As old school as baseball is. I’m surprised they ever let players wear chains
Pirates broadcast is not a fan of Ronald Acuña's jewelry or "stuff”
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"Back in the day" you had:
Black Sox scandal
Marge Schott's racist ass
Pete Rose scandal
85 Pittsburgh drug trials
Steroid abuse
Bribes
Mickey Mantle getting a blowjob during a game
Popping greenies in the clubhouse
and a myriad of other problematic occurrences in baseball history yet these old farts wanna be on some "back in the day" bullshyt like the game was ever "pure"
And Wehner deserves to have his chin checked for his comments. He has no idea the relationship Dietrich had with his grandfather or what he would have approved or disapproved of
Black Sox scandal
Marge Schott's racist ass
Pete Rose scandal
85 Pittsburgh drug trials
Steroid abuse
Bribes
Mickey Mantle getting a blowjob during a game
Popping greenies in the clubhouse
and a myriad of other problematic occurrences in baseball history yet these old farts wanna be on some "back in the day" bullshyt like the game was ever "pure"
And Wehner deserves to have his chin checked for his comments. He has no idea the relationship Dietrich had with his grandfather or what he would have approved or disapproved of
gtj1982
Superstar
What is he talking about? It was nothing but jewelry being worn back in the day. You also had swag, emotion, personality, charm, anger, joy, etc back in the day in baseball. The complete opposite of what the game is today. Why these old white former players who are now broadcasters stay trying to sweep that under the rug all the time
Maybe because they were also upset when the black players did it back then and they do their best to block out any memories of having to share a locker room or field with a "black"
You know these dudes were all smiles when African Americans started to leave the game. Later only to then see carribeaans take their place their souls must of been crushed.
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GiantGonzalez
Banned
Can u imagine someone coming up to the plate with 3 mid 00’s chains weighing down their neck with a big team pendant 
Yep, umps always had to tell pitchers back in the day to tuck their jewelry or take it off because they were blinding batters.
If I was a baseball player I'm coming up to bat with a big ass Ghostface Killah chain like
Cac announcers gonna hate the kid
Cac announcers gonna hate the kid
FreddyCalhoun
All Star
Yep. For whatever reason I've always remembered Albert Belle's gold cross. Seemed like he wore that particular chain basically his whole career.
And it wasn't just the brothers...shoot, even Cal RIpken rocked a big gold chain at one time.
Cal's great grandmother was Dominican.
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
I didn’t know baseball players could wear earrings til I saw that 30 for 30 about the Hernandez brothers leaving Cuba
My first refereed basketball game I forgot to take my earrings off had to give them shyts to the scorers. Iverson the only one who got away with it in the NBA.
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staticshock
Veteran
Baseball used to be my favorite sport man.
Analytics & old crusty cacs like this is what drove me away for a while. Acuna, Albies, & Dansby Swanson be swaggin on the field & off of it & they’re part of the reason I’m starting to like it again.
Can’t wait till all these old time broadcasters & reporters die off
Analytics & old crusty cacs like this is what drove me away for a while. Acuna, Albies, & Dansby Swanson be swaggin on the field & off of it & they’re part of the reason I’m starting to like it again.
Can’t wait till all these old time broadcasters & reporters die off
Yeah, I don't even think it's racism with Acuna even if it looks like it on the surface. These Pirates announcers are just bitter, mad at the world, pieces of shyt. Pittsburgh needs to get rid of those pricks ASAP.
Oh theres definitely probably a lot of racism mixed in, its just not 100 percent racism. Pittsburgh is a city thats proud to be old and white. At least it was when I lived there. I don't think they even have a hip hop radio station anymore...
You would know better than I would.
The Dietrich comments are one of the most appalling things I've ever seen or heard a commentator say about a player and he's white. I think if they were covering an Angels game and Mike Trout came out looking like Eric B. & Rakim in the 80s they'd have a meltdown.