[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Calvin was a straight up racist dirt bag
He didn’t deserve a statue in the first place.

[daler]

“Calvin was a straight up racist dirt bag.”

Kinda like Robert Byrd and J.W. Fulbright.

I’m not excusing it, just pointing out that it helps one’s legacy to have a (D) after one’s name in Wikipedia.

Griffith did bring Major League Baseball to Minnesota, so racism wasn’t his only contribution to the culture.

Hence the statue.

[jeffersondem]

“Calvin was a straight up racist dirt bag”

This is in dispute.

From the article:

“I have long forgiven Cal for his insensitive comments and do not believe he was a racist. That was not my personal experience with Calvin Griffith – prior to or following that day in 1978.” - Rod Carew