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re: Former athletes who would be heavily criticized in this era of media/social media
Posted on 4/9/17 at 5:57 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Posted on 4/9/17 at 5:57 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Babe Ruth. A drinker during Prohibition, a womanizer, and a locker room cancer.
Finally someone mentions the King. Holy Shite...the tabloid fodder with Babe Ruth. I can't even imagine...the fallout with his shenanigans.
But baseball writers protected players back then...nobody talked about personal life, it was considered uncouth.
But Ruth was a Yankee...and like Jeter, maybe he would get a pass about his personal life.
Ruth apparently loved Prostitutes...Jeter got basically the same without having to pay for it. Ruth apparently passed syphilis...Jeter apparently passed herpes.
Ruth brushed with death a few times. A woman chased him through a crowded train, brandishing a knife, because he had cheated on her. A man with a gun chased a naked Ruth out of a hotel in Detroit, after Ruth slept with his wife. And in 1925, he missed part of the season with "The Bellyache Heard 'Round The World," which was almost certainly a combination of poor diet and a TON of syphilis.
So if Jeter could get away with it with the NY media, I'm sure the best baseball player of all-time would have gotten away with it.
This post was edited on 4/9/17 at 6:03 pm
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Posted on 4/9/17 at 6:03 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
What was wrong with Jeters personal life? Only losers would have an issue with him banging the hottest women around
Posted on 4/9/17 at 6:33 pm to Duggars23
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What was wrong with Jeters personal life?
Steinbrenner called him out once, mainly because he thought it was affecting Jeter's on-field performance. Can't blame him with how much he was paying.
This post was edited on 4/9/17 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 4/9/17 at 6:37 pm to Bestbank Tiger
frick Steinbrenner.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 6:44 pm to Duggars23
All the black athletes cheating on their black wife's with white women
Posted on 4/9/17 at 6:54 pm to lsutigers1992
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You can probably add Joe DiMaggio
Hung out with actual mobsters.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 8:17 pm to Tarik One
John Rocker would be an interesting twitter follow. So would Fuzzy Zoeller.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 8:30 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Lenny Dykstra. That guy was insane.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 8:39 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Hung out with actual mobster
A bit hypocritical considering how high and mighty Dimaggio portrayed himself
Posted on 4/9/17 at 8:41 pm to Tarik One
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This post was edited on 4/15/17 at 12:33 am
Posted on 4/9/17 at 8:44 pm to Tarik One
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OJ Simpson
Not as a player. He'd be a megastar today with his talent and charisma
Ehh, he would have been a modern day Russell Wilson.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 8:48 pm to Duggars23
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was wrong with Jeters personal life? Only losers would have an issue with him banging the hottest women around
Or his victims... Apparently he gives them a gift basket at the end.
But...
No one knows if he tells women before he slays them that he will be the gift that keeps on giving.
This post was edited on 4/9/17 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 4/9/17 at 9:36 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Arnold Palmer. His philandering and womanizing on the tour was well-known but protected by the media.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 9:39 pm to Jack Ruby
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They'd probably call him an alcoholic and a disgrace.
Well he was/is one of those if we're being honest
Posted on 4/9/17 at 9:58 pm to Tarik One
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A bit hypocritical considering how high and mighty Dimaggio portrayed himself
As did the New York media, wearing out the word 'classy' when writing about DiMaggio.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 10:01 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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Arnold Palmer. His philandering and womanizing on the tour was well-known but protected by the media.
well damn.....did not know that about they guy
Posted on 4/9/17 at 10:16 pm to Tarik One
Joe Namath
Posted on 4/9/17 at 10:27 pm to Tarik One
Roberto De Vicenzo. "What a stupid I am."
Posted on 4/9/17 at 10:30 pm to dukke v
Lighten UP.... PUNK....
Lou Gehrig.
Lou Gehrig.
Posted on 4/9/17 at 10:34 pm to Kcrad
Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson. Louis loved white chicks and Ray slapped his wife around.
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