Comments on: Dusty Baker’s Hiring a Race Issue for Reds Fans? http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/dusty-bakers-hiring-a-race-issue-for-reds-fans/1018 Brown Bag it, Baby Fri, 25 May 2012 16:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: How Long Before Dusty Baker Ruins Johnny Cueto? | Larry Brown Sports http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/dusty-bakers-hiring-a-race-issue-for-reds-fans/1018/comment-page-1#comment-103404 How Long Before Dusty Baker Ruins Johnny Cueto? | Larry Brown Sports Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:04:55 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/10/15/dusty-bakers-hiring-a-race-issue-for-reds-fans/#comment-103404 [...] Johnny Cueto was nothing short of dominant. One problem, however. Given the fact that Cincinnati now has a new manager with a track record of abusing young arms, it didn’t take long for my man Pat Lackey to [...] [...] Johnny Cueto was nothing short of dominant. One problem, however. Given the fact that Cincinnati now has a new manager with a track record of abusing young arms, it didn’t take long for my man Pat Lackey to [...]

]]> By: SpinMax http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/dusty-bakers-hiring-a-race-issue-for-reds-fans/1018/comment-page-1#comment-27269 SpinMax Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:50:58 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/10/15/dusty-bakers-hiring-a-race-issue-for-reds-fans/#comment-27269 Dusty has earned it. "Personally, I like playing in the heat, you know," Baker told reporters before the Cubs played the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday at Wrigley Field. "It's easier for me. It's easier for most Latin guys and most minority people because most of us come from heat. You don't find too many brothers from New Hampshire and Maine and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, right? "I mean, we were brought over here for the heat, right? I mean, ain't that history? Weren't we brought over here because we can take the heat? Your (dark) skin color is more conducive to heat than it is to lighter-skinned people. I don't see brothers running around burnt. That's a fact. I'm not making this up." Dusty has earned it.

“Personally, I like playing in the heat, you know,” Baker told reporters before the Cubs played the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday at Wrigley Field. “It’s easier for me. It’s easier for most Latin guys and most minority people because most of us come from heat. You don’t find too many brothers from New Hampshire and Maine and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, right?

“I mean, we were brought over here for the heat, right? I mean, ain’t that history? Weren’t we brought over here because we can take the heat? Your (dark) skin color is more conducive to heat than it is to lighter-skinned people. I don’t see brothers running around burnt. That’s a fact. I’m not making this up.”

]]> By: Alan http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/dusty-bakers-hiring-a-race-issue-for-reds-fans/1018/comment-page-1#comment-27226 Alan Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:25:55 +0000 http://larrybrownsports.com/2007/10/15/dusty-bakers-hiring-a-race-issue-for-reds-fans/#comment-27226 Important to note that he also ended Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and maybe Carlos Zambrano's career, over-working them all into the ground, esp. in the 2003 NLCS. Homer Bailey, look out! Important to note that he also ended Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and maybe Carlos Zambrano’s career, over-working them all into the ground, esp. in the 2003 NLCS.

Homer Bailey, look out!

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