Comments on: Friday Fire: Did the Yankees Pass Over Barry Bonds for Richie Sexson?

By: Allen

Allen — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:46:15 +0000

I saw that piece about Willie, Temple. Pissed me off.

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:48:44 +0000

You should have yelled his way to stop hitting into so many dps with money on the line.

He is such a talent, but in my eyes he’s not a Yankee until he starts stirrin’ the drink.

By: Temple3

Temple3 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:05:32 +0000

Guess who I saw today while driving the fam around the city?

– A-Rod.

Solo stroll up 5th Avenue in the Mid-Fiddies, chillin’.

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:02:21 +0000

Bryson, you are correct. My bad. My apologies to Fernando as well.
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By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:56:40 +0000

They don’t care about that shit. No disrespect to Willie, but older cats in my family couldn’t stand him.

As far as the media…they see their sons….

By: Temple3

Temple3 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:07:00 +0000

Mizzo:

Did you see the piece on Willie Mays (ESPN Classic?) about Leo Durocher and the creation of the “Say Hey Kid” (Man-Child) image? The segment which I watched at a bar (closed captions) talked about how the Giants created this Man-Child persona to infantilize Mays and offer a paternalistic Sosa-esque image of a “happy” Negro running around the field of dreams.

As I’ve always said, Barry Bonds would have had to be a COMPLETE fool to have a loving, trusting open relationship with the American media. That same media trafficked in the worst types of imagery in characterizing his own father and god father. In other words, how stupid do the writers really think he is?

Just off the plantation dumb?
Just off the boat dumb?

By: bryson

bryson — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:41:17 +0000

I don’t know if you were joking, so maybe I’m the ass, but Fernando pitched a no-hitter the same day as Stewart. Please let me know if I’m the idiot. I get this all the time.

By: origin

origin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:11:32 +0000

Its a shame that bonds hasn’t been picked up, a total shame.

By: Okori

Okori — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:39:18 +0000

TBR and Mizz: check my blog. you have *cue evil music* a challenge to answer.

By: Hal

Hal — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:26:00 +0000

Bonds changes everything just by being in uniform in a ballpark, even if he’s not in the lineup. It’s hard to comprehend his impact unless you’ve watched him on an everday basis, or are in the game trying to figure out how to beat him. No other hitter since Ruth, if even the Babe, has had that kind of presence – not even close. As Temple points out, the best evidence is his walk totals – that’s the most telling stat of all. What his other numbers would have been if he’d been pitched to like every other hitter in the game is hard to imagine, not to mention that he played most of his career in two of the toughest ballparks for left-handed batters.

I’m not a Yankee fan, never have been, but it seems like a perfect move for them to sign Bonds. The NY media would bother him less than a mosquito after all he’s put up with. Not only that, I have a feeling that if he did sign with the Yankees the media would soon be a whole lot less hostile. I’ve thought for a long time that part of their hostility came from being offended that the best player in the game was not on a NY team. If they got the chance to watch him ever day, and see the way he conducts himself, I’d be surprised if he wasn’t finally recognized as the true giant of the game he’s long been. He’s a fine man, with a complete and solid sense of who he is and how he fits in the history of the game. He’s intelligent, charming, and witty when he’s not under attack, and has maintained his dignity and self-respect through decades of assault.

It’s hard to imagine a bigger triumph for him than signing with the Yankees and turning the NY media’s opinion of him on its head. His age and physical limitations would be more than balanced by that short right field porch and potent bats behind him. I’d expect him to put up mind-boggling numbers under those conditions.

By: TC

TC — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:23:55 +0000

The fix is in. The fact that a hitter of Barry’s caliber-who loves the big-time, who would kill the right field corner, who still has all kinds of game-is getting passed over for a guy like Sexson who is the poor man’s Rob Deer tells you The Fix Is In.

By: Okori

Okori — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:25:21 +0000

thanx man. Fridays are hard round this joint.

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:51:35 +0000

It’s cool bruh. You are good peoples. My bad if I came off as offensive. I was speaking in a general sense later on in my comment and not directly to you.

By: Okori

Okori — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:45:42 +0000

sorry Mizz. we’ve got the Croatian kids coming in today and their mother hasn’t ascertained proper nutrition. so I had to take them to lunch, and give the mother the riot act. thus= nerves are kind of frayed.

By: Okori

Okori — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:42:42 +0000

and theremight be a challenge upcoming on my turf about something of mine. be ready.