July 08, 2003

DUSTY LOGIC: Here's Chicago Cubs

DUSTY LOGIC: Here's Chicago Cubs manager Dusty Baker, who later this month will manage the National League in the All-Star Game:

It's easier for most Latin guys and it's easier for most minority people because most of us come from heat. You don't find too many brothers in New Hampshire and Maine and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ... We were brought over here for the heat, right? Isn't that history? Weren't we brought over because we could take the heat.

Baker's an idiot for saying this, and an even bigger idiot for refusing to apologize. And if a white manager had said the same thing, he'd likely be fired within days. But does Baker deserve a little bit more slack in trafficking in racial stereotypes, as a minority himself? Yes, I suppose he does. I wouldn't exactly put this in the same category as Campanis/Jimmy the Greek/Rocker/Trent Lott. But yes it was dumb, and Baker should absolutely apologize.

Posted by Stephen Silver at July 8, 2003 01:50 AM
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