John Rocker returns

by Minnesota Texan on Dec 14, 2006 4:10 PM CST Comment 43 comments

Interesting piece on ESPN by the guy who wrote the famous SI article about John Rocker:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/061214

I had almost forgotten his brief and forgettable stint with the Rangers...

Interesting piece on ESPN by the guy who wrote the famous SI article about John Rocker:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/061214

I had almost forgotten his brief and forgettable stint with the Rangers...

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Very interesting

That story needs to be a page or two longer and in a major magazine....not on ESPN.com's Page 2

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by BReed on Dec 14, 2006 4:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I agree

If you want more info, you should read the Rocker interview that pissed off the author:

http://www.deadspin.com/sports/baseball/our-interview-with-john-rocker-221509.php

The guy is crazy stupid!

by Minnesota Texan on Dec 14, 2006 4:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Sweet Jesus

His girlfriend is a goddess:

http://www.aliciamarie.com/portfolio/index.htm

Just when i think nothing can surprise me anymore, a cro-magnon quasi-sheethead knuckledragger like John Rocker is dating one of the finest women on the planet.

What makes it even more implausible:

She's a minority
Evidently, she's pretty damn smart (cum laude from UConn in neuroscience)
She capable and seemingly well-adjusted

I mean look at those pictures. You could crack walnuts on that ass. Hell, she could crack them for you, just clinch up on a buttock...

What's that old Robin Harris line? Woman so fine make you wanna get a JOB...with BENEFITS...

I really don't get this.

This puzzle is missing a piece...

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 15, 2006 9:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

She looks like a man

Smoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school.

by Chris Martin on Dec 16, 2006 9:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Really?

If loving her is wrong, I don't wanna be right...

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 17, 2006 12:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

OK, I just revisted her pictures

In which picture does she look mannish?

Seriously, which?

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 17, 2006 12:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Man pictures

These are only 2 but there are more.

http://www.aliciamarie.com/portfolio/wicked/images/AMW011-t.jpg

http://www.aliciamarie.com/portfolio/comp-stage/images/AMC028-t.jpg

And I am mainly talking about the face. She looks like a transvestite to me. But hey, if that's your thing then more power to ya.

Smoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school.

by Chris Martin on Dec 17, 2006 10:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

He said things not politically correct, even though Al Sharpton (and Michael Irvin) says ten stupider things a day, that's okay because he's a liberal.

YOU GET HIM LIBERALS.

Typical Astro fan and son bonding

by Sharky on Dec 14, 2006 4:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

No

Rocker said things that were hate-filled, racist and homophobic.

Has nothing to do with being PC.

No idea why I'm replying to a sharky post about political correctness...it's like trying to have a conversation with a tree stump.

Your Texas Rangers...laying the foundation for 2009...ok, who am I kidding? 2012.

by RangerMoto on Dec 14, 2006 4:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, it does

He said things liberals dont like. Not things conservatives dont like.

That's the difference why he is ostracized for his stupid statements, but say Michael Irvin isn't for his.

The difference is liberals have the power.

Typical Astro fan and son bonding

by Sharky on Dec 14, 2006 4:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wait A Second

Sharky, are you saying, as a conservative, that conservatives like homophobia and racism?

That's what it certainly sounds like you are saying.

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by ghtd36 on Dec 14, 2006 5:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Sharkschtick

Yes, that's what he's saying. Note that conservatives haven't felt the need to deny it. It's not because it's true; it's because most are familiar with Shark's schtick. Gotta get some new material.

by Joe on Dec 14, 2006 5:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i normally don't post political rants, and this will not be one. you did draw me out with the basically, "all the rest of them comment". I am a Conservative, but i guess i have to qualify it since Sharky is the resident Republican, but i am a very open-minded conservative. We are not "all" like Sharky, although i do find some of his posts entertaining and his links to you tube funny,most of them. I do find myself drawing the line at the politics, unless we were able to sit down and discuss the issues in an open forum, then these sound bites back and forth are ridiculous.

And for the record, i think John Rocker is a complete close minded moron.

