And that lead me to this... http://bustedcoverage.com/2014/05/15/the-best-asian-baseball-bat-flippers-of-the-gif-era/ ...which quotes an anonymous American pitcher/dumbass who spent one year playing overseas saying this: I love how the guy crying about things like bat flips is so completely unaware when it comes to calling another player "soft." Boy, yeah, those leagues are just so soft because they don't tolerate their players acting like morons and beaning batters like they're petulant toddlers.
Baseball was introduced to Japan in the 19th Century and they've had organized play for about 95 years. Baseball was introduced to Cuba in the 19th Century and they've had organized play for almost 140 years. Baseball was introduced to the DR at the tail end of the 19th Century and they've had organized play for over 100 years. But yeah, the game has only "opened up in the last 10-15 years." Bud Norris can go [expletive] himself.
Outrage, shmoutrage; Rose impressively outpaced everyone else as the most unlikable Chicago pro sports star years ago. It's basically just scoreboard watching when it comes to him saying or doing something dumb at this point.
Well, there's endearingly dumb and then there's "holy [expletive], this guy would be the creep mumbling weird, scary things on the L at 1 AM ." Actually, he also comes across as pretty robotic, so I see what's going on here.