Tue Aug 1 18:57:27 2023
(*b36962f9*):: In 1999 John Rocker told SI he would never play for a NY team –
“Imagine having to take the (number) 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you’re (riding through) Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right next to some 20-year old mom with four kids. It’s depressing.”
MLB then forced him to undergo “mandatory psychological testing”
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(*b36962f9*):: In 1999 John Rocker told SI he would never play for a NY team –
“Imagine having to take the (number) 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you’re (riding through) Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right next to some 20-year old mom with four kids. It’s depressing.”
MLB then forced him to undergo “mandatory psychological testing”