This comes from a redneck that grew up outside Corsicana, TX, out in the country, so please don't assume that we all feel the way Sharky does.

"It gets late early out there." - Yogi Berra

by JakeStrait on Dec 14, 2006 5:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure

...but I think that's what he was saying.

by Dustin on Dec 14, 2006 5:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

reading the 2 posts

above mine, i took it that they believe that all conservatives are like sharky, and i was just saying that we are not. maybe, i read it wrong.

"It gets late early out there." - Yogi Berra

by JakeStrait on Dec 14, 2006 5:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Clarity

Not only am I sure that all conservatives are NOT like Shark, I'm pretty sure that no one is like Shark...not even Shark. I apologize if I was unclear and offended you.

by Joe on Dec 14, 2006 6:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

no offense

just wanted to set the record strait, and i guess reading and watching the news and listening to the ticket, threw me off a little. as i read it again i noticed what you were saying. sorry about that.

kevin

"It gets late early out there." - Yogi Berra

by JakeStrait on Dec 14, 2006 6:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If your name is Kevin,

What is the meaning of Jake Strait?

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 14, 2006 7:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

long ago

on Aol, back in the mid 90s, i came up with that name and i have used it evr since for stuff like this.

"Big Jake" - for John Wayne
and George "Strait"

"It gets late early out there." - Yogi Berra

by JakeStrait on Dec 14, 2006 8:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ahh

When I was a kid, I absolutely loved Big Jake.

I still like it. But what's most funny to me now is the dog (with the particularly clever moniker of "dog"). At the time, I bought the whole wolflike appearance.

Now I split my gut every time I see it's Lasse's lil bro with cheapass spray paint...

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 14, 2006 9:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I personally don't believe

all Conservatives are like Sharky, quite a few of them actually have brains, like BurntOrange and the like. However their is a strong "Redneck Republican" group that switched over in the 80s and 90s. Those "Reagan Democrats" had a large amount of rednecks in them.

It just amuse me when the Redneck Republicans become their loudest spokespeople.

"I am a Republican" - John Rocker.

by DJCahill on Dec 15, 2006 5:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

wow

I grew up outside of there too

Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.

by hotshot215 on Dec 14, 2006 6:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Navarro Mills Lake area for me

went to Blooming Grove School til 5th grade. where did you go?

"It gets late early out there." - Yogi Berra

by JakeStrait on Dec 14, 2006 7:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Chatfield

went to Rice when there wasn't a high school there, then to the Grove like all the rest. class of '95.

Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.

by hotshot215 on Dec 15, 2006 8:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

your a young'n

i moved back to dallas in '78 and graduated in '85....but my mom is still down there. LOL. they call her the Mayor of Navorro Mills. good to hear from someone down there.

take care

"It gets late early out there." - Yogi Berra

by JakeStrait on Dec 15, 2006 3:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

cool...

you do the same

Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.

by hotshot215 on Dec 15, 2006 4:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I also dont like

How people say flowery things like "America's a forgiving country" whenever somebody lets say, rapes someone(Kobe Bryant), perjures himself as President (Bill Clinton), etc.

But somehow, that doesn't apply to John Rocker, or other people who say unapproved things.

Typical Astro fan and son bonding

by Sharky on Dec 14, 2006 4:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Something to take note of

People are often forgiven if they are notable people. If you just disappear like Rocker, you give them nothing else to remember you by.

But I don't think your examples of Bill Clinton and Kobe Bryant are very good ones. Those two are criticized all the time.

by Dustin on Dec 14, 2006 4:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Kobe

Never found guilty of anything.

And still very, very heavily criticized.

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by ghtd36 on Dec 14, 2006 5:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't want to get involved here

but, on a side note, can you provide an example of recent Kobe criticism?

This almost sounds like academia.

by hightowersmith on Dec 14, 2006 5:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Anytime

...his name is brought up, just about.

by Dustin on Dec 14, 2006 5:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Anyway

I didn't think there was much out there.

