DrCrawdad
10-28-2005, 08:21 AM
As WGN (Cubune) radio continues to report that the Sox/Astros World Series got the lowest national TV ratings, glossing over the great local ratings, Yahoo (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AhmlU8GU3bsEZ1AQxyeNAzIRvLYF?slug=ap-worldseries-venezuela&prov=ap&type=lgns) has an article about Venezuela's reaction to the Sox win.
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Cesar Diaz, bottom left, and Edmundo Romero, above, celebrate the Chicago White Sox victory over the Houston Astros in the World Series at a bar in Caracas, Venezuela, early Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005. Venezuelans cheered for native son Ozzie Guillen, the first Venezuelan manager in Major League Baseball, a national hero now that his team has won the World Series.
(AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)
Venezuelans cheer Guillen as national hero
By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press Writer
October 27, 2005
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelans shot off fireworks and drove through the streets honking horns early Thursday, proclaiming the manager of the Chicago White Sox a national hero.
That's Ozzie Guillen in the United States, and Oswaldo Guillen as he is known in his home country.
"I never thought he would become champion so quickly, but if anyone could do it, it was Guillen,'' said Janny Mendonza, who cheered at a bar where celebrating fans tossed beer from mugs. Elsewhere in Caracas, revelers fired guns in the air...
"Guillen is a winner, he's a manager by nature,'' said Daniela Garcia, wearing a yellow, blue and red Venezuelan flag across her shoulders. "I'm very happy for him and for what it means for Venezuelans.''
Baseball is Venezuela's most popular sport, and Guillen is the first Venezuelan manager in the major leagues...
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Cesar Diaz, bottom left, and Edmundo Romero, above, celebrate the Chicago White Sox victory over the Houston Astros in the World Series at a bar in Caracas, Venezuela, early Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005. Venezuelans cheered for native son Ozzie Guillen, the first Venezuelan manager in Major League Baseball, a national hero now that his team has won the World Series.
(AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)
Venezuelans cheer Guillen as national hero
By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press Writer
October 27, 2005
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelans shot off fireworks and drove through the streets honking horns early Thursday, proclaiming the manager of the Chicago White Sox a national hero.
That's Ozzie Guillen in the United States, and Oswaldo Guillen as he is known in his home country.
"I never thought he would become champion so quickly, but if anyone could do it, it was Guillen,'' said Janny Mendonza, who cheered at a bar where celebrating fans tossed beer from mugs. Elsewhere in Caracas, revelers fired guns in the air...
"Guillen is a winner, he's a manager by nature,'' said Daniela Garcia, wearing a yellow, blue and red Venezuelan flag across her shoulders. "I'm very happy for him and for what it means for Venezuelans.''
Baseball is Venezuela's most popular sport, and Guillen is the first Venezuelan manager in the major leagues...