SO THEY'RE CARIBBEAN. AND?
And apparently you can be publicly humiliated and fired for saying so.
Let me remind Small Ball's 2.6 million readers that I'm no fan of political correctness, never have been, never will be. I was raised to avoid hurting people's feelings, which is good enough for me. Doesn't stop me from calling people names (behind their back) or saying Black instead of African American. But what's next? The White Peoples of the New World insisting on census recognition as European Americans?
Oh, wait, they're already active, and boy, are they pissed.
Anyway, KNBR personality Larry Krueger, referring, of course, to members of the Giants, said this on the air:
For saying this, and because Felipe Alou complained, the broadcaster—whoever he is—was suspended for a day. Felipe Alou refused to do his pregame show with KNBR and about Krueger said this:
Ah, but is there forgiveness for the messenger of Satan? There lies the rub because the answer, evidently, is no.
Yesterday, Larry Krueger and a couple of producer types were fired. The producer types, you see, applied mocking parody to Alou's comments by dubbing them with Cartman's voice, or some such tomfoolery. The station issued an apology. Those damned Caribbean members of the Giants spoke—through the front office, of course—as one in reminding us that the Latin types from the multiple countries that comprise the Caribbean, which is neither an ethnicity nor a race, bring it. They play ball!
I find it odd that none of the 6 surviving indigenous peoples of that region play in the Major Leagues. If they play at all. Being indigenous, and all. Hell, even Omar Vizquel, whose country of birth actually touches the Caribbean Sea, chimed in.
The real crime here? The Giants suck and they reacted to words like they were sticks and stones. Feeling vulnerable much?
Krueger's only offense was that he didn't insult everyone at bat. And, yes, he hurt someone's feelings, like my momma said you shouldn't (in public). Sad everybody had to go ballistic about it.
Let me remind Small Ball's 2.6 million readers that I'm no fan of political correctness, never have been, never will be. I was raised to avoid hurting people's feelings, which is good enough for me. Doesn't stop me from calling people names (behind their back) or saying Black instead of African American. But what's next? The White Peoples of the New World insisting on census recognition as European Americans?
Oh, wait, they're already active, and boy, are they pissed.
Anyway, KNBR personality Larry Krueger, referring, of course, to members of the Giants, said this on the air:
...brain-dead Caribbean hitters hacking at slop nightly.
For saying this, and because Felipe Alou complained, the broadcaster—whoever he is—was suspended for a day. Felipe Alou refused to do his pregame show with KNBR and about Krueger said this:
...this messenger of Satan, as I call this guy now. ... And I believe there is no forgiveness for Satan.
Ah, but is there forgiveness for the messenger of Satan? There lies the rub because the answer, evidently, is no.
Yesterday, Larry Krueger and a couple of producer types were fired. The producer types, you see, applied mocking parody to Alou's comments by dubbing them with Cartman's voice, or some such tomfoolery. The station issued an apology. Those damned Caribbean members of the Giants spoke—through the front office, of course—as one in reminding us that the Latin types from the multiple countries that comprise the Caribbean, which is neither an ethnicity nor a race, bring it. They play ball!
I find it odd that none of the 6 surviving indigenous peoples of that region play in the Major Leagues. If they play at all. Being indigenous, and all. Hell, even Omar Vizquel, whose country of birth actually touches the Caribbean Sea, chimed in.
The real crime here? The Giants suck and they reacted to words like they were sticks and stones. Feeling vulnerable much?
Krueger's only offense was that he didn't insult everyone at bat. And, yes, he hurt someone's feelings, like my momma said you shouldn't (in public). Sad everybody had to go ballistic about it.
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