Re: Atlanta Game

["Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr." <jaims@philonline.com>]

What a jerk that Rocker is!
Is he a member of those racist groups that worship Hitler's philosophies?
I hope he gets penalized by the league and banned from NY for good!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <opi@unesco.org>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 10:08 PM
Subject: Atlanta Game


> Not that we all should need any extra motivation to try to whup Atlanta
> tonight (other than defending our parquet floor one last time), but
> below are some quotes from Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker concerning
> New York City (and I suppose by extension "the North"):
> 
> p.s. I'm glad he didn't mention Ukrainians. :-)
> 
> -------
> 
> (copyright Associated Press)
> 
> ``The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners,''
> the Macon, Ga., native said. ``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?''
> 
> The 25-year-old reliever, whose team beat the Mets in this year's
> National League championship series but got swept by the Yankees in the
> World Series, made disparaging remarks about New Yorkers in this week's
> issue of Sports Illustrated.
> 
> ``Imagine having to take the 7 train to (Shea Stadium) looking like
> you're (in) Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer
> with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth
> time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids,'' Rocker said.
> ``It's depressing.''
> 
>