Lofton backs Sheffield's claim of different treatment of black and white Yankees

Re: Lofton backs Sheffield's claim of different treatment of black and white Yan

And that's exactly the problem with Jeter. He's interested in keeping his image intact and getting endorsement contracts. How about showing some fucking human emotion for a change? Someone just called him a half-breed and his manager a racist. That should elicit some kind of reaction, even if Sheffield is a moron. Especially since Jeter is the Yankee captain. It'd be nice if he actually spoke up and took a position for a change instead of worrying about his image.

 

Jeter may be the only person I have ever seen never feed a troll.

 

So that means Jeter has never spoken to you, Simon.

 

If that's your definition, then he's never yapped to you, either.

 

You'd think you'd save your invective for Sheffield's belligerent and ignorant remarks about Jeter's family history, rather than Jeter's mature ability to turn the other cheek, especially against someone as deranged and psychotic as Sheffield.

 

I probably missed it.. but has anyone tried getting a comment from Bernie Williams on this?

 

I already said Sheffield's ignorant and full of shit. That's a given. I'm just pointing out that Jeter absolutely runs from anything remotely controversial, every single time. Someone directs very personal insults toward him and his manager, and as the captain of the team, he no comments. Very lame. At the very least he could speak up in defense of Torre (or of Sheffield, for that matter, if that's how he feels.) I'm not a Jeter hater. I think the arguments on this board that he's the most overrated player or the worst defensive shortstop are ridiculous. I'm just saying that the guy goes to great lengths to act like a cardboard cutout.

 

Re: Lofton backs Sheffield's claim of different treatment of black and white Yan

Bernie's Puerto Rican and Torre only hates REAL African Americans, not those of African heritage that are from far away places like Puerto Rico, the Domincan Republic, Panama and Cuba.

 

This whole controversy is ridiculous. Including both his playing and managing career, Joe Torre has been part of MLB for nearly 50 years now, and not once during that time has anybody ever suggested he had any issues with race whatsoever. And, to my knowledge, he's always had an impeccable reputation for his integrity and character.

But now Gary Sheffield, a guy who's always been one of the all-time whiners and complainers since the day he set foot in the league, who always seems to think everyone's out to get him even as they're handing him million dollar checks, decides to roast Torre as the object of his latest paranoid ramblings, and we're supposed to take it seriously? We're now supposed to examine Torre for possible latent racism? Bullshit.

 

Re: Lofton backs Sheffield's claim of different treatment of black and white Yan

REGARDLESS if they are pricks, malcontents and sullen.

They are PLAYERS and OWNERS are PAYING MAJOR COIN.

Your opinion of them does NOT matter to them. If it did. They wouldn't be SAYING ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL.

If anything you need to look at the QUIET TYPES - they are the ones that'll be bitter AFTER their career is over. These PLAYERS are POPIN OFF while playing.

They get my respect for keeping it REAL and making FOLKS UNCOMFORTABLE.


p.s. Sheffied got it right regarding Jeter's ethnicity.

 

But why should Jeter make a headline just to placate the media? Sheff comment speaks for itself with no comment required on part of Jeter or Torre.


What has to happen now is that guys like Willie Randolph need to step up for Joe. Also the NY beats who covered the Yankees through the Joe Torre era need to step up. Guys like Joel Sherman , George King and Tyler Klepner have been in clubhouse the whole time and know the landscape.

Sheff and Lofton are serial malcontents and full of shit. Lofton never got over Joe batting him 9th when the Yankees opened 2004 season against Tampa in Japan. The thinking was that Lofton was so upset after that he "jaked" an injury. He just never fit in Yankee clubhouse and was not willing to buy into how Joe managed.