re: Chris Rose interview with Albert Belle

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I love Skip B, but he absolutely didn't handle that situation correctly. Joey was obviously a handful, but when you don't stand up and stand with your player when someone is in the outfield calling him despicable names - N word this N word that, among other things, what do people expect? Even his teammates didn't handle it the right way. If that's my friend and teammate, I'm not playing another pitch until that racist a-hole is removed from the ball park. That says a lot about Miss State and their people back then.

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i agree to an extent.

If Joey (Albert) was a regular arse dude, then Skip and his teammates likely would have had his back more than they did.

but when you’re an absolute a-hole and a ticking time bomb, then it wears on those you’re closest to.
And eventually they no longer have your six.

and that’s what happened to Belle.

nobody else heard the taunts.
so everyone (Skip, teammates, Miss State players, etc).
so the situation was viewed and treated as a hot head exploding.

it was boy who cried wolf story.
dude snapped so many times that the one time it was warranted, those that should have defended him didn’t.