"I know Hank [Aaron] and Jackie [Robinson] took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much am I supposed to take?"

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I know this I'm supposed to read this piece and think John Rocker's a changed man, but I can't get past teh funnay of this quote at all.

― The Father of Honky-Crunk (Matt Chesnut), Saturday, 7 May 2005 00:51 (eighteen years ago) link

oh jesus

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 7 May 2005 01:03 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.vintageblues.com/the80s/relaxtee.jpg

― strng hlkngtn, Saturday, 7 May 2005 01:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Seriously, I've been apologizing for a coon's age. Gimme a break.

― John Rocker (miccio), Saturday, 7 May 2005 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Four Hundred Years Of A Good Deal Of Crap

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 7 May 2005 01:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Rocker looks like the unholy child of Scott Stapp and Pete Steele in that picture.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 7 May 2005 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link

I had forgotten this guy even existed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 7 May 2005 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha Ned otm.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 7 May 2005 01:23 (eighteen years ago) link

fuckin' a man, what a nutjob. hank aaron got death threats for approaching babe ruth's record -- this was a long time after he entered the big leagues.

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 7 May 2005 04:24 (eighteen years ago) link

FREE MARK WOHLERS

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 7 May 2005 05:22 (eighteen years ago) link

racist white dudes are oppressed, oh no

― maura (maura), Saturday, 7 May 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link

He's been "stereotyped?" "Just like the minorities he belittled?" A guy says a whole bunch of stupid shit and people go "hey, that dude's stupid" ... "stereotyping?"

― nabiscothingy (nory), Saturday, 7 May 2005 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link

he probably means he's been stereotyped as a racist redneck suhthuhnuh.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 7 May 2005 16:18 (eighteen years ago) link

http://baseballtonight.blogspot.com/2005/05/my-side-of-story.html

― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Saturday, 7 May 2005 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link

the guy seems dead set on removing any shadow of a doubt, even if we didn't have any before, that he's a total jackass.

― lemin (lemin), Saturday, 7 May 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link

eight years pass...

Today being Jackie Robinson Day, here's an article I missed last year on JR, desegregation, and his 1960 endorsement of Nixon:

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/4/15/4225534/jackie-robinson-richard-nixon-42-movie-civil-rights

― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link

yeah ppl (bill james esp) love to bring up robinson's republicanism and almost always fail to mention his disillusionment w/ nixon and intense repudiation of the party and goldwater in particular in 64. thought the bump would be because of this - http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/04/14/jackie-robinson-day-mlb-hank-aaron-racism-still-exists/7723045/

― balls, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 23:39 (ten years ago) link

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