Bench is recognized by many as the Greatest Catcher in MLB history, but that's not good enough for many who can't stand the man. That's not right at all...
I'm really sick of the anti-Johnny Bench group out there. Okay, he was tired of the questioning; he and Pete Rose had a falling out for several years. They were never best buddies to begin with, but they were great teammates. Mr. Rose's betting and his story and banishment tarnished what should have been Bench's 1989 Hall Of Fame induction. Rose got himself kicked out of baseball, and it took him way too long to come clean on his wrongdoing. Bad auditing designed to make Bench like a louse.
These rumors date back to the 1970s. New York sportswriter Dick Young actually wrote about it when Bench was still playing and Bench is still p.o.'d about it. I don't know, I've never seen any proof of it.
I don't think that Johnny ever got a fair shake here, especially coming from Oklahoma. Pete was Marge Schott's pride and joy hometown boy. Johnny wanted some of the glory here and because of Marge and the city of Cincinnati, he never got any recognition (or very little of it).
Bench hates Rose because Rose was loved in Cincy more than Bench. You know he can't stand the fact that Pete Rose Way runs past the ballparks and not "Johnny Bench Way".
I really can't say that he is Gay, but I do know that he is a racist. In the mid 1980's I had a job collecting money for the United Negro College Fund in Mt. Adams. Johnny answered the door. He would not give me any money and argued with me. He called me a "Lantern Toting Lawn Jockey". When I got home my Grandpa asplained to me that Johnny Bench referred that I was nothing more than a stupid lawn ornament.
Bench is recognized by many as the Greatest Catcher in MLB history, but that's not good enough for many who can't stand the man. That's not right at all...
Armyofficer 2 months ago
I'm really sick of the anti-Johnny Bench group out there. Okay, he was tired of the questioning; he and Pete Rose had a falling out for several years. They were never best buddies to begin with, but they were great teammates. Mr. Rose's betting and his story and banishment tarnished what should have been Bench's 1989 Hall Of Fame induction. Rose got himself kicked out of baseball, and it took him way too long to come clean on his wrongdoing. Bad auditing designed to make Bench like a louse.
Armyofficer 2 months ago
What an asshole
kwindshawne 2 months ago
Bench sleeps with Men & Women. Rose found out about this. So now Bench doesn't want Him around anymore.
billboardcountry 2 years ago
These rumors date back to the 1970s. New York sportswriter Dick Young actually wrote about it when Bench was still playing and Bench is still p.o.'d about it. I don't know, I've never seen any proof of it.
mantle64 2 years ago
I don't think that Johnny ever got a fair shake here, especially coming from Oklahoma. Pete was Marge Schott's pride and joy hometown boy. Johnny wanted some of the glory here and because of Marge and the city of Cincinnati, he never got any recognition (or very little of it).
LonnieThompson1 2 years ago
Bench hates Rose because Rose was loved in Cincy more than Bench. You know he can't stand the fact that Pete Rose Way runs past the ballparks and not "Johnny Bench Way".
And calling someone a lawn jocky is very racist.
daddycincinnati 2 years ago
I used to think that Johnny Bench was a very upstanding person in Cincinnati, until I heard that he was (is) a flaming homosexual.
bbwmeyers 2 years ago
I really can't say that he is Gay, but I do know that he is a racist. In the mid 1980's I had a job collecting money for the United Negro College Fund in Mt. Adams. Johnny answered the door. He would not give me any money and argued with me. He called me a "Lantern Toting Lawn Jockey". When I got home my Grandpa asplained to me that Johnny Bench referred that I was nothing more than a stupid lawn ornament.
TyroneJson 2 years ago
I wonder why his nick name isn't "Homer"?
TinaFallis 2 years ago
Do you think that should call him Homer because he hit a lot of Homers or Because he is a Homer Sexual?
CactusJackReininger 2 years ago