Paul O’Neill (who will now be referred to as “the asshole”) is not what American children should be watching during the World Series. Earlier in tonight’s game, after a called strike that he didn’t agree with, the asshole screams “SHIT” at the top of his lungs. Censors can’t bleep this stuff out. Then, after being called out in a close play (in which he was clearly out!) he throws his hemlet in disgust. This is not the image that chilren need to see. A grown-ass-man acting like a 3 year-old having a temper tantrum when something doesn’t go his way. GET THE FUCK OVER IT! YOU WERE OUT! IT WAS A STRIKE! YOU SHOULD BE THANKING GOD THAT YOU HAVE ONE WORLD SERIES RING, LET ALONE 5! And to top it off the GOD DAMN YANKEES HAD TO WIN AGAIN! Damnit to fucking hell!!!
Let’s be serious here, aztec . . . this was the real purpose of this pit rant:)
And bear in mind I say this as a fellow Yankee-hater.
I do hate the Yankees, but the asshole is the Yankee I hate most of all.
the pain, oh god, the PAIN!!!
The game I love broke my heart again. God hates me.
It’s not like I expect my team to win. My team hasn’t won a playoff game in 13 years. But if the Yankees win it again, I’ll lose all hope. All I want is for some other team to win the series!!!
Is that so wrong?
seems to me a guy who’s the oldest player to steal 20+ bases and hit 20+ dingers has still got some measure of talent.
And if you’re watching professional sports looking for role models - especially during the league championships - then may I say your choice is somewhat suspect. Children should not be introduced to the televisual media as a key source for role models.
These guys are multi-million dollar prima donnas paid to perform. They are happy when they do, and pissed when they don’t.
Sounds to me like you’re happy when the Yankees lose, and pissed when they win. Deal with it.
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P.S. O’Neill acts like that all the time…
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20+ homers for O’Neill-- He’s a lefty with a short porch in right field at Yankee stadium. Nuff said.
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20+ stolen bases–Torre may manage the Yankees but he is a baseball genius. He capitalizes on bad catchers/slow to the plate pitchers. (NY was second in AL this year in stolen bases) Once again not a true measure of his “talent.”
I’m not saying that children should look to sports for role models (and I’m definitely not arguing about the multi-million dollar prima donnas). I’m just saying that most of the nation is watching him, and he should have a little bit of FUCKING CLASS not to carry on like that.
Oh, pardon me, I’d failed to take notice of the fact that aztec has duplicated the minimal feats of the despised O’Neill.
As it happens: 13 of O’Neill’s 21 homers were hit at Yankee Stadium. 12 of those were to right center - in the area 0f 385 feet per - not the 314 short porch in straightaway right. The 13th was a monster to left center - 400+ feet.
It seems Joe Torre’s genius was only sufficient to manufacture 20+ stolen bases for a grand total of 4 players - including O’Neill - all of whom else (Jeter, Soriano & Knoblauch) can be reasonably assessed as quicker on the base paths than the hated O’Neill.
Obviously, this attack is entirely predicated on the fact that O’Neill is the only participant in the World Series who throws things in tantrums and swears.
Quite a distinction - the only actively cursing professional athlete on national television. I wonder if Torre mentally engineers this as well…
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zoony, I am not completely alone in my hatred for the asshole.
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/leastliked/readers/010815.html
He made #5 on the list. I couldn’t have said it better than these guys did.
And El Duque had words with the umpire and I saw Soriano spit and Knoblauch adjusted his jock on camera the other night and Tino has a big ass and Brosius is going bald and Jeter is in that annoying commercial and Clemens never shaves before a game and Pettitte looks like he’s possessed by Satan and Torre is short and and and …
How could you have failed to notice? He has duplicated O’Neil’s little temper tantrum right here in this thread.
…I just can’t wait to go to another ticker tape parade:)
ps.
El Duque also talked to the ump when he got pulled out of the game and they both walked away smiling.
Freedom: And what sound does a 98 mph fastball make when it whizzes by your ear?
I don’t know Green Bean…
In fact, I have no idea what you are getting at.
Whoosh.
Here is what I think you are trying to get at.
I’m guessing that your intial assumption is that I thought your post was Yankee bashing, when you were just messing around.
…that’s why I didn’t get your fastball joke, because I knew you were not bashing the Yanks.
So…
If that’s not what you’re talking about, feel free to come in here and smack some sense into my head.
Paul did act childishly.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t unique.
My point is that you can bitch about the Yanks all you want, but they still win.
Personally, I’m rooting for the Yankees to win the WS this year. Not because I’m a Yankees fan (I’m not), but because I feel they would be doing it for the city. And I think NYC needs all the reasons for celebrating it can find right now.
That said, I’ve never liked the fact that Paul O’Neill seems to expect to get on base every time he gets up to bat. Sheesh, Paul, even Ty Cobb only got a hit 35% of the time. Making an out is part of the game, and while I can understand pressure situations like the WS, or that hitting into an inning-ending double play pisses you off, I’d be more willing to forgive throwing a helmet in that situation if you also hadn’t thrown a helmet and looked petulant when you didn’t get on base that other time, when you had a four run lead in the third inning.
Playing with intensity is one thing. Having unrealistic expectations and inappropriate reactions to normal game incidents is another.
O’Neill is a fine player on a very very good team. But I don’t think much of his behavior in these situations.
Yeah, O’Neill, you jerk! 3 years ago I mailed you one of your baseball cards and a Sharpie with a return SASE, and you never sent it back. You suck! :rolleyes:
I’d rather see a guy get pissed at not getting a hit than to see some of these mopes who just dial it in, or who are only concerned about personal stats. Sure, Paulie gets pissed, but it’s not because he didn’t get a hit to increase his average. The guy is a team player, and if you don’t see that, then you obviously don’t know much about this Yankee team.
Funny how they started taking on a winning mentality right after they traded for him. George Steinbrenner is right when he refers to O’Neill as a “warrior”. Does he have a temper? You bet. Frankly, sometimes even I get embarrassed watching his antics, but it’s part of the package with him. Is he there to be a “role model” for kids? Ask Charles Barkley who the role models should be.
I don’t pretend to apologize for O’Neill’s antics either. But Dire Wolf hits the o’nail on the head - he brings the competitor’s attitude. I mean, think about it the next time you see Williams hit a flare to shallow right, and barely walk halfway down the first base line with a big pouty look on his face. And don’t even get me started on Justice…
I dunno, I think I’d like an entire team who had that kind of attitude.
And as far as this goes, it reads to me like a list of people despised for their success - probably in an opposing team’s market. Roger Clemens - ‘no work ethic’? ohhh…kay…
This from a website that lists Dale Earnhardt and Deion Sanders(!) among the “coolest athletes of all time!” What, no Dennis Rodman?
[sub]…and Pettitte looks like he’s possessed by Satan…BWAHAHAHAHA![/sub]
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I watch the Yankees play. It reminds me of the giant machines crushing the skulls of the worthless humans under their tank treads at the beginning of Terminator. The beauty of it all brings a tear to my eye.