Comments on: My! It Shure Ain’t Sweet http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/11/18/my-it-shure-aint-sweet/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Thu, 23 May 2013 01:28:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Evil Empire http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/11/18/my-it-shure-aint-sweet/#comment-247761 Evil Empire Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:46:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=26424#comment-247761 Question: As a Yankee fan is it ok at all to be just a wee bit thankful that dumbasses ran the red sox during that era? Otherwise they absolutely would have had Ted Williams AND Willie Mays! Seriously I wish everyone back then had been color blind but they weren't (the Yanks were almost as bad as the sox with Ellie Howard being the one exception that makes them better). I guess I'm glad that the more sensible owners were in the NL since the Yanks couldn't have an owner smart enough to get, not just Mays, but Aaron, Gibson, etc etc. Question: As a Yankee fan is it ok at all to be just a wee bit thankful that dumbasses ran the red sox during that era? Otherwise they absolutely would have had Ted Williams AND Willie Mays!

Seriously I wish everyone back then had been color blind but they weren’t (the Yanks were almost as bad as the sox with Ellie Howard being the one exception that makes them better). I guess I’m glad that the more sensible owners were in the NL since the Yanks couldn’t have an owner smart enough to get, not just Mays, but Aaron, Gibson, etc etc.

]]> By: weeping for brunnhilde http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/11/18/my-it-shure-aint-sweet/#comment-247760 weeping for brunnhilde Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:41:10 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=26424#comment-247760 My favorite is the "I have nothing against negroes, in fact, some of my best tenant farmers are negroes!" Delicious. My favorite is the “I have nothing against negroes, in fact, some of my best tenant farmers are negroes!”

Delicious.

]]> By: Raf http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/11/18/my-it-shure-aint-sweet/#comment-247759 Raf Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:53:43 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=26424#comment-247759 Unfortunately, that's just the way things were in MLB, or at the very least, in the AL... Unfortunately, that’s just the way things were in MLB, or at the very least, in the AL…

]]> By: sonyahennystutu http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/11/18/my-it-shure-aint-sweet/#comment-247758 sonyahennystutu Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:38:33 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=26424#comment-247758 What an asshole. What an asshole.

]]> By: Jay Jaffe http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/11/18/my-it-shure-aint-sweet/#comment-247757 Jay Jaffe Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:13:11 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=26424#comment-247757 Agree with [3]. By 1954, Yawkey and company had already seen both Jackie Robinson, whom they tried out, and Willie Mays, whom they scouted, win MVP awards in the NL. By the time Pumpsie Green debuted, 8 out of 10 the last NL MVP awards had gone to black players, and 9 of the last 10 NL pennants had gone to the three NL teams which embraced integration the most quickly (the Dodgers, Giants and Braves). The Sox missed the boat on plenty of quote-ballplayers-unquote during that timespan while Yawkey stuck to his racist rationalizations. Agree with [3]. By 1954, Yawkey and company had already seen both Jackie Robinson, whom they tried out, and Willie Mays, whom they scouted, win MVP awards in the NL. By the time Pumpsie Green debuted, 8 out of 10 the last NL MVP awards had gone to black players, and 9 of the last 10 NL pennants had gone to the three NL teams which embraced integration the most quickly (the Dodgers, Giants and Braves). The Sox missed the boat on plenty of quote-ballplayers-unquote during that timespan while Yawkey stuck to his racist rationalizations.

]]> By: Mattpat11 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/11/18/my-it-shure-aint-sweet/#comment-247756 Mattpat11 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:38:44 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=26424#comment-247756 Hm. I think the second quote is more damning than the first, actually. The "clannish" quote comes off to me as one of those misguided "people of a certain generation" rants, while the "we wanted a ballplayer" quote is just total horseshit. Hm. I think the second quote is more damning than the first, actually. The “clannish” quote comes off to me as one of those misguided “people of a certain generation” rants, while the “we wanted a ballplayer” quote is just total horseshit.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/11/18/my-it-shure-aint-sweet/#comment-247755 Alex Belth Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:43:49 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=26424#comment-247755 Yeah, I was debating that. I'll take it down. Was on the fence with that. No offense intended. Yeah, I was debating that. I’ll take it down. Was on the fence with that. No offense intended.

]]> By: a.O http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2009/11/18/my-it-shure-aint-sweet/#comment-247754 a.O Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:34:20 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=26424#comment-247754 Respectfully, I think that Bull Durham ad is in poor taste. Respectfully, I think that Bull Durham ad is in poor taste.

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