Another Crotchety HOFer Whines About Today's Players

[Halman]

Agreed. Players should not emulate the steroid takers of this era. They should emulate the wild coke binging players of Rice's era.

 

That's why Josh Hamilton is so awesome he's a throwback.

[Mark Priors Calves]

well, today he claimed he was misquoted. so, there's that....

That's disappointing, I was pulling for the "It was taken out of context" excuse.

[Sammys Boombox]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4417140

 

Hall of Famer Jim Rice says he was "misquoted" last week when he reportedly referred to Derek Jeter among others in saying young players shouldn't use today's generation of major leaguers as role models.

 

"What do you expect?" he said, according to Yahoo Sports. "Who are the Red Sox playing? The Yankees. What else do you expect but some controversy involving the Red Sox and Yankees?"

 

But Rice was "flabbergasted," according to Yahoo Sports, when asked about the widespread media coverage resulting from the speech.

 

"Anybody who reads that story knows I wasn't talking about Jeter or Rodriguez," he said. "Look at them. Do you see any baggy pants? Do you see any dreadlocks?

 

Jeter didn't think it was funny, however.

 

"I didn't know I was like that," he said to reporters. "That would be a first for me."

 

Later on Friday night, after the Yankees routed the Red Sox 20-11, a game in which Jeter and Rodriguez combined for seven hits, three RBIs and five runs scored, A-Rod deferred to the Yankees' captain when told that Rice said he was misquoted.

 

"Tell him," Rodriguez said, referring to Jeter.

 

But Jeter wasn't biting.

 

"Misquoted?" Jeter said. "How was he misquoted?"

[Monco]

People always say things were better in their day and complain about the modern youth.

[Clem Fandango]

When in doubt, they can always blame it on Marylin Manson or Grand Theft Auto

[Guest]

People always say things were better in their day and complain about the modern youth.

But kids today really do suck. :)

[SouthSideRyan]

I [expletive] hate Jim Rice.

[hardcorecubfan]

I'm certainly not one of his fanboys, but what exactly is it about Jeter that is a bad role model for kids?

 

He's a Yankee?

 

That would be my beef

[chopsx9]

As long as old men sit and talk about the weather

As long as old women sit and talk about old men

 

...old timers will gripe about the young punks

 

 

and I guaratee Gramparod and ol'man Jeter will be no different. Book it.

 

they'll probably be right too.

[weis21]

wait, so rice backtracked in saying that a-rod and jeter don't wear baggy pants or dread locks, but failed to recognize the fact that neither were actually despicable aspects of today's baseball players?

 

They didn't used to wear sunglasses in his day either, did they? Is that also a major problem with today's role models?

[Ski]

wait, so rice backtracked in saying that a-rod and jeter don't wear baggy pants or dread locks, but failed to recognize the fact that neither were actually despicable aspects of today's baseball players?

 

They didn't used to wear sunglasses in his day either, did they? Is that also a major problem with today's role models?

And they wear helmets today. Darn kids!

[OleMissCub]

wait, so rice backtracked in saying that a-rod and jeter don't wear baggy pants or dread locks, but failed to recognize the fact that neither were actually despicable aspects of today's baseball players?

 

They didn't used to wear sunglasses in his day either, did they? Is that also a major problem with today's role models?

And they wear helmets today. Darn kids!

 

Rice never played a game without a helmet.

[Ski]

wait, so rice backtracked in saying that a-rod and jeter don't wear baggy pants or dread locks, but failed to recognize the fact that neither were actually despicable aspects of today's baseball players?

 

They didn't used to wear sunglasses in his day either, did they? Is that also a major problem with today's role models?

And they wear helmets today. Darn kids!

 

Rice never played a game without a helmet.

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[Uber]

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