Ken Rosenthal: "The Red Sox look very white"

[YanksHater213]

Not sure if anyone has posted this, but from May 27th, 2008.

 

The Red Sox are a better example of a melting pot, but they are not just a cultural melting pot. The Sox are a blend of players young and old, gifted and ordinary, wealthy and hungry. The pieces — from Manny Ramirez to Dustin Pedroia, Daisuke Matsuzaka to Jonathan Papelbon — could not be more disparate. But somehow, under the leadership of manager Terry Francona, they all pull toward a common goal.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/8180710/Minaya,-other-GMs-deserve-blame-too

 

This guy is the definition of a flaming tool.

 

Ken Rosenthal: go f*** yourself.

[Cocos Disciples]

So is he just being an attention whore, then?

[BoSox21]

I still think Rosenthal is clearly carrying out someone's agenda here, this is just too stupid to write up on a whim

[BigPapiEnFuego]

It's sad that people just shun this issue away and try to ignore it.

[Cocos Disciples]

It's sad that people just shun this issue away and try to ignore it.

 

Which issue? Racism? s***** journalism?

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Niether. It's just the truth, the team really isin't diverse. There could be racism behind it and I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't.

[ORS]

If the issue is the truth, then Rosenthal should have just stopped at the headline. They look white, ie several white players on the roster. He didn't do that. He tried to his hand at guessing the cause. He did a poor job. Read the article. It's some of the worst journalism you'll ever see. At one point he even says the Phillies have similar diversity statistics but their case is OK because their guys play better. Come the f*** on.

[BoSox21]

Niether. It's just the truth' date=' the team really isin't diverse. There could be racism behind it and I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't.[/quote']

 

Ok, so let's go out and get Joey Gathright to be a pinch-runner and meet the league average of 2 black players per team to satisfy you then

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Ok' date=' so let's go out and get Joey Gathright to be a pinch-runner and meet the league average of 2 black players per team to satisfy you then[/quote']

 

K.

[Cocos Disciples]

I mean, not only is it hypocritical, it's wrong. So what if we don't have the league average of African American players? We have two Japanese pitchers and a ton of Latino American players. It's not like we're a 1930's team here.

[TheKilo]

Not sure if anyone has posted this' date=' but from [b']May 27th, 2008.[/b]

 

 

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/8180710/Minaya,-other-GMs-deserve-blame-too

 

This guy is the definition of a flaming tool.

 

Ken Rosenthal: go f*** yourself.

 

http://www.talksox.com/forum/360245-post14.html

 

Glad someone else found it.

[TheKilo]

Niether. It's just the truth' date=' the team really isin't diverse. There could be racism behind it and I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't.[/quote']

 

Did you read the thread or decide to come in an voice an uninformed opinion on your own?

 

Completely irresponsible journalism from Rosenthal. I expect this out of CHB and his ilk.

 

Manny quit on this team, and forced a trade. (Dominican descent)

 

Lugo is hurt but to my knowledge is still on the 40-man (Dominican descent)

 

Colon ran away and hid in the DR, not their fault.

 

If we look at the 40 man, these are the non-white players:

 

David Ortiz

Julio Lugo

Hideki Okajima

Daisuke Matsuzaka

Javier Lopez

Manny Delcarmen

Alex Cora

Coco Crisp

Devern Hansack

Argenis Diaz

Bartolo Colon

 

11 out of 40, and you could classify Ellsbury and Lowell as non-white as well.

 

If you look at soxprospects.com's top 25, the following are of non-white descent:

 

Stolmy Pimentel

Oscar Tejeda

Luis Exposito

Che-Hsuan Lin

Argenis Diaz

Michael Almanzar

Yamaico Navarro

Felix Doubront

 

Completely irresponsible journalism.

[jpeters]

Its because black people are bad

 

Haha

 

Im a Yankee fan and the article is total BS. The usual clueless fool trying to stir up crap for business. It not the Sox fault Manny was blackmailing them.

 

Anyway, I just wanted to defend the Sox before I proclaimed them officially humiliated by the Rays:lol:

[BSN07]

I really hate it when race makes it's way into everything. Why can't it just be, the best players are playing, no because fo their race. I gurantee you if the was some Black or Latin SS is our system that was better, don't you think he would be playing? This article is absurd and honestly, I really enjoyed reading Ken Rosenthaul articles, but I have really soured on him. And this is coming from my rational side, not My Red Sox fan side.

[rician blast]

"Yet, fairly or not, Ramirez's messy divorce with the Red Sox could raise suspicions that the team prefers a certain type of player — unassuming, conformist, white. The current makeup of the team's roster might create similar notions, even as the Red Sox say that nothing could be further from the truth.

 

The Sox's agenda is winning. They would be foolish to start acquiring mediocre non-white players to achieve greater racial balance. But frankly, my opinion doesn't matter. The players with choices will decide."

 

It does sound like he has an agenda. This article is a cheap shot from a gutless puke especially since he never clearly says his opinion is that they're too white, but chooses the wimpy tact of saying "one could suspect them of being to white". Funny thing is in May, he said something quite the opposite of what he's saying now:

 

"The Red Sox are a better example of a melting pot, but they are not just a cultural melting pot. The Sox are a blend of players young and old, gifted and ordinary, wealthy and hungry. The pieces — from Manny Ramirez to Dustin Pedroia, Daisuke Matsuzaka to Jonathan Papelbon — could not be more disparate. But somehow, under the leadership of manager Terry Francona, they all pull toward a common goal."

 

What a ****.

[BSN07]

It does sound like he has an agenda. This article is a cheap shot from a gutless puke especially since he never clearly says his opinion is that they're too white, but chooses the wimpy tact of saying "one could suspect them of being to white". Funny thing is in May, he said something quite the opposite of what he's saying now:

 

 

 

What a ****.

 

 

 

Wow, if that 2nd article doesn't sum this whole thing up then I don't know what will. So when they trade Manny, he does a total 180. I wonder if he's mad at the the Sox for not letting him break the Manny story LOL.

[RedSoxRooter]

Why is this such a big deal? If black players don't want to come to the Red Sox, don't come then.

 

Why is it that nobody says anything about the high percentage of black athletes who choose the NBA or NFL over 4 years in the minors, then use the race card to explain away the low percentage of blacks in Baseball?

 

If they don't want to come to Boston or don't want to play Baseball, I'm fine with it. It's their decision.