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Ozzie Guillen has decided he'll manage better at the Miami Marlins' sprawling spring training complex if he's riding a golf cart.
When the Marlins began their first workout Wednesday, the new skipper discovered the team's seven practice fields are a lot of ground to cover. So the former shortstop asked for a cart and monitored drills from behind the wheel.
''I need the E-ZPass to go from one field to another,'' Guillen said. ''That last field is all the way to the Turnpike. That's a long way. I already paid my dues running all over the place.''
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