02-13-2010, 12:17 PM
<!--quoteo(post=79501:date=Feb 13 2010, 12:21 AM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)-->QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Feb 13 2010, 12:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=79489:date=Feb 12 2010, 08:47 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Feb 12 2010, 08:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Willie was interviewed on NPR this afternoon. He's not even angry about racism. I wouldn't read too much into him not being mad at Barry.
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It's gonna have some spunk on it.
I'm not sure what Mays's attitude toward racism has to do with his attitude toward the record. I'm sure that in most respects Willie "Say Hey Kid" Goddamned Mays is long removed from the punishing effects of racism. He's a freakin' MLB institution, and I'm awfully certain that lifestyle can get pretty insular. If you're claiming that the NPR interview is proof positive that he doesn't show how he's smarting in any respect; thus, he must be fuming about the record, I claim specious reasoning. If you're saying "Well, the guy doesn't have enough sense to be mad at stuff he should be mad at, I claim--surely unintentional--paternalistic condescension.
I dunno. I would expect them (he and Aaron) to be upset, but, again, I'd expect them to be upset at the whole kit and kaboodle, not just the juicing players.
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I should have elaborated. I used racism as example. He's not mad about ANYTHING, not <i>even</i> racism. In fact the the only thing that seems to have ever annoyed him was the way the press treated his last two seasons with the Mets. I'm suggesting that little, if anything ever pisses him off or hurts his feelings. So him having generosity of spirit toward a kid he was godfather to doesn't really support a view along the lines of "Hey, if Willie doesn't mind...who are we to criticize?" Willie doesn't seem to mind much of anything. And what's Bobby supposed to say? It's his son.
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It's gonna have some spunk on it.
I'm not sure what Mays's attitude toward racism has to do with his attitude toward the record. I'm sure that in most respects Willie "Say Hey Kid" Goddamned Mays is long removed from the punishing effects of racism. He's a freakin' MLB institution, and I'm awfully certain that lifestyle can get pretty insular. If you're claiming that the NPR interview is proof positive that he doesn't show how he's smarting in any respect; thus, he must be fuming about the record, I claim specious reasoning. If you're saying "Well, the guy doesn't have enough sense to be mad at stuff he should be mad at, I claim--surely unintentional--paternalistic condescension.
I dunno. I would expect them (he and Aaron) to be upset, but, again, I'd expect them to be upset at the whole kit and kaboodle, not just the juicing players.
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I should have elaborated. I used racism as example. He's not mad about ANYTHING, not <i>even</i> racism. In fact the the only thing that seems to have ever annoyed him was the way the press treated his last two seasons with the Mets. I'm suggesting that little, if anything ever pisses him off or hurts his feelings. So him having generosity of spirit toward a kid he was godfather to doesn't really support a view along the lines of "Hey, if Willie doesn't mind...who are we to criticize?" Willie doesn't seem to mind much of anything. And what's Bobby supposed to say? It's his son.