Friday, June 18, 2004

Sorry, guess I'm all sports tonight

But I needed to say one more thing. People hate Barry Bonds. Supposedly he's cold in interviews, uncooperative with the media, etc. So of course everyone will make a big deal about this.

But the sad part is he's right and no one will know because no one (except Jude) knows anything about history. The truth is Boston is and has been a very racist city - especially with its baseball. The Red Sox were one of the last teams to hire a black player, and after it did it still had a horribly racist reputation. In fact, Boston couldn't (wouldn't or didn't) sign a black free agent for about the first twenty years of free agency. That means the '90s people. And outside of the baseball world, Boston remains a very segregated city. But a second generation guy like Bonds is much more likely to know the history of Boston's racial climate than the average Barry-hater. So screw 'em Barry - stay where you are.

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