@joboots007 . Well said Joboots. Seeing as in your world a "bigot" is a white person who sometimes refers to black men as "gentlemen." WOW what a scathing racial slur that was!!!
"The quickest way to lose an argument is to overstate your case" -John Kenneth Galbraith
It was more a reference to the way that ballplayers lived back then- they lived and played hard, and would do practically anything to win. It was a way for Weiss to say that Elston Howard was "soft," which is the last thing any athlete wants to be called.
@joboots007 . Well said Joboots. Seeing as in your world a "bigot" is a white person who sometimes refers to black men as "gentlemen." WOW what a scathing racial slur that was!!!
"The quickest way to lose an argument is to overstate your case" -John Kenneth Galbraith
dave4248 in reply to joboots007 (Show the comment) 4 months ago
@dave4248 Sounding like a bigot yourself,huh Dave????
joboots007 in reply to dave4248 (Show the comment) 4 months ago
America was made great by Europeans. People 'of color' are leeached of the the bounty. Look at any inner city today, are the hopeless Swedish?
DeeDonner 8 months ago
Amazing to think Mays missed 1 1/2 seasons because of the Korean War.
Ninety2q 9 months ago
Mays had all the tools in his toolbox.
billc756 1 year ago
Imagine if the Yankees had gotten Mays and Aaron- they would have been even scarier than they already were.
EricAKATheBelgianGuy 1 year ago 2
@dave4248
It was more a reference to the way that ballplayers lived back then- they lived and played hard, and would do practically anything to win. It was a way for Weiss to say that Elston Howard was "soft," which is the last thing any athlete wants to be called.
EricAKATheBelgianGuy in reply to dave4248 (Show the comment) 1 year ago
Since when did you have to be a gentleman to play in the major leagues?
Since when is calling somene a "gentleman" a racial slur?
Hoenig,... you're a dick.
dave4248 1 year ago
"....And then, he got better..."
dookykins 2 years ago