John "off his" Rocker

ESPN has an an article about John Rocker that is a classic example of foot-in-mouth disease.

I quote the master of missteps, "I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I know Hank [Aaron] and Jackie [Robinson] took a good deal of crap, but I guarantee it wasn't for six years. I just keep thinking: How much am I supposed to take?"

The answer, John, is a whole lot more (as long as you keep saying stuff like that). I guarantee that Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson did not take crap for six years - they took it for their entire life! By mentioning these great players and class acts in the same breath as himself, Rocker has only added to his lifetime of misery, by adding more fuel to any hecklers' fire.

Now that he's playing for the Independent League's Lond Island Ducks, I can't wait until I can heckle him myself. This September 11-14, he'll be at Bridgeport's Ballpark at Harbor Yard. I think my sign will say "We're all a bit stupider for being in the same stadium as John Rocker."