Thursday, October 27, 2005
Harry Carry Still Singing the Blues in Chicago
Harry has got to be a least a little tickled that Chicago finally has a World Championship in baseball. Harry Carry was the famous Cubs annoucer who always sounded a little buzzed. The 2005 baseball season has come to an end and it didn’t end without controversy. For example the strike out in the ALCS that turned into a base runner or Jermain Dye supposedly getting hit by a pitch even though it clearly hit the bat or the selection of the “Latino Legends Team”.
The good news is that the drought of 88 years has finally ended for the championship challenged Chicago White Sox. It was awesome to see two teams who haven’t had a lot of World Series success go to the fall classic. Even though the Astros were swept 4-0 the games were close and exciting and all 4 games were decided by 2 runs or less. I mean it must have been pretty good baseball for me to stay up in the wee hours to watch a 14-inning game but the bad news is the Latino Legends controversy.
Yesterday Major League Baseball announces its "Latino Legends Team". What a joke. First the team seems to be the greatest Latino’s of the 90’s and 2000 but what I find more offensive is the fact that we have to have a greatest team based upon ethnic background. While it is no secret that baseball has become popular with Latino countries and Major League Baseball is full of Latino talent, I think it is truly ridiculous to announce a “Latino Legends Team”. In today’s world of political correctness how can this be right? Aren’t we supposed to be the same just like vanilla pudding? What about the “I have a dream speech” that all over-paid over-hyped Major League Baseball Players be treated equal? What would happen if Major League Baseball announced Caucasian Legends Team? What would be the public backlash from an Idaho Legends Team, or a Scandinavian Legends Team or maybe a Southern Redneck Legends team? This is a joke and an insult to baseball and baseball fans. Was this the genius mind of Bud Selig aka Mr. End the All-Star Game in a Tie? Is this racist… discriminating against Rednecks of America? I guess Major League Baseball hates Rednecks, Idahoans and Scandinavians. This is outrageous. I mean we live in such a Political Correct society where a head coach cannot even say, "Afro-American kids can run very well. That doesn't mean that Caucasian kids and other descents can't run, but it's very obvious to me that they run extremely well." [1] I guess you cannot acknowledge a particular race’s skills. I mean after all there does seem to be a higher percentage of very talented African American athletes but I guess in today’s world we just cannot say that.
[1] Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry's comments from http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5026870
Harry has got to be a least a little tickled that Chicago finally has a World Championship in baseball. Harry Carry was the famous Cubs annoucer who always sounded a little buzzed. The 2005 baseball season has come to an end and it didn’t end without controversy. For example the strike out in the ALCS that turned into a base runner or Jermain Dye supposedly getting hit by a pitch even though it clearly hit the bat or the selection of the “Latino Legends Team”.
The good news is that the drought of 88 years has finally ended for the championship challenged Chicago White Sox. It was awesome to see two teams who haven’t had a lot of World Series success go to the fall classic. Even though the Astros were swept 4-0 the games were close and exciting and all 4 games were decided by 2 runs or less. I mean it must have been pretty good baseball for me to stay up in the wee hours to watch a 14-inning game but the bad news is the Latino Legends controversy.
Yesterday Major League Baseball announces its "Latino Legends Team". What a joke. First the team seems to be the greatest Latino’s of the 90’s and 2000 but what I find more offensive is the fact that we have to have a greatest team based upon ethnic background. While it is no secret that baseball has become popular with Latino countries and Major League Baseball is full of Latino talent, I think it is truly ridiculous to announce a “Latino Legends Team”. In today’s world of political correctness how can this be right? Aren’t we supposed to be the same just like vanilla pudding? What about the “I have a dream speech” that all over-paid over-hyped Major League Baseball Players be treated equal? What would happen if Major League Baseball announced Caucasian Legends Team? What would be the public backlash from an Idaho Legends Team, or a Scandinavian Legends Team or maybe a Southern Redneck Legends team? This is a joke and an insult to baseball and baseball fans. Was this the genius mind of Bud Selig aka Mr. End the All-Star Game in a Tie? Is this racist… discriminating against Rednecks of America? I guess Major League Baseball hates Rednecks, Idahoans and Scandinavians. This is outrageous. I mean we live in such a Political Correct society where a head coach cannot even say, "Afro-American kids can run very well. That doesn't mean that Caucasian kids and other descents can't run, but it's very obvious to me that they run extremely well." [1] I guess you cannot acknowledge a particular race’s skills. I mean after all there does seem to be a higher percentage of very talented African American athletes but I guess in today’s world we just cannot say that.
[1] Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry's comments from http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5026870
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