The story here gives some details perhaps behind that pernicious “gay Met” rumor that haunted the team way back when, and also implies that Alomar’s moral standing may not be all that high. Personally, I despised the man as a ballplayer (Rick Jay and I, coming from opposite ends of his excellence/crappiness as ballplayer, have differed widely on this question) but this obviously goes beyond sports and touches on his self-awareness, self-centeredness, self-delusion, and his entire personality, making what he did to the Mets look like the mildest of offenses. If this is true, can there BE a bigger piece of human shit than Robbie Alomar?
If it’s true it’s awful, but it should be noted that celebrities get sued all the time, and it was also claimed a year ago that Alomar was at death’s door, dying of AIDS… after which he made any number of public appearances looking as healthy as a horse.
He was a great ballplayer. He might well be a total asshole, though. I don’t know the guy personally.
As in, you think he was something less than an excellent player? Not to derail the thread, but how would one even make that argument? Link to previous discussion, perhaps?
On topic, I have no idea what kind of person Alomar is or whether the accusation is true, but I would point out that we’re getting the story through documents from a high-profile divorce, which routinely make the opposing party out to be history’s greatest monster.
Never mind, found past discussions here and here. It’s kind of a weird, emotive argument you make there (especially for someone who otherwise takes a statistical, analytical approach to evaluation). IMHO, you’re a bit too upset that this guy didn’t play well and was a little grumpy when he landed on your team at the end of his career. As a fellow Met fan: dude, it happens.
(Fun threads to read through again, especially the first one. **gonzomax **thinks Jackie Robinson shouldn’t be in the Hall of Fame because he only has 1500 hits – priceless!)
I believe it was Bill James who pointed out that hundreds of players have more hits than Jackie Robinson, but very few players have been on postage stamps.