Spitting in an umpire's face over something as trivial as a called 3rd strike would qualify. And getting a slap on the wrist for it. He should have gotten suspended for the playoffs that year and half the next season. I don't care if a player hits .400 and wins the triple crown you intentionally spit in someone's face you are a punk in my book.
And have YOU been a role model all your life? Perfect to the tee? NEVER done anything wrong?! How about any of YOUR favorite athletes...how many with a few fingers can you count with that would fall anywhere remotely close to perfect?
Is this what has become of the sports fan....you make a mistake....maybe even two and suddenly, you are 'the scum of the earth', a "punk"??!! You can say that IF there is some history of this kind of behavior....but a couple of incidents and you are ALREADY labeled??!!
People......these are HUMAN BEINGS....not aliens. They eat, drink, sleep, brush their teeth, use the bathroom and put on their pants NO DIFFERENT than YOU or I. We have NO CLUE about their persoanllives really OUTSIDE of the court or playing field...and suddenly we can judge them AS PEOPLE just because they can hit, catch, score a goal or run for 60 yard touchdowns??!! So BECASUE they make 1000 times more money than we do...suddenly WE are judge, jury AND excutioner on their lives OUTSIDE the playing field?? EVERYTHING happens for a reason in life....YOU, ME and everyone in here do things because of something else. JUST because they have a certain gift from their creator....does no make them any more or less people and you and me. Look in the mirror before you start throw stones from your glass houses.....
