John Rocker
John Rocker
John Loy Rockeris a retired American Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves, the Cleveland Indians, the Texas Rangers, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as well as the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He threw left-handed and batted right-handed. He is a native of Macon, Georgia and lives in Atlanta...
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I also am fully aware that the overwhelming majority of people in this city are extremely charismatic, full of personality -- though a bit spirited at times -- but nevertheless that doesn't make them bad people,
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About my presumed hatred of the people of New York, the comments I made over six months ago offended many people. I'm fully aware of this and I sincerely apologize,
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You know, to go and get something to eat and sit down at a table with him for 10 minutes after a game and you grew up idolizing him and he won't even look at you, that's rude. Maybe that's just his personality and he's a quiet guy, but to me it was rude.
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as a forum to retaliate at all the wrong injustices that had been done towards me and towards a lot of my teammates -- and I just went a little too far.
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The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners ... You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English.
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The media loves nothing more than when there is a racial scandal or something. Racism, bigotry, these are just such hot button issues, and the media loves it.
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Like me or don't like me, I'm not going to adjust my behavior, just to gain a few more positive fans.
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I have a group of close personal friends that are all my world. My family is my world. And as long as those people are happy with me, then I'm happy with myself.
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I am extremely sorry for the stress and confusion I have brought on the Braves organization.
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I'll admit I said something I shouldn't have said.
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I'm merely a baseball player, guys, ... In the great scheme of things, my thoughts, opinions and attitudes are of little importance.
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I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I know Hank (Aaron) and Jackie (Robinson) took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much am I supposed to take?
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The biggest thing I don’t like about New York are the foreigners. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How the hell did they get in this country?
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Even though it might appear otherwise from what I've said, I am not a racist. I should not have said what I did because it is not what I believe in my heart.