"Nowhere else in the country do people spit at you, throw bottles
at you, throw quarters at you, throw batteries at you and . . ."

John Rocker
(Atlanta Relief Pitcher, 1999)

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  • He is describing how Mets fans react when he enters a game
  • This info buried in SI story amidst JR's blowhard opinions
        re NYC, foreigners, subway riders & various politically
        incorrect topics, which sensitive folk view as "hate speech"
  • Not much baseball in story (other than insults to players)
  • Bonus feature: quotes from "Rocker Sucks" website!

    • Would it not make more sense to first describe how Rocker was treated by Mets fans
    and then present Rocker's comments and opinions about New York and its inhabitants?

  • Is there not a cause-and-effect thing in place here?

    1) When they throw stuff at me and call me vile names
    2) I am not going to respond by saying that I love them

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