kevin01
Jul 14th, 2007, 01:48 AM
Gary Sheffield has strong words about New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, former Yankees teammate Derek Jeter, San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds and steroids in an interview with HBO's "Real Sports" that will air Tuesday.
Sheffield says Torre treats black players differently from white players and says Jeter, who is from a mixed-race marriage, "ain't all the way black," during the interview with Andrea Kremer, as reported by Newsday.
As for Bonds, Sheffield says "if I took what Barry Bonds took, why don't I look like him?" He also says that he never took steroids because "the bottom line is steroids is something you stick in your butt -- period."
At that point, Kremer says to Sheffield that the Yankees most high-profile player is black. "Who?" Sheffield says.
Told Jeter, Sheffield says: "Derek Jeter is black and white."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2935737
Read the whole article... man he has some harsh words. I would not have a problem with anything except the Jeter thing... man the guy is one of the classiest guys in baseball and he is basically ripping him in the media in a negative way, yet Jeter has not even said anything about Sheff the whole season. It is like he trying to to start a movement for black players in the MLB, while black people are losing interest in the sport.
He was having an MVP season, i can see this becoming a huge distraction.
Sheffield says Torre treats black players differently from white players and says Jeter, who is from a mixed-race marriage, "ain't all the way black," during the interview with Andrea Kremer, as reported by Newsday.
As for Bonds, Sheffield says "if I took what Barry Bonds took, why don't I look like him?" He also says that he never took steroids because "the bottom line is steroids is something you stick in your butt -- period."
At that point, Kremer says to Sheffield that the Yankees most high-profile player is black. "Who?" Sheffield says.
Told Jeter, Sheffield says: "Derek Jeter is black and white."
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2935737
Read the whole article... man he has some harsh words. I would not have a problem with anything except the Jeter thing... man the guy is one of the classiest guys in baseball and he is basically ripping him in the media in a negative way, yet Jeter has not even said anything about Sheff the whole season. It is like he trying to to start a movement for black players in the MLB, while black people are losing interest in the sport.
He was having an MVP season, i can see this becoming a huge distraction.