Many of you youngcels might have never heard of him, but in the late 90-early 00s there was a based MLB pitcher by the name of John Rocker. Read the excerpt below to get an idea of this guy.
Rocker, who initially gained notoriety by lashing out at Mets fans during the National League Championship Series last October, expanded his target group in a Sports Illustrated article in December. He disparaged an assortment of foreign people -- ''I'm not a very big fan of foreigners,'' he said, adding, ''How the hell did they get in this country?''-- as well as gays and others. He also called a black teammate ''a fat monkey.''
Talking about playing for a New York team, he said: ''Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you're riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing.''
Rocker, who initially gained notoriety by lashing out at Mets fans during the National League Championship Series last October, expanded his target group in a Sports Illustrated article in December. He disparaged an assortment of foreign people -- ''I'm not a very big fan of foreigners,'' he said, adding, ''How the hell did they get in this country?''-- as well as gays and others. He also called a black teammate ''a fat monkey.''
Talking about playing for a New York team, he said: ''Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you're riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing.''
