MetFan vs. Phillsfan

Being a Met fan I dispise John Rocker. Every time he came out of that visitors bull pen all hell broke loose after his racist and derrogatory remarks to sports illustrated in which he reffered to the New Yorker's as either some one who has come out of jail for numerous times, a homo, a freak with pink hair and so on. Now ever since then there has been security guards and an overhang blocking the fans view of the visiting pitchers warming up. So after all this when I heard he was coming back to my hometown Long Island Ducks from the independant league I was shocked. This was no publicity stunt seeing as they have reached 103% of their capacity yes that is not a typo since there creation they have reached 103% of their capacity which was due to an increase in the number of tickets sold as standing room. They won their division the first and second half of last year so the talent was there but we still signed him to give him a second chance. Sure enough he took this second chance and did what he did with the first one blew it. After a rough inning in which he walked four batters a fan shouted to him "It's a long way from Atlanta." Rocker replied by telling him that hes still a millionaire and you're a piece of s--- well we know what he said. Then he had the nerve to go and tell ESPN that he has taken more crap then any athlete and I use that term lightly in the history of the sport. He said he knows Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron took a lot of crap but probably not for 6 years like him. A whole six years these people took it there entire careers and with a lot worse than this cry baby. Death Threats were a common thing for Aaron and Robinson. Advice for John Rocker go home get out of New York you can't pitch nor handle the pressure that goes along with an Independant let along Major League team. As Greg Maddux often says you can throw a fastball 98mph but if you can't locate it it means nothing John Rocker can't do either any more.

John Rocker being razed by fans as well as a political cartoon drawn around the time of his derragotary remarks.

LETS GO METS

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• #1 Comment from aztar10 
  9/28/05 9:19 AM | Permalink

  Hey leave John alone, he is an idiot yes, but he just says what half of New York feels everyday.