Ordoñez booed by Venezuelan fans!

This past Saturday Magglio Ordoñez played for the Venezuelan baseball team that played and won against the Netherlands. The Venezuelan team won and today will play Puerto Rico for a spot in the Semis the World Baseball Classic 2009.

The issue was that when Magglio Ordoñez was about to take his turn, Venezuelan fans in the stands started booing Magglio and linking him with Anti-Chavez rants. Now this issue was highly addressed by the media yesterday Sunday, when a Government Television depicted zoomed videos of the fans booing and ranting against a Venezuelan baseball player, followed by "the opposition does not have a country"..."la oposición apatrida". Even Chavez at his Presidential address talked about the issue saying that the oposition is acting against their own country and its because they are "bastards". Major baseball analysts and journalists are now condeming the actions against Magglio arguing that he was playing for "Venezuela".

Now the problem is when you mix Politics and Sports. Magglio Ordoñez should have known that his public support for the Chavez regime would get radical people acting and being loud against him. Magglio was the first one to mix Sports and Politics and now he is paying a price of being labeled by us, Venezuelans, on account of his support to the Chavez regime. Magglio is currently making $85 Million Dollars and his contract expires in 2010 in the Major Leagues. However, he is also making lots of money in Venezuela, playing politics with Chavez, and has even built a 40 Million Dollar Soccer Stadium in Eastern Venezuela (Estado Anzoategui), and loads of construction works for Chavez in Falcon State. What are Magglio´s qualifications for these government contracts? Well, he publicly supports Chavez...Does he or his Wife Dagly live in Venezuela? No, they have several homes in the United States? Do their two daughters, Maggliana and Sophia live and are educated in Venezuela? Not really...Does Magglio know something about the insecurity in our streets? No again, probably he knows more about 8 Mile Road in Detroit.

Now, the Venezuelan fans attending the game in Miami, most of them loud against the constant violations of Human Rights in Venezuela, including the violations against the freedom of press, when they see Magglio on the field, they sure want to get their message accross, Magglio played with Chavista politics and now he has to pay a price!