You might just want to avoid hearing the opinions of like 99% of athletes. That goes without saying. The Glenn Beck thing is a bit much, though. That's an extra special level of dumb.
Between this and Pujols' man-love for Glenn Beck, a Cubs team with guys like this would really be testing my "anyone can play for the Cubs so long as they win" theory.
No need to be obtuse. He was obviously taking a shot at the embracing of baseball statistics by the mainstream, which was (whether anyone will admit it in an argument or not) a product of MoneyBall's shockwave in baseball culture. He did this by telling the reporter he's not a MoneyBall fan because something something multiply it by [expletive]. Then he was indeed just sounding like an idiot.