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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?
