| Show Why So Tough on Robbie By Eric Bresee 1 Syr Staff Writer I J I l Editor s Dote fute- This was ves writ- writ i tai tei b ty r me one of our air staff staf f v writes items I 1 in last as a reply t- t tY Y to articles m mI I X I week s paper It has been the talk of the sports world for what seems like the last cen cen- tury wry It was a subject of a full-blown full editorial in last weeks week's edition It was also Mooses Moose's Sign of the Apocalypse last week It was the Roberto Alomar spitting incident Can our values as a society be so screwed up that this spitting incident can be so blown out of proportion Let me just say that I am not condoning condoning condoning con con- spitting on an official of any game I think it is totally disgusting But on the other hand isn't spitting part of the game Dont Don't players and managers spit sunflower seeds dont don't they both spit their chew Yes bothof both bothof bothof of those are rather disgusting Alomar was stupid for spitting on the umpire but think of all the other idiotic things professional athletes have done Vince Coleman chucked a M 80 at ata ata ata a fan Charles Barkley has broken several several several sev sev- eral fans' fans noses Nick Van Exel knocked a referee into the The King Idiot Dennis Rodman head head- butted an official I do not remember nearly as much public outcry from any of these events as the Alomar incident has caused Also notice that the incidents that I mentioned did not even include any drug incidents So does that mean that spitting on an umpire is worse than a nose full of cocaine I am sure baseball fans remember this name Steve Howe Howe was waC suspended from baseball nine times for drug use or possession A nine time drug offender can play but we want to run a time one-time from the game Can you name one one other incident involving Alomar For some reason people think Alomar will not be suspended He will willbe willbe willbe be at the beginning of next season Some baseball people want him suspended suspended suspended sus sus- sus- sus now but it is the rule you cannot can cannot cannot not be suspended in the season post-season for something done in the regular sea sea- son Alomar will sit as he should He will be allowed to play again just like Howe was nine times over Now that is the sad part |
