There were rumors that Babe wasn't white (http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2001-05-17/new…). Guess the southern home run king is Jim Thome.

In response to what Aaron said, people sent racist hate mail. How can you try to argue that the racist hate mail doesn't correspond to racism? Of course you can have ideological differences about politics. That's a fucking given. But, in this case, the backlash is absolutely racial — otherwise, I'd love to know…

This article shouldn't have anything to do with that... you should have moved years ago. Trust me, I did.

Or, as one of the comments on the article says, Mike Trout, which completely undercuts the author's point (if you believe he has one).

Also, your internet comment shouldn't be the longest paragraph you've ever composed. You do know you don't have to hit enter after every sentence, right?

Hitting the page click lottery once today with your bullshit wasn't enough?

I thought I was the only Batavian that knew how to read — seeing other people on Deadspin that know what a Muckdog is is blowing my mind.

Don't forget Elba.

My favorite comment on that article was:

Yeah, focusing on defense instead of getting 50 goals a year definitely didn't work for that Yzerman guy, Modano either.

That's like saying they can hire Sandusky to coach because he only fucked kids at a different school... it's nowhere near as cut and dry as you're trying to make it.

I'm all for second chances, but against hypocrisy... it's not always an easy line to draw. But, to me, kicking out the two guys who smoked weed while recruiting one that used counterfeit money to try to buy cocaine is pretty clearly on the wrong side of the line.

I dare you to develop a sense of humor.

I didn't notice til your comment... This is beautiful.

Don't worry, it's much more important that you correct someone than that you take the time to actually be correct.

You win, ahem, I mean: YOU WINZ!!1!!

Counterfeit currency is the serious crime there. I could care less about the weed and coke (though you can't throw other players off the team for weed when you're signing up a new guy who literally did time for using coke). When the Secret Service comes looking for you, that's beyond youthful transgression. Plus…

there's nothing hypocritical about kicking two guys off the team for something much less serious than what the new guy has already been caught doing? Seems like if you have a character standard, and someone violates it more than once before they show up, you would hold that past against them.

Yes, people being treated differently in the deep south and by the media because of race is equally as improbable a fictional animal. Brilliant point. You may want to cut to the chase and just post: "I'm a racist, so this offends me." It's an interesting thought experiment with some valid points. Get over it.

Isn't it just a question of whether the cop was trying to ram them or not? If he was, your logic would also justify the police just shooting at the cyclists for running away (which generally police can't do if you haven't tried to kill anyone). If the police rammed them to stop them, there's more to the analysis…