Pierzynski, Utley 'Meanest' in MLB - 美國職棒

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/31976603

In a poll of 215 major-league players conducted by Sports Illustrated, White
Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski was voted as the "meanest" player in baseball,
taking home 29 percent of the vote. Phillies second baseman Chase Utley (13
percent), now-jobless Milton Bradley (11 percent), soon-to-be-jobless Carlos
Zambrano (five percent) and Dodgers reliever Vicente Padilla (four percent)
were the other names that most frequently came up in the poll.

From the SI press release, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said the following
about Pierzynski: If you play against him, you hate him. If you play with
him, you hate him a little less.”

I can't say it's surprising that Pierzynski isn't well liked by his peers.
That's been common knowledge for a while ... but, "meanest?" Really?

Isn't this the sign we're getting a little too sensitive as a society? Maybe
biggest jerk or most annoying would sound better and yield similar results --
maybe even "biggest antagonist?" -- but "meanest" just has this connotation
like we're some child cowering in the corner because classmate isn't very
nice and we can't take it. So we'll run home to Mommy and Daddy and tell them
about the mean guy. I would hope that if some player specifically said "A.J.
is so mean!" that our collective response would be to man up and quit
whining. But hey, to each his own.

Now, to be fair, we can't blame the players for answering. They were simply
asked a question and answered it. And to be fair to SI, I'm probably
overreacting to its attempt to come up with an MLB equivalent to "dirtiest
player," which they ask in other sports.

I will say I was quite surprised that Pierzynski beat out the likes of
Zambrano and Bradley here, but I'm no player. I guess they'd know better who
is "mean."



沒想到追追會在榜上...甚至還比大Z高 (No.4)

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