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(Warning: baseball talk ahead, but with a purpose.)
So apparently Carlos Zambrano had a meltdown and got himself suspended. He used to be an ace but hasn't done so well this season or last and apparently thinks his team isn't doing what they should to help him out--but he pitches for the Cubs, so it doesn't really matter to *me* whether he plays or not. I mainly read the article and the comments out of curiosity.
BUT.
Some idiot in the comments took the occasion to launch into an anti-Hispanic rant, claiming that *all* Hispanic players are uneducated, ill-tempered, etc., and not worth the money they're paid, and that (paraphrase) "you won't see the Japanese players acting like this" (!!!). I couldn't make myself read the whole thing, but that was the gist of what I did read.
( I'm sorry--WHAT?! )
So apparently Carlos Zambrano had a meltdown and got himself suspended. He used to be an ace but hasn't done so well this season or last and apparently thinks his team isn't doing what they should to help him out--but he pitches for the Cubs, so it doesn't really matter to *me* whether he plays or not. I mainly read the article and the comments out of curiosity.
BUT.
Some idiot in the comments took the occasion to launch into an anti-Hispanic rant, claiming that *all* Hispanic players are uneducated, ill-tempered, etc., and not worth the money they're paid, and that (paraphrase) "you won't see the Japanese players acting like this" (!!!). I couldn't make myself read the whole thing, but that was the gist of what I did read.
( I'm sorry--WHAT?! )
