Yes. Seriously. There was zero mention of race in the CHB's piece. None. You said that this was a racial-biased piece. So, yeah, show your work.
>>>C'mon, man. Do you not know how to read between the lines? He criticizes only black players in this piece and defends an old-school white guy. Not only that, but he sees the need to write this piece, and assert those values, in the first place. And he does that because he knows his readers will respond--get their Irish up, Boston style!
The hell are you talking about?
>>>Your demand that I illuminate the subtext of this piece, because you don't see it, is why Shaughnessy has a job--because nobody calls him on this shit. Incidentally, I don't hate Shaughnessy. During his career he's written some good, trenchant pieces, I think;
he's also written some infuriating ones in which he projects a truculent and deliberately dense point of view--as if he wants to personify his most unenlightened readers rather than illuminate them. Right now you're acting like one of those readers.
You're projecting. Majorly. David Price is thin-skinned
>>>Again, this is just Shaughnessy, and you, belaboring the idea that Price is thin-skinned. This episode is not an example of his being thin-skinned. But Shaughnessy pulls a sleight of hand that you don't notice here. "Oh, it's David Price being David Price again!" No, it's not. Price is not objecting to being criticized. He's defending a teammate, which is what good teammates do. No wonder they applauded him for it. Shaughnessy is horrified by this, as if there's the remotest chance Red Sox players would side with the TV announcer guy over E-Rod.
and it doesn't matter what color that skin is.
>>>To who? To you? Congratulations on your color-blindness, which has prevented you from seeing the obvious subtext of this story. Because I guarantee that his skin color does matter to David Price, as a black athlete in Boston, and to Jackie Bradley and every other black player on the team. Boston isn't just any other city, as you well know. It's a place with a racist legacy that lives vividly into the present, as Adam Jones can testify.
He takes every slight as a personal affront to his honor. Which, if that's what he needs to become a good pitcher, that's cool. I'm down with it.
>>>Make up your mind. Do you agree with Shaughnessy that Price is thin-skinned and deserves to be raked over the coals for it (even if the episode in question isn't about Price being thin-skinned)? Or don't you?
But at the same time, Eduardo Rodriguez goes to AAA and puts up some pretty pedestrian numbers (which is being diplomatic) and Eckersley says, "Yuck." You know, that I reread what I wrote, you're right. I mean, this is way worse than Eckersley talking crap about their moms. I mean, can you imagine the anguish and turmoil that Eduardo Rodriguez had to go through that night? Yuck. Now that's a four-letter word that we can all agree, hurts like a fist.
>>>Price's point was that Eckersley knows that pitching is hard and that he should know better than to crap on a young player's rehab start in the minors. Did he overreact? Almost certainly. Should he be blamed for being so passionate in his support of his teammate? Apparently you and Shaughnessy think so. And Shaughnessy thinks it's worth writing a piece about not just this episode, but also another one involving JBJ, in order to show us that black players in Boston are "thin-skinned" and don't give an older white commentator the respect he deserves.
So is Shaughnessy doing this on purpose (like you said in the first paragraph)
>>>Where did I use the words "on purpose," or any word or combination of words that has that meaning? I will say that I think Shaughnessy knows exactly what he's doing. He's a vaguely racist guy writing for a vaguely racist audience and he knows just what he can get away with. And as far as you're concerned, he did get away with it, because there's nothing offensive to you about this column.
or is this an unconscious subtext that he's slinging? Because there is a very, very big difference.
>>>Just two verys? Three would be even more condescending!
And this piece isn't about how players don't like Eck's criticisms, it's about how one player (Price) got into a shouting matching with Eckersley over a very mundane comment.
>>>As I've said, I don't think that's what the piece is about.
Let me ask you this question, if Chris Sale got into a fight with Dennis Eckersley, would you be okay with it?
>>>You're not making any sense here. I'm not taking issue with what happened. I'm taking issue with Shaughnessy's dogwhistley account of it.
BTW, I think that David Ortiz was always a known Dominican. I remember the early days of his Red Sox tenure when he tried to hide it; but once it became known, all bets were off!
I think that you're giving Dan Shaughnessy way too much credit here.
>>>I don't. He's the city's marquee sportswriter, and its longest tenured, I believe. In Fenway's press box his seat is in the front row, dead center. There's no other sportswriter in town with his authority and readership.
Shaughnessy is a lot of things: professional shit-stirrer, seller of stupid books, afro enthusiast; but I don't believe that facts add up to him being a racist. You're the one that's trying to connect the dots.
>>>I feel I've done that. You want to defend Shaughnessy. I'm happy with the side I'm on, and I assume you are too.
BTW, you still haven't proven anything other than you read way too deeply into a column of man you claim to hate.
>>>Sorry to disappoint you. I guess you're too smart for me.