Rick Reilly Whiffs on Minorities in Home Run Derby
First of all, why was Rick Reilly on the Home Run Derby panel? Is ESPN that desperate for us to think that he’s as funny on TV as in his in print? Anyway, dude blew it big time in his incomprehensible stance on the lack of Blacks and Latinos in the 2008 Home Run Derby.
Poor Karl Ravech. He actually was forced to dignify the garbage by explaining the simple fact that certain minority players were extended the opportunity, but declined for various reasons. Ravech could’ve easily come off like Black and Latino players didn’t deserve the invite, but masterfully navigated Reilly’s foolishness; even getting a dig in at Reilly’s ego towards the end of the video.
Kiwanis meeting? A train ride from Yankee Stadium?
Is he, and ESPN for that matter, for real?
Funny! This is the single statement made that caught me and left me speechless. Rick, I hope you are eating crow. Justin Morneau is the real deal and should be applauded for his efforts. ESPN Should have given him a pat on the back instead of making him feel embarrassed for winning. Shame on ESPN.
Ben McKean
14 Jul 08 at 11:44 pm
ESPN has long been a bastion of giving a voice to anti-white sentiment in the sporting world. Degrading the white man has become nothing short of a passtime for ESPN, whether it is in the form of overhyping minority accomplishments and constantly harping on broken color barriers, or espousing the need for more minority coaches and ownership, while at the same time ignoring the fact that reverse discrimination has taken place in the NFL and NBA since the beginning of the 1980’s. Combine this with the fact of the East Coast biased displayed by ESPN and the network is near completely unwatchable.
Babba Baloney
15 Jul 08 at 1:54 am
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15 Jul 08 at 2:26 am
I heard it but couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know who said it until I read this. Is Reilly on drugs? If he did his homework, he would know that Manny, A-Rod and Vlad all declined. And what Ravech said is true. The guy has to be an all-star or the PRIOR year champion. Reilly thought he would look like a better person for bringing this up, but he looked like a jerk. His one moment on TV and he says this? Talk about blowing it. At least they had the sense to muzzle him. Joe Morgan and Eric Young didn’t say a thing.
BTW, I didn’t know Longoria was white. Is he Italian?
John Townshend
15 Jul 08 at 9:41 am
Please for the love of god, shut this guy up. Why ESPN thinks they need to keep bringing journalists into the fold is a crime.
To many white guys comment
Not a good night to be an atheist comment
Typical pinko commie journalist comments that have no place in the GAME or HOME RUN DERBY.
I don’t hear people complaining that, although blacks make up 11% of our population, that there are to many in the NFL or NBA…….both the NFL and NBA are above or right at 70% participation. And people still cry because there are not enough blacks in baseball.
I played major college football and have a black partner in business, so this isn’t some redneck from Alabama writing in about this topic. If you want diversity in the home run derby, then “white guys” want diversity and higher %’s in football and basketball .
I’m didn’t go here on this subject – Rick Reilly did and people are sick of it.
Scott
Bethesda, MD
University of Maryland Alum
– I’m the furthest thing from a racist……but if the John Thompsons of the world can go on the radio and say he is proud to be black and he looks out for the black athlete, then I feel the same about protecting the white athlete and am proud to be white. I was raised to be proud to be an American first and then to look out for the American athlete, but that no longer matters with the Rick Reilly’s of the world and his elitist comments….…….
TIRED OF THE RACE BAITING AND THROWING THE “WHITE GUYS” UNDER THE BUS ALL THE TIME -
Scott
15 Jul 08 at 10:43 am
Do you think Reilly knows that one of Grady Sizemore’s parents is white and the other is black? Probably not, I think Reilly judges people strictly on skin color.
Ed
15 Jul 08 at 8:09 pm