July 24, 2015

Jose Bautista calls out Colin Cowherd for insipid remarks about Dominican ballplayers: One of baseball’s most vocal sluggers is not happy with Colin Cowherd for the radio host’s negative portrayal of Dominican players, and the MLB Players Association is reportedly equally upset.

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“It’s too complex? I’ve never bought into that 'baseball is too complex.' Really? A third of the sport is from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has not been known in my lifetime as having world class academic abilities."

posted by NoMich to baseball at 10:15 AM - 4 comments

Loved Cowherd's insinuation the percentage of players with college degrees in baseball being lower than the NFL/ NBA is meaningful. Let's see, a sport that drafts out of high school versus two that don't. Can't find a transcript but I'm sure Captain Evidence included the NHL in his comparison later to make things fair, right? No? Wonder why not.

posted by yerfatma at 11:01 AM on July 24, 2015

Jeff Passan's Twitter feed is especially good right now.

posted by Ufez Jones at 01:12 PM on July 24, 2015

Cowherd picked the worst possible time for this Archie Bunker moment. He's been dropped early by ESPN and has yet to sign the deal with Fox Sports, as far as I can determine.

Funny quote in hindsight: A Washington Post report yesterday had Cowherd declaring that his bosses at ESPN "are friends for life."

posted by rcade at 06:47 PM on July 24, 2015

Just going to leave this here.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:40 AM on July 27, 2015

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