Letters to the Editor
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His Arrogance went to far...
...I was ambivalent in my opinion of Barry Bonds until he made the following statement:
"...I don't wanna hear y'all talk about Babe Ruth any more. I got his home runs, I got his RBIs..."
WTF?!? It's one thing to say you are as great as the Bambino - it's another to actually BELIEVE that baseball fans around the world will forget about Babe Ruth because you've put up similar stats, Mr. Bonds.
Barry has no class, Joan. And he will be forgotten by every non-Giants baseball fan in a couple years....can you say the same about the Babe?
One more thing - as a minority progressive, I'm a so sick of fellow "liberals" playing the race card everytime a public figure who isn't a WASP get scorned and vilified. Jackie Robinson was a classy, talented player who experienced racism.
Bonds? If he were whiter than John Tesh, I would still despise him and his disdain for the game and its fans.
So Joan - in the interest of TRUE equality and civil rights - I ask that you please stop sullying and demeaning the people in this country who experience true prejudice and discrimination by knee-jerk reflexively crying racism to defend your baseball idol.
{After all, you wouldn't, say, lambast anyone who criticizes Ann Coulter as being automatically misogynist, would you?}