Well if you didn't hear about the ignorant radio host in San Francisco, nows the time to read about it. Read an article on ESPN.com about it.
The a-hole's name is Larry Krueger. He went on the 'Giants' flagship station, KNBR, and went off about the struggling club and its "brain-dead Caribbean hitters hacking at slop nightly." He also criticized Alou, saying "you have a manager in Felipe whose mind has turned to Cream of Wheat." (ESPN.com)'
I can't believe he have morons like this on the radio. There are still people out there that are ignorant and jerks and deserve to be locked away from society for their small minds. And guess what, he only got suspended without pay for a week. What is that? Shouldn't he be fired? Whoever suspended him should be fired as well as Krueger.
Another article on ESPN.com, Station won't fire host after apology
I think this should be talked about more around the US and something should be done to this jerk.
Felipe Alou said, "It really made me sad to know that 40, almost 50 years later I could hear comments like that," who faced racism as a black Dominican minor-leaguer in the South nearly five decades ago. "Especially in San Francisco ... I never heard anything like that here. I heard it in the South and in some other cities, but not here. A man like me and the Latin guys out there, we have to be aware now that it's not over yet. It is coming back."
Alou makes a great point in that, is it coming back? Hopefully not, the world doesn't need this garbage. We are all human, we should all get along and not hate because of someone's ethnicity. Let's get rid of this jerk and others like him.
Posted by adamwlad
at 1:36 PM EDT