As Griffey approaches 600, MLB whitewashes history

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  Willie Mays is white?

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Daily Dump: Jay Bruce Song Written, Titans’ Cheerleaders In Exotic Locale And Chris Cooley Wedding Photos
Published 6/2/2008 by J Koot at Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
... usual, will be in shitty Omaha [Play in CA] The Titans’ cheerleaders trying to put calendar together [NFL Juice] Jason Taylor calls press conference for this? [Rumors and Rants] Chris Cooley wedding montage [Don Chavez] We’re not buying Josh Hamilton Triple Crown hype [The Merkin] Mushnick goes after Joe Buck, announcers [NY Post] Baseball covering whitewashes history in Griffy HR chase [Comcast] Doc Rivers doesn’t care for blogger types [The Big ...

Comcast: Martin: As Griffey approaches 600, MLB whitewashes history
Published 6/2/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Comcast: Martin: As Griffey approaches 600, MLB whitewashes history From Home Run King to Nanking… During Sunday’s Red Sox/Orioles game, which I watched on MLB.TV, the league ran a promotional commercial for Ken Griffey’s approach to 600 home runs. Backed by maudlin piano music, a Costas-like narrator says the following script, to the accompaniment of pictures and video: “Willie Mays, September 22, 1969…600. Babe Ruth, August 21, 1931…600. Hank Aaron, April 27, 1971…600.” Then the screen flips to Griffey, who sits at 599, and he says, “Ken Griffey Jr…. keep watching.” ...

Morning Constitutional: Wishing That All of Red Sox Nation Would Move to China
Published 6/2/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... | Red Sox Monster Yep, Sox fans are still the most insufferable people on earth (says the Orioles fan): MLB whitewashes history | Wicked Good Sports I simply cannot understand why MLB wouldn't include Sosa or Bonds in the Griffey's 600th HR ads. ...

The Scorecard: MLB forgets to mention a couple of 600 HR guys
Published 6/2/2008 at Big League Stew
Over on Wicked Good Sports, Cameron Martin notes an interesting omission in MLB's hyping of Ken Griffey's impending (given his pace, maybe impending is the wrong word) 600th home run. ...

HHR Hugs It Out [6.2.08]
Published 6/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Hugging Harold Reynolds) at Hugging Harold Reynolds
MLB Whitewashes History (Wicked Good Sports) Time for Grady to Hit Third (Waiting for Next Year) Should MLB Retire #3? (The Final Score) Public Facts, Greek Love, and MLB Parity (Five Tool Tool) Soccer Player Headbutts Journalist (The Beautiful Game) Today on Gem Mint Ten Jack 'Em Up Milwaukee's Holy Diver You People Are Sick ...

MLB.tv Ignores The Existence Of Barry Bonds And Sammy Sosa [Revisionist History]
Published 6/2/2008 by Will Leitch at Deadspin
... . wasn't able to hit his 600th homer yesterday, depriving the Great American Ballpark fans from the opportunity to see the milestone. (And then see Griffey get traded.) The Reds now take off on an eight-game road trip, and you'd have to think Griffey's gonna hit at least one over those eight games. And that would make him the fourth ever player to hit 600 homers. Wait ... fourth? Well, according to MLB, yep. ...

MLB.tv Ignoring Bonds, Sosa in Ads
Published 6/3/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... to me that MLB is ignoring Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa in a commercial that promotes Ken Griffey Jr.’s pursuit of 600 home runs. Here’s how the screen apparently looks: ...

Wicked Good Sports: As Griffey approaches 600, MLB whitewashes history
Published 6/5/2008 by Cyclones Fan (noreply@blogger.com) at The Mets Police
... and the act of a weenie (Mr. Selig). Bonds and Sosa’s numbers haven’t been stricken from the record. Moreover, they were the last two players to reach this cherished plateau. Yet to watch MLB.TV, you’d think a hitter hadn’t reached 600 since (cue the solemn piano music)… “Hank Aaron, April 27, 1971.” Why make the commercial at all if you’re going to insult the intelligence of baseball fans?" The steroid era is part of MLB history - whether you like it or not it has to be acknowledged. Wicked Good Sports: As Griffey approaches 600, MLB whitewashes history