Temple, I’m going to take care of your request right now!!!

DMac, it is not either/or. Personality AND race are factors in an integrated way that cannot separated. The problem is that “black jerks” always seem to get far greater punishments in “public perception” than “white jerks”. Racial bias is still clearly a factor. I will argue that Clemens has a track record that is every bit the “jerk” as Bonds. (The Piazza chronicles; the yearly hostage negotiations; the perks and privileges unseen by any other players in history without the “me-first” label that any black player would wear around their neck).

Black jerks must be compared to white jerks — which is why Bonds-Clemens is so useful. A Tony Gwynn analogy is not useful here only if you were going to compare to say a really nice white guy — like say Andy Pettitte…. and it is hard for me to imagine any black player getting the Pettitte kid gloves…

Wow, what a great way to post so much and say so little. Go drink your 40 and smoke your weed, maybe play some ball, and finish up by hanging with your 16 kids who you haven’t seen since they were born. When you do that, then get back at me.

It’s odd that you say you “think” these things when the absence of thought is so obvious.

If you keep this up, you’ll be gub’nah uh Miz’sipi fo’ sunrize.

ENOUGH. I’m sick and tired of looking at Kevin Costner’s ass every time I come to your site.

Please, please, please post something – anything to get his grille off the top of the page.

Thanks.

I have to disagree again though when you attribute the disparity between how people feel about Bonds compared to Clemens. I see this as a public perception issue more than a racist one. I think if you swap Barry Bonds with Ken Griffey Jr. or Tony Gwynn you would have a situation where they would sweep the process under the rug, but because of the public perception/probably truth that Bonds is an asshole, you have people wanting to get him.