And I easily imagine an office full of well-paid professionals seeing to it that it stays that way.

by hightowersmith on Dec 14, 2006 5:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He's criticized

but mostly for being selfish on the court

by Taylor on Dec 14, 2006 5:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

over

the important stuff.

"I'm a Republican" - Jackie Robinson

by kwellborn on Dec 14, 2006 11:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

OJ

by shallrelicme on Dec 15, 2006 8:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well..

... that interview didn't make Rocker sound too bad. The liberal jew comment about Pearleman sounded hateful though.

The best part was him talking about how him and Irvin are friends and how Micheal gets away with having a lifestyle of cocaine and whores but everybody forgives him for it.

The smartest thing he said was about how Ozzie Gullien could have said the exact same things and nobody would have said much about it. But since Rocker fits the stereotypical "Redneck from the South" profile that it became a permanent label for him. So true.

But of course him being an idiot doesn't help matters.

"I feel like I have an idea about what we can do to keep the A's from beating us so much." Ron Washington

by hubcityraider on Dec 14, 2006 5:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I just can't bring myself

to care about John Rocker or what he says. He's an idiot and everyone knows it, so what he says is not important.

by t ball on Dec 14, 2006 7:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

A Request

"I just looked down her shirt, saw what I needed to see and moved on. (Laughs.) I took a leap of faith, because she had a long coat on, and she could have had big birthin' hips or something."

"Well, anyway, those liberal media people, they'll appreciate some things, but I am a Republican. I'm not Republican in everything - I mean, look at my girlfriend - and I'm not a huge pro-lifer..."

"There are two or three hot-button issues in this country that people feel like they need eradicate, and racism is one of them."
- all by John Rocker

This guy is a moron. A real life moron. I am requesting, as a conservative Republican, immunity from John Rocker. He is not a member of My Republican party. I am in disbelief that anyone who ever wants to be in politics (laughible) would be dumb enough to say this crap.

And for Alicia, does she not have any self-respect. It is obvious that this moron is using the color of her skin to promote his shocking image. I can't believe her father didn't take him out behind the tool shead.

WHat a loser.

"I'm a Republican" - Jackie Robinson

by kwellborn on Dec 14, 2006 11:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Gotta love it...

...when someone refers to another person as a moron, and, in the same post, misspells 'shed' and 'laughable'...

And so continues the inherent hypocrisy of conservatism. Good times.

Your Texas Rangers...laying the foundation for 2009...ok, who am I kidding? 2012.

by RangerMoto on Dec 14, 2006 11:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

if misspelling a word or two makes one a moron

then there isn't a person alive that isn't clinically retarded. He's saying that Rocker espousing hate/misogyny/whatever makes him a moron and then you're trying to reframe that suddenly the definition of "moron" should be expanded into this nebulous "spelling bee loser" idea. It comes across as petty at best.

Further, if you think he's a hypocrite because he didn't run his post through a spellchecker then man up and call him on it, don't lump it in as "inherent hypocrisy of conservatism." That's just a lazy throw-away potshot. There are lots of good sound quality reasons to bash away at the GOP.

P.S. - I voted for Nader. TWICE.

by jtts on Dec 15, 2006 5:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, don't worry...

...I take those other pot shots as well...

Your Texas Rangers...laying the foundation for 2009...ok, who am I kidding? 2012.

by RangerMoto on Dec 15, 2006 9:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yes and

they are lame as well. So do you equate misspelling to racism? If I decide that a person is moron for being a racist womanizer, I better spell every word I type correctly? Or are you defending Rocker? Are you offended that I would attack John Rocker and therefore feel the need to trivialize my statement by pointing out some misspellings? I am all for ripping on people for misspellings and grammar mistakes. It's fun. But to turn it into me being a hypocrit is just stupid. I could use your little attack as an example of liberals using peoples misfortune for self gain, but that would be dumb. It would be dumb because it is a lame arguement and the liberals use of people's misfortune is more serious then a simple "pot-shot". Besides, I thought "pot-shots" were suppose to be funny.

"I'm a Republican" - Jackie Robinson

by kwellborn on Dec 15, 2006 7:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs