07-25-2015, 03:05 PM
(07-25-2015, 01:22 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Just came back from a drive to Goldsboro and back, was listening to the 10-noon weekend guy, on ESPN Radio. He was painting the picture that Cowherd was drawing a correlation between book smart and sport smart, and I don't agree. The broader point Cowherd was attempting to make is that MLB is not as complicated a game, as it is portrayed to be (maybe it is from a mgr's POV). He was merely pointing out that many Dominican players are really good, despite growing up in an economically and educationally stricken environment. Thus making his bigger point that players need not be academically gifted, in order to excel at MLB.
In my opinion, his only real flaw, was mentioning Dominican Republic by name, rather than generally saying 'Latin American players'.
The bigger point that I wanted to make here, is that you can't even have a sports conversation these days, without the PC police butting in. Enough is enough, as we are all sports fans on this board, let's draw the PC line!
(though I did chuckle when I saw what was happening to Cowherd, who is always touting his self as 'socially liberal') (I think that ESPN is just throwing him under the bus for leaving them, ala Dan Patrick)
He shouldn't have mentioned any race or ethnicity.
It's idiotic and he has no actual evidence to back it up other than he's a giant toolbag.
It isn't PC to not want to piss off a big segment of your contingency. MLB is huge there. ESPN wants MLB to be on ESPN.
Basic free market ideals. Get rid of the idiot who could do something to damage that
ESPN isn't throwing him under the bus. He said something stupid and without evidence. He got shitcanned a week before he was anyways.
Cowherd isn't going to be as successful as Patrick. People liked him. People hate-listen to Cowherd.
And most importantly one of those dumb baseball players put him in his place, Pedro Martinez on Cowherd:
Quote:“I’m sorry. He needs to get to my level to answer him. I’m in the Hall of Fame.”
