John Rocker
"Imagine having to take the (No.) 7 train to (Shea Stadium) looking like you're (in) Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing. "The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners," the 25-year-old Georgia native said. "You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How the hell did they get in this country?" These were the words spoken from Atlanta Braves Pitcher John Rocker in a December issue of Sports Illustrated. Those powerful lines are what people are chatting over. "Should we forgive him, or should we throw him in jail"? Those are only a couple opinions that are swirling around on what Major League Baseball should do. I, in no way agree with what Mr. Rocker is saying, however he is being treated is fair.In order to fully understand where Mr. Rocker was coming from, we have to go back to the MLB Playoffs. The Cinderella New York Mets take the Brave
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." This 1st amendment is what sets the United States apart from everyone else. In 1776 the Continental Congress unanimously approve this one of many rights which became the foundation of our country. And now, after hundreds of years, this right will be tested. This amendment would only protect Rocker if Major League Baseball were a public league. The law protects the public, and that is why golf clubs can choose who is a member and who isn't, because it is private. Just like Marge Schott was suspended by major league baseball for her comments about Blacks and Jewish people. So in short, the 1st amendment won't help Rocker in this case and is really a lost cause. As the people's outrage became more evident, Bud Selig, the commissioner of MLB, got involved. Selig gave in to the pressure and gave a demand that a mental test be performed on John Rocker. Strange, but fair. But it wasn't over. In the following weeks he also slapped Rocker with a 20,000 dollar fine and suspended him 45 days of spring
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