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[remindmeofthe]

My one and only contribution to the Sheffield Scandal, because initial gut reactions don't count:

Usually, I'm very much the "walk a mile in the other guy's shoes" type. Considering a situation from the perspective of all involved is pretty much second nature to me. And I've read some interesting, well-reasoned discussion of why the fan in the stands was a douche and did it on purpose and why Sheffield's reaction, while hardly ideal, was pretty human and could have been much worse.

With all that said: Sheffield sucks and I don't care.

Any other Yankee I'd give the benefit of the doubt - well, almost any other Yankee. Fans could storm the field and set A-Rod on fire while he was holding a kitten and I'd be all, "It was an accident!" But any other other Yankee and I'd probably be all with the walking a mile and perspective shit. Hell, if it were Jeter I'd probably take his side flat-out.

But I hate Gary Sheffield and I will not side with him and I know I'm wrong and he sucks. And, really, if I must exercise my right to be utterly bullheaded upon occasion, it's probably best that I do it in a situation where my opinion is worth nothing.

The end.

I may bring this up again, depending on how much people feel the need to harp on it for the next few days, but that'll probably be me demanding that people shut the hell up and move on already.

Edit: Something else I was wrong about - he definitely went after the guy before he got rid of the ball. Not after. Not sure if that allowed an extra run or if it would have been too late anyway, but still. Smooth.

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Agreed

[hoedogg.livejournal.com]

Sheffield is an ass, he over-reacted to the contact (the guy "threw a punch"? Come on, my 87-year old grandmother "punches" harder than that), and then his franchise's classless comments to back up his actions and insult Bostonian fans (see: Joe Torre, Derek Jeter) simply iced the cake for me. Gary Sheffield is a giant asshole who plays for a spoiled franchise that thinks the world should just stop spinning so it can play a damn baseball game already.

There. That's my $.02 and then some.

Re: Agreed

[remindmeofthe.livejournal.com]

Torre and Jeter? Really? They're the only Yankees I've come to expect class from. Okay, I'm not so surprised at Torre, 'cos he's said a couple things this year that made me roll my eyes.

Got any quotes or links for me? I guess this is what I get when I ignore something in sports because it annoys me.

Re: Agreed

[hoedogg.livejournal.com]

Sorry, in my haste and laziness I failed to include specifics. Here's the link to the article: http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050415&content_id=1016357&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos The specific quotes that made me raise my brows:

"These people shouldn't be allowed to walk the streets, let alone come to a ballgame," said Yankees manager Joe Torre. Then he realized how that would sound to an already pissed-off Red Sox Nation, so he did a quick 180° and tried to cover his ass by adding: "The sad part is that it's a handful of people that screw it up for the people that just came to watch a ballgame." You know, even if his first statement really was just directed at fans who interfere, "Not fit to walk the streets"? Overstatement much? That's something I'd say about the Boston Strangler, not a (probably drunk) fan who stuck his elbow out at an unfortunate point in time.

I guess I have to retract my ire for Jeter though. For some reason I had thought he also made a blanket statement about Red Sox fans (maybe I read it in an ESPN article, I forget), but in this article he was just quoted referring to the individual as an "idiot". I can't really argue with that. But Bernie Williams ran his mouth quite a bit more than necessary about the incident IMO too. You can read his multiple bitter quotes in the article I linked.

In any case, we're 7-5, they're 4-8. And the thing I love is that they clearly have no idea how to lose graciously. So if they want to misdirect their anger at themselves for their crappy play to date, I think I'll be able to get over it. As long as they keep losing like the losers they are. Losers. Mwahahaha!

Re: Agreed

[remindmeofthe.livejournal.com]

Man. I knew they had a losing record right now, but I didn't know it was that bad.

. . . HAHAHA.

And I thought that sounded a little off about Jeter; he's very good at not being remotely offensive. Mostly. I'd expect a blanket statement about idiots from anyone else on the team (especially - oh, just check the icon), but not him.