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Ozzie Guillen Says The Darndest Things

The Miami Marlins' new manager Ozzie Guillen is featured on this month's ESPN Magazine cover, and a large part of the article is comprised solely of quotes from Guillen. He's easily one of baseball's most quotable, outspoken managers, and I imagine we'll have plenty of opportunities to highlight his quotes in the future.

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But for now, here are some of the highlights from the ESPN article. You can find the full list here:

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"I like our owner, Jeffrey Loria. I've told him he can ask me anything about baseball. If he doesn't like the answer, I couldn't care less."

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"If you are engaged to a girl for eight years and she asks if you're going to marry her and you say no, then it's not going to work. I wanted to stay with the White Sox, but they didn't want me. The Marlins wanted me. They are a young team I can mold, and that really matters to me. I expect it to be fun, and I expect to win."    

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"I've never managed without a designated hitter, but I'll get used to it. I don't like the DH. I have a bulldog and named him DH because he is so lazy. He just sits there, eats and sleeps."

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If nothing else, Guillen is going to make life entertaining for Marlins fans this season. And I'm really interested in how he gets along with Logan Morrison -- another outspoken, brazen man. That is, assuming Morrison doesn't get traded before the season starts.

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