Someone Should Put a Sock in John Rocker's Mouth

That statement is a bit of a pun, as Rocker's latest comments have come at the expense of White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. I shouldn't even state it like that, because, really, Rocker stood up for Guillen's recent homosexual slur of Chicago sportswriter Jay Mariotti.

Rocker said regarding the incident, "This is a free country. If he wants to use a lewd term, he should be able to use a lewd term. Can't you use a lewd term in America if you want?"

John Rocker has run into some trouble himself when it comes to slurs. In an interview for Sports Illustrated a few years ago, Rocker took swipes at gays, Asians, immigrants, and African-Americans. He referred to an African-American teammate of his as a "fat monkey," mocked Asian women, said regarding immigrants, "How the hell did they get in this country?", and commented that he could never play for a New York team, because he couldn't ride a train "next to some queer with AIDS."

Someone should do John Rocker a favor and shove a sock in his mouth, so that whenever he decides to make an ignorant comment, he can taste the nastiness that's about to escape his mouth. Yes John, it is a free country. You can say whatever "lewd terms" you'd like. It's just sad that some people have to resort to such "lewd terms."

Whatever Rocker wants to say, his career came to a complete halt the season after he made those comments to SI. He had been a very successful closer for the Atlanta Braves prior to that, but never returned to form. I had kind of rooted for the guy, hoped that the article was blown out of proportion, and that he really wasn't such a punk after all, but the more I hear or read the man's words, the more I realize that the article summed him up pretty accurately.

Link:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2499926