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Carlos Delgado Tells Reporters He Still Won't Stand for 'God Bless America'
E&P ^ | 01/27/05 | AP

Posted on 01/27/2005 6:22:17 PM PST by Pikamax

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1 posted on 01/27/2005 6:22:18 PM PST by Pikamax
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Funny. He doesn't seem to object to the money he's making in good ol' America.


2 posted on 01/27/2005 6:25:08 PM PST by Trippin
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"He's an adult. The club's position is that what he does is up to him."

Not while he's wearing a Marlin's uniform.


3 posted on 01/27/2005 6:26:26 PM PST by Fenris6 (3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
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there should be an en masse cancelling of season tickets as a response to this - let the team get the message. Rush should run with this.


4 posted on 01/27/2005 6:27:16 PM PST by oceanview
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Is this really a surprise?

How many sports figures really support the USA?

Oh, they love the money, of course.


5 posted on 01/27/2005 6:29:22 PM PST by mc6809e
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Fans should stand and turn their backs to him when he's up at bat. Piece of s**t.


6 posted on 01/27/2005 6:29:55 PM PST by rockprof
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Let's say only 15% of the fans decide to no longer support the team.

That should make that long term $52 million contract pretty near worthless.

These entertainers who think any of us are interested in their political concerns are NUTS!

7 posted on 01/27/2005 6:30:52 PM PST by muawiyah
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Maybe we should ask the Department of State to revoke his work visa.


8 posted on 01/27/2005 6:31:09 PM PST by Lunkhead_01
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Now I like that Idea.


9 posted on 01/27/2005 6:37:58 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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Yeah and now I'm stuck watching this idiot all summer long.
I hope he has a lousy season even though I do hope the Marlins do well. I just heard that he doesn't like God Bless America. I am sure that all the Cuban Americans in Miami are going to be thrilled with him. They flee communism and they get stuck with an idiot like him on their home team!!


10 posted on 01/27/2005 6:44:01 PM PST by Cricket24 ("We have met the enemy and it's the U.S. press (and the democrats)!")
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What an absolute tool. Deport the a-hole.


11 posted on 01/27/2005 6:57:28 PM PST by GianniV
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I am going opening day, I'll let you know. I didn't realize it was this idiot that we signed.


12 posted on 01/27/2005 7:01:03 PM PST by twin2
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there should be an en masse cancelling of season tickets as a response to this

Season ticket sales jumped dramatically when he signed. He makes the Marlins a better baseball team.

Regarding his protest..... while I respect those who disagree with the war, and support athletes/celebs voicing their opinions like any other person (as long as they're prepared for possible backlash) his protest is quite a stretch, to say the least. Taking his feelings out on "God Bless America"??? That just don't make sense, and consequently is inappropriate.

13 posted on 01/27/2005 7:04:52 PM PST by JohnnyZ ("Thought I was having trouble with my adding. It's all right now." - Clint Eastwood)
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how many people even know about this practice of his? very few. if it got some widespread media coverage, harping on it day after day, some people would refund their season tickets.


14 posted on 01/27/2005 7:07:50 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Pikamax

Freedom of speech, freedom of expression...


15 posted on 01/27/2005 7:09:41 PM PST by imfleck
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if it got some widespread media coverage, harping on it day after day, some people would refund their season tickets.

True ..... but now he's their guy, so a lot of people who might otherwise object will excuse his behavior.

16 posted on 01/27/2005 7:17:44 PM PST by JohnnyZ ("Thought I was having trouble with my adding. It's all right now." - Clint Eastwood)
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I may be wrong but Delgado isn't an American citizen. I think he's from Puerto Rico. Don't you just love these people that come here to take our money and then treat the country with such disrespect?


17 posted on 01/27/2005 7:20:16 PM PST by Cricket24 ("We have met the enemy and it's the U.S. press (and the democrats)!")
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There are men who will never be able to stand up again to "God Bless America" or any other song for that matter. They were paralyzed while defending Mr Delgado's freedoms so that he can be an overpaid jackass jock.
18 posted on 01/27/2005 7:20:43 PM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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The SOB should MOVE back to Puerto Rico and renounce his U.S citizenship while he's at it!

Denny Crane: "I want two things: First God and then Fox News."

19 posted on 01/27/2005 7:20:51 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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He'd better watch his back. Florida 'aint Toronto.


20 posted on 01/27/2005 7:22:12 PM PST by montag813
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