno had knowledge of a crime or at least heard reports that a crime may have occurred and did nothing. Guillen merely said he respected a dictaitor because he was able to hold power for more than 50 years. I don't see how either of those are similar.

Guillen = People who still support Paterno

I think people can still "support" Paterno by saying he was a great coach/leader for decades while at the same time condemning the man for what happened at the end of his career.

Just as you can "support" Castro for holding power for decades while condemning the actions he has taken over the years.

I guess supporting a powerful man who is a football coach that did something bad is significantly worse than supporting an actual dictator that did things much worse for decades.

That's the rub and where he'll go if asked this question. It's certainly debatable whether Ozzie actually supports Castro as a whole. I'd argue he doesn't.

"I love Fidel Castro". It doesn't get more clear than that.

How many people in the whole world would you say that about?

But there's more to that quote. . And subsequent re-explanations. He's not sticking to that point. Conceptually I see where you are going, but Ozzie's statement isn't as black and white as it needs to be for this question to really work. Factor in some potential cultural and linguistic issues with Ozzie using the term 'love' as well.

I mean, he seems to have more of a problem with Robbie Gould not publicly bashing Paterno than he did with Ozzie saying he loved Fidel Castro.

I can promise you if Ozzie had the same quote but replaced Fidel Castro with Joe Paterno then it would be a huge deal. I mean, he seems to have more of a problem with Robbie Gould not publicly bashing Paterno than he did with Ozzie saying he loved Fidel Castro.

That's the rub and where he'll go if asked this question. It's certainly debatable whether Ozzie actually supports Castro as a whole. I'd argue he doesn't.

And Id argue that no one who loves Paterno as a coach supports child rape.