“Personally Offensive”
Posted on July 27th, 2008 in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
That’s what Red Sox owner John Henry said about Manny Ramirez’s allegation that the team wasn’t being straightforward in dealing with his contract.
True dat.
But you know what else is offensive? And not just personally, but to the entire world community?
The way Red Sox fans cheered when some lame Sox reliever hit A-Rod on the arm with a pitch that looked like it would have hit Rodriguez in the head if he hadn’t twisted himself out of the way.
Rodriguez was clearly in pain after being hit; the Sox fans—a lot of them—burst into delighted applause.
Now, that’s class.
I can honestly say that I’ve never heard that reaction following the same play in Yankee Stadium.
Don’t get me wrong: I can understand that the Red Sox wanted to retaliate after Joba Chamberlain’s knockdown of ugly man Kevin Youkilis. Fair’s fair. So you hit A-Rod with a curveball to the thigh—not a neck-high fastball.
But either way, it’s not something to cheer about.
Thankfully, the Yankees won the game 10-3. Last one tonight! What with two straight losses to the Yankees, one a blow-out and won a shutout, mightn’t the Sox be just a little demoralized?
5 Responses
7/27/2008 11:58 pm
A little less demoralized now, Richard. Lester looked very good and Ortiz is back, so looking good over here.
7/28/2008 9:18 am
I guess the Boston fans are taking pointers from the Big Apple- Did you hear the boos for Sox players and coaches during the All-Star parade and game? Pitiful. Even when Drew hit his homer, the Yanks fans couldn’t decide whether to cheer.
7/28/2008 1:24 pm
Not exactly the same things as fans cheering enthusiastically when an opposing player is injured…possibly intentionally…
7/28/2008 3:34 pm
If Joba hadn’t thrown at Youk’s head two different times before (and if the media hadn’t given the issue so much coverage to boot), I might have been surprised - or particularly disappointed - by the fans…add to that A-Rod’s character, and I’m happy to let the Nation off with a slap on the wrist. Now back over to Joba…
7/28/2008 7:40 pm
Somehow I knew somebody was going to bring that up…fair enough but if you are going to drag character into it, then you should probably not talk about Youk . Personally, I think that anybody who pitches a ball at somebody’s head should be ejected from the game. You get ejected for yelling at an umpire which is nothing…but nothing happens if you hit a guy with a 93 mph baseball…oh, he gets a walk. If he can. And nothing if you just miss his head. Twice. I’m new at watching baseball…what do you get if you hit his head. Still nothing? And I still wouldn’t let any fans off with a slap on the wrist.