Posted on 04/04/2006 9:16:04 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says Major League Baseball and San Diego police failed to protect Barry Bonds and should be trying to find out who threw a syringe at him in the Giants' opener.
The object was thrown near the San Francisco slugger as he came off the field following the eighth inning Monday night in San Diego. Bonds picked up the syringe - about the size of a fat cigar - and carried it off the field. "That fan should have been arrested," Jackson said. "That object could have had a needle in it. It could have hit him. The commissioner of baseball must be outspoken in protecting any players whose lives are in jeopardy, whose security is at risk."
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Perhaps Barry Bonds could have a part in protecting Barry Bonds from syringes.
Oops. Guess that is another record he broke. Most "hits" in a single season.
Jesse gets funnier as he gets older. What a card.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson says "The sky is falling,the sky is falling, awk, awk".
Jackson's falling apart.
Brotha' Jesse used to spit in white peoples' coffee when he worked as a waiter. So he has no standing to comment here. Does anyone think that if a syringe was thrown at a white player Jesse would give a Shiite?
SHUT UP, JESSE!!!
(There, I feel better)
I thought surely this was Scrappleface. Jackson: shoulda, coulda, woulda.
This is not a joke?
That object could be full of radioactive waste, it could have been full of LSD, it could have been wired to a thermonuclear warhead .... but it wasn't.
Given Bond's record with steriods; this was one fan's way of rubbing his nose in it. A plastic syringe is neither lethal, nor likely to induce great harm. It is an insult, it is not considered good sportsmanship, and it is littering. It should result in the fan being ejected from the game; but hardly an offense worthy of jail time.
It "could" have......but it didn't. What a Moroni.
Jesse's having a good week, he also has that Lacrosse team deal working.
I 'm surprised barry didnt stick it in his butt. (reflex action)
I guess he was hoping there was some steroids left in it.
I wonder what kind of morons Jessie Jackass and Cynthia McKinney would produce?
It really irks me for that man to call himself "Reverend!" He does NOT represent Christians. He does NOT represent Jesus Christ!
One wonders whether there exists an event or story that Jesse Jackson can not utilize for some of his special brand of media whoring.
I'm surprised he's not standing next to Cynthia McKinney!
What's he say about Darfur?
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