Originally published at: Retired baseball player offers up classic nonpology for anti-semitic remark | Boing Boing
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That’s something for a guy who placed bets on his own team and was accused of statutory rape.
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More evidence of how the MAGAt movement has emboldened bigots to say the quiet parts out loud. There was a time when Bench would have known to keep his trap shut.
At least we know what he is now.
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Maybe Dock Ellis was on to something when he decided one fine day, pitching for the Pirates, to intentionally bean the first 4 Cincinnati Reds batters he faced, including Bench and Rose. The umps pulled him during the 4th at-bat (I think!). It did inspire his previously un-inspired teammates, turning around a dismal season.
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He beaned Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and Dan Dreissen. He next tried to bean Tony Perez, but that ended up in a walk. When Johnny Bench came up next, he tried to bean him, missed, and was pulled. 11 total pitches. He’d told someone of his plan two days earlier, so it’s nuts he was left in the game after nailing Morgan.
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Dock Ellis’ most noteworthy feat, of course, was pitching a no-hitter on LSD.
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