Sheffield: Yankees treat black players differently

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TELL US HOW YOU REALLY FEEL, SHEFF
Published 7/13/2007 at With Leather - The official sports gossip blog for attractive people
... Thank God for Gary Sheffield! YouTube was making me go crazy. Seriously. Every third "sports" video on there is of some ugly-ass woman bodybuilder posing. There are millions of 'em. A-Rod must love it. Anyway... ...

Gary Sheffield Is Back, Baby!
Published 7/13/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
... Post All-Star dodrums getting you down? Mid-year crisis kicking in? Never fear; allow me to introduce you to sporting America's No. 1 cure for boredom: Gary Sheffield! ...

Sheff Pops Off Again
Published 7/13/2007 by Simon at SimonOnSports
... Curtousy of Newsday ...

Kremer to Sheffield: 'Way Weak'
Published 7/13/2007 by Neil Best at Watchdog
... Gary Sheffield is not my problem as a reporter, thank goodness, beyond the fact I watched an upcoming HBO interview with him and posted the hilarious/disturbing quotes here on Newsday.com. ...

Sheffield Speaks. Should We Listen?
Published 7/13/2007 by attackgerbil at YFSF
... More inspired thought from Sheff at Newsday. ...

Sheff On Jeter’s Blackness, Butt Injections
Published 7/13/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... Newsday’s Neil Best is the lucky recipient of an HBO screener, and once again, we’re left in pure awe at the quote machine that is the Tigers’ Gary Sheffield. ...

On second though, maybe Bobby Abreu isn’t all that bad…
Published 7/13/2007 by Mike A. at River Avenue Blues
... There’s a reason why Gary Sheffield has been on 7 teams in his borderline Hall of Fame career. This is it. ...

Newsday: Sheffield: Yankees treat black players differently
Published 7/13/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Newsday: Sheffield: Yankees treat black players differently Gary Sheffield asserts black and white players are treated differently under Yankees manager Joe Torre, says Derek Jeter ain t all the way black, and denies he ever has used steroids because steroids is something you shoot in your butt in an eye-opening interview with Andrea Kremer for the next edition of HBO s Real Sports, debuting at 10 p.m. Tuesday night. In a copy of the interview made available to Newsday late Friday morning, Sheffield begins by saying, I tell myself every offseason I m not going to say anything crazy. I m just going to have a peaceful season . . . Can t do it. I m cut from a different cloth. Thanks to ...

Sheffield: Yankees treat black players differently
Published 7/14/2007 by Jim Jacobs at Yankees baseball blog
... And how. In the middle of the interview, Kremer reports that Sheffield believes white and black players are coached differently, then asks him to name teams on which they are not coached the same. He immediately answers: "The Yankees." Continue ...

Sheffield On HBO's "Real Sports"
Published 7/14/2007 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
... From Newsday - ...

Gary Sheffield speaks again
Published 7/14/2007 by Vince Mercandetti at Sox and Pinstripes | Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees – The Greatest Rivalry in Baseball
... Detroit Tigers right fielder and designated hitter, Gary Sheffield, who happens to be a former Yankees star, has made his way into controversy again. By now all local media sources have printed a copy released in Newsday on Friday, which was an interview set to air with Andrea Kramer on HBO's "Real Sports" at 10PM Tuesday. ...

Sheffield Complains
Published 7/14/2007 by StatsGuru at Baseball Musings
Gary Sheffield feels Joe Torre treats black and white players differently . However, Sheffield lacks a bit of credibility: Sheffield said Friday night before the Tigers' game in Seattle that he felt disrespected when he arrived in New York, claiming Torre said the Yankees should have instead acquired Vladimir Guerrero. "When you're hearing that from your manager when you are out there busting your butt for him, that's disrespectful," Sheffield said. "But no one came to my defense to say it was disrespectful." Last time I looked, Vlad was still black. (Please don't give me the Vlad is Hispanic nonsense. Black/white racism has nothing to do with your country of origin.) And then there's this: Kremer pointed out to Sheffield that the Yankees' most prominent player is black. Sheffield responded, "Who?" Told Derek Jeter, Sheffield said, "Derek Jeter is black and white." J ...

Whole Wheat Is Healthier: One Grand Salami, Please ... Not On White!
Published 7/14/2007 by Skeets at Deadspin
... Earlier yesterday, reports leaked that ...

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Published 7/14/2007 by billfer at The Detroit Tiger Weblog
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Joe Torre's Gary Sheffield Problem
Published 7/16/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... Unless you spent all weekend under a rock you've already heard Gary Sheffield's comments to HBO's Real Sports about Joe Torre. For those who might have been under that rock we'll give you a quick recap. Sheff, a regular observer of baseball's racial landscape, said that Torre treats black and white players differently and that every black player who was in the Bronx with Sheffield had issues with the organization. ...