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baseballthinkfactory.org - 27 days ago
Kerry Wood: Black Cubs players got hate mail
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Cleveland Indians closer and ex-Cubs ace Kerry Wood didn’t dismiss the notion that Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley and other African-American players may have experienced racial insensitivity during their time in Chicago. “I know just from the experience of playing with those guys, and I’ve ...
How Come No One Believes Racism Exists Until a White Guy Says It Does? [Cubs Fan Edition]
notqualifiedtocomment.com - 26 days ago
How Come No One Believes Racism Exists Until a White Guy Says It Does? [Cubs Fan Edition]
— notqualifiedtocomment.com — Cubs fans are racist. We have heard it time and again from many different sources, although all of them have been African-American until now. In recent years Dusty Baker, Latroy Hawkins, Jacque Jones, and now Milton Bradley claimed to have received racist hate mail and racist taunts in the ... (more) How Come No One Believes Racism Exists Until a White Guy ...

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sports.espn.go.com - 27 days ago
Kerry Wood says some African-American Cubs teammates received hate mail - ESPN Chicago
— sports.espn.go.com — Cleveland Indians closer and ex-Cubs ace Kerry Wood didn't dismiss the notion that Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley and other African-American players may have experienced racial insensitivity during their time in Chicago. "I know just from the ... (more) Kerry Wood says some African-American Cubs teammates ...

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Kerry Wood Confirms Racist Mail Rumors
bleachernation.com - 27 days ago
Kerry Wood Confirms Racist Mail Rumors
— bleachernation.com — During the Dusty Baker era, several Chicago Cubs players - and Baker, himself - obliquely suggested they were the victim of racist vitriol in Chicago. And it was not as if fans necessarily didn’t believe them - it only takes one idiot to write a letter - it was simply that, there was ... (more) Kerry Wood Confirms Racist Mail Rumors

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Kerry Wood: black Cubs players got racist hate mail
Circling The Bases — ... deal well with criticism. And to be sure, you've never heard LaTroy Hawkins, Jacque Jones or Dusty Baker cite that kind of garbage as the reason for any of their professional shortcomings while with the Cubs. But let's make sure when we pile on Milton Bradley that we're piling on the way in which he deals with adversity as opposed to pretending that such adversity doesn't exist. Because based on what Kerry Wood is saying, it certainly does exist, even in this day and age. (link via BTF )

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