So last week I wrote about this: View From Out West: Racist Angels Fans? which led to an anonymous poster writing:
Jeff Miller is an imbecile that can barely formulate sentences. OC Angels fans were so disgusted with this baseless article that thousands of fans contacted the Register to file a complaint. I personally cancelled my subscription to the newspaper due to an ongoing slew of trash journalism that finds its way to print at this rag. Don’t believe me? Read the comments section regarding this pitiful article.
There are a myriad of reasons why OC fans said so little on the departure of FR–which met fans will unfortunately find out. Oh, it should be noted that Arredondo will most likely be our next closer and Angels fans are more than happy about that. Strange…coming from such a “racist” fan base that Jeffy suggests.
So while I don’t claim to be anything but a loudmouth with a blog, and by no means 60 Minutes, I decided to look around the comments section from the Miller article:
The real reason is, THAT Frankie is just a poser in a closer’s uniform. He’s not a TRUE closer… He benefitted from all of the Angels success, and the close games that they had in the last few years… especially last season. True closers are LIGHTS OUT… Think of Mariano, Lidge, Papelbon, Eckersly, and even Hoffman, Percival and Gagne in their prime. They were untouchable, unhittable, wouldn’t budge an inch, and most of all, they all are, or were, lights out. They don’t give up walks. They don’t give up a double or two, they didn’t muster up that feeling of “I don’t know”, and most of all, they didn’t go out trying to show up the other team with that cocky attitude that Frankie has. He’s been lucky that he didn’t play in the N.L. all of his career. He would’ve been plunked on numerous occasions if he had to bat. Nobody, especially pro ballplayers, likes or appreciates a player that shows off an attitude like Frankie has… But now he’s on the Mets, and I only hope that he doesn’t get hurt with a beanball, or with that god-awful delivery of his, if you can actually call it a delivery… It’s freekin’ painful to watch that crap, falling off the mound, with no chance of ever being able to field a come-backer.
My only sentiment to K-Rod is, God Bless Him… The N.Y. media is going to eat him alive when he fails, and that’s gonna be a whole bunch, most likely.
It looks like a lot of fans were upset by the article, and said they were glad to get rid of him not because of his heritage, but because he puts guys on, which I warned about here: 7 Things Mets Fans…
What’s really interesting is that Miller has not backed off his statement. In fact Miller even quotes an anonymous Angel:
A prominent Angels player contacted me to thank me for writing my original column that ran in Wednesday’s newspaper. Since identifying him here could cause him problems, he will remain anonymous.
“As a player, you always have to watch what you say,” he told me. “But thankfully you have a platform to talk about things like this. You don’t have to worry about the things we have to worry about.
“I really liked what you wrote. You were right on. People identify with their own kind. That’s human nature.”
If you’re waiting for me to back down on this one, all I can say is sorry. Contrary to what so many of you have suggested, I didn’t write that column to generate reader reaction. I wrote my opinion, what I believed — and still believe — to be 100-percent accurate.
Wow now that’s interesting. It’s almost LoDuca in reverse…as if Pedro or Delgado had said something when a lot of Mets fans were questioning Omar’s alleged marketing plan.
I don’t know what’s in the soul of an Angel fan or not. I do sense that they don’t care that he left, and I keep thinking about how Philly fans felt about Rich Kotite coming to the Jets (they laughed). I think it was the right move for Omar to make (they needed a closer, he got the best one available). If K-Rod can blow fewer than 27 saves this team will be improved from last year’s debacle.
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