12-05-2008, 05:10 PM
<!--quoteo(post=1478:date=Dec 5 2008, 04:04 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Dec 5 2008, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=1475:date=Dec 5 2008, 03:59 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ Dec 5 2008, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=1472:date=Dec 5 2008, 03:54 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Dec 5 2008, 03:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->(although I've heard varying stories on this one of which he was already kicked out of the game and was in the clubhouse... which if true I don't really see it as a big deal that he went to confront the guy).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How is that not a big deal? You're a professional athlete, the media's going to say things you don't agree with but you gotta deal with it. Anybody else just says "Fuck that" watching it on tv, and lets it go like they should. You've gotta have serious problems to actually walk up to the booth, and try to get by security to confront the guy DURING the game. I can assure you he wasn't going to have a friendly conversation with this guy, but think that if you want. It's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard of an athlete doing.
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So if you were on TV and somebody said, "Matt Clapp is the one and only reason for the Holocaust.", you wouldn't have a problem with that? You would just say "Fuck that"?
Like I said, it was stupid. I understand why he did it and I think the whole event was over dramatized again. What do you think would have happened if he got to the booth? Would he have bulldozed the door and slapped the broadcaster around? Or would he have talked to his producer and maybe thrown around some obscenities? One of a million things could have happened, but everyone already jumps to the conclusion that Bradley was out for blood.
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I'd be upset and probably have a nice rant in the postgame interviews, but go up and confront the guy during the game? Not a chance. And first off, everything the announcer said is pretty much true and that's Bradley's own fault. He's built his reputation and has to deal with it now.
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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->All Bradley wanted to do was introduce himself. That's why he ran up those stairs, he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Earlier during Wednesday's game, he was in the clubhouse checking the video of one of his at-bats when he heard his name all of a sudden. Bradley shifted his attention to Lefebvre's voice on the TV. Lefebvre and his partner, Frank White, were talking about Josh Hamilton when Lefebvre called it a shame that Bradley hadn't turned his life around in a similar fashion. He went on to mention incidences of Bradley taunting fans and walking from the dugout to his position in right field.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This was after Bradley had been going to anger management classes and making an effort to correct his mistakes. He hadn't done anything to indicate his life wasn't "turned around" and was basically unfairly judged.
I'm not saying he was right or anything. All I'm saying is that to me, it's understandable.
How is that not a big deal? You're a professional athlete, the media's going to say things you don't agree with but you gotta deal with it. Anybody else just says "Fuck that" watching it on tv, and lets it go like they should. You've gotta have serious problems to actually walk up to the booth, and try to get by security to confront the guy DURING the game. I can assure you he wasn't going to have a friendly conversation with this guy, but think that if you want. It's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard of an athlete doing.
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So if you were on TV and somebody said, "Matt Clapp is the one and only reason for the Holocaust.", you wouldn't have a problem with that? You would just say "Fuck that"?
Like I said, it was stupid. I understand why he did it and I think the whole event was over dramatized again. What do you think would have happened if he got to the booth? Would he have bulldozed the door and slapped the broadcaster around? Or would he have talked to his producer and maybe thrown around some obscenities? One of a million things could have happened, but everyone already jumps to the conclusion that Bradley was out for blood.
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I'd be upset and probably have a nice rant in the postgame interviews, but go up and confront the guy during the game? Not a chance. And first off, everything the announcer said is pretty much true and that's Bradley's own fault. He's built his reputation and has to deal with it now.
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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...sp&c_id=mlb
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->All Bradley wanted to do was introduce himself. That's why he ran up those stairs, he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Earlier during Wednesday's game, he was in the clubhouse checking the video of one of his at-bats when he heard his name all of a sudden. Bradley shifted his attention to Lefebvre's voice on the TV. Lefebvre and his partner, Frank White, were talking about Josh Hamilton when Lefebvre called it a shame that Bradley hadn't turned his life around in a similar fashion. He went on to mention incidences of Bradley taunting fans and walking from the dugout to his position in right field.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This was after Bradley had been going to anger management classes and making an effort to correct his mistakes. He hadn't done anything to indicate his life wasn't "turned around" and was basically unfairly judged.
I'm not saying he was right or anything. All I'm saying is that to me, it's understandable.