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Forget all the home runs Chipper Jones hit against the Mets – 49 going into Saturday -- or the way Met fans used to chant “Larry….Larry….” as if that could slow him down.
Jones showed his class in 2000 after a teammate, John Rocker, was quoted in Sports Illustrated, spewing vile sentiments about New York plus “gays, people with AIDS, welfare mothers, people who speak foreign languages in the United States, minorities and other urban types,” as I put it. Plus, the dope denigrated our multi-ethnic No. 7 elevated line that runs from midtown Manhattan to the Mets’ neighborhood in Queens. Anybody who doesn’t like the No. 7 line doesn’t really like America. Rocker also spotted the writer, Jeff Pearlman, in the Braves’ clubhouse and said, "This isn't over between us.'' The Braves were in the middle of their great run. They did not need this distraction. And their best regular player, Chipper Jones, stood in front of his locker and addressed the problem. ''If there is a chemistry problem on this club, they've always been able to cut out the cancer,'' Jones said. He knew exactly what he was saying. I was there; I can attest that it happened just that way. I don’t know that I ever heard an active player use that word about a teammate – not in measured tones, to a knot of reporters, on the record, for national consumption. Jones probably had been assured the Braves were going to unload Rocker. He is a white guy from rural Florida, and he made the point for Brian Jordan, an African-American former N.F.L. player, now a teammate, and everyone else: this is not condoned on this team, in this town. It took the Braves until June 22, 2001, to trade Rocker, but Jones had reinforced the Braves’ image as a team worthy of being beamed into homes all over America. He earned all the ovations in recent days, and he earned the respect the Mets showed Friday night as they clogged their dugout, attending his farewell ceremony at Turner Field. Chipper Jones’ legacy is more than home runs: it’s decency. 9/29/2012 08:30:15 am
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9/29/2012 08:50:38 am
Those moments are so memorable, because they affirm the goodness in most people and make heroes more touchable. Pee Wee Reese, the "Little Colonel" from Louisville, KY, walking over and chatting quietly to his teammate Jackie Robinson at second base, who was under fire from bigots, was such a moment. 8/28/2013 11:20:58 pm
Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.
Brian Savin
9/30/2012 02:25:52 am
Sensitivity awareness seems to be an "acquired taste," even in civilized countries, as surprising as that still is to me after a lot of years. When I re-read John Rocker's infamous statement, I am reminded by several incidents that stick out in my own personal experience. First, a reminder (with my apologies):
George Vecsey
9/30/2012 03:12:03 am
Thanks, all, for the thoughtful notes. Brian, I've been to the Orkneys. They are pretty far up there, where Vikings got beached a millenium ago. I bet the Gatwick world is different from the Orkneys. London is different in the past 10-20 years. Plus, better food.
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