[Lando Lincoln]

"It happens because you're white and I'm black," Sheffield told the magazine. "My interpretation of things is different. You don't see it the way I see it. You write how you understand it, how you would articulate it, not how I, as a black man, would articulate it."

Is that what this is really all about??

Lando

[Lando Lincoln]

Ping to my FRiends,

Lando

[My2Cents]

"My interpretation of things is different. You don't see it the way I see it. You write how you understand it, how you would articulate it, not how I, as a black man, would articulate it."

We're talking baseball here...how different can their perspectives be?

[misterrob]

ping

[My2Cents]

On the other hand, I think I know where Sheffield's perspective is coming from...it's the same perspective that, sadly, a lot of minorities share, in that EVERYTHING is viewed in terms of race.

[Al Simmons]

Oh Jeeeez.....Reggie Jackson all over again (except that Sheffield ain't half the player Jax was)....

like the Yankees don't have enough shiite to deal with this year (no pitching staff)

now they've got a sulking prima donna

maybe if he talked to Matsui (NOT a 'white man') he might learn something about playing as hard as he could, doing anything for the team, being grateful for just being there and - finally - keeping his G-D mouth SHUT!!!

He had an "assistant" there to make sure the interview stayed "positive"?? Sounds like the dude needs to find another job!!

What a M-F IDIOT!!!

[dead]

[rvoitier]

It's not sheffield either:

AVG	Á. Rodríguez	.316 
 HR	Á. Rodríguez	30 
 RBI	Á. Rodríguez	85 
 R	D. Jeter	79 

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

What does this have to do with race? Jeter and A-Rod are not white. Bye the way Gary, Jeter has 3 more rings than you. Also, where was your great leadership when the Yankees had that collapse in October.

[Charles Henrickson]

"It happens because you're white and I'm black," Sheffield told the magazine. "My interpretation of things is different. You don't see it the way I see it. You write how you understand it, how you would articulate it, not how I, as a black man, would articulate it."

A talk show host on the SF Giants radio station just got suspended for making a passing reference to "Caribbean" ballplayers. Here Sheffield makes outright racist remarks, and do you think anything will happen to him? Not in Allan "Bud" Selig's PCMLB.

[Charles Henrickson]

A-Rod is a better ballplayer than Sheffield, and Jeter is at least Sheffield's equal--not to mention that Jeter has been a Yankee his whole glorious career, a steady constant leading them to their pennants and WS championships of the past decade. Furthermore, Jeter and A-Rod each are part-black, so there goes Sheffield's theory about racism, unless it's because he's blacker than those guys.