Yea that’s dumb. As a kid I had no issues rooting for Cal Ripken and Will Clark. Loved Nolan Ryan and my all time favorite QB is Aikman. The mindset you describe is beyond idiotic
Clark wasn't just a singles guy. He definitely hit with some power. In his prime, he was usually good for 20-30 home runs, 100+ RBIs, and his slugging percentage was decent, too. He cracked the top 5 in the league a couple of times, in that.
He did all this with a very modest physique, playing at a time when his contemporaries were starting to get all juiced up, too.
I'm so sick of hearing white people saying it's wrong to root for other white people, while championing for black role models for black kids.
Yea that’s dumb. As a kid I had no issues rooting for Cal Ripken and Will Clark. Loved Nolan Ryan and my all time favorite QB is Aikman. The mindset you describe is beyond idiotic
It's been awhile since I thought about Will Clark.
The .300 BA, singles-hitting 1B is an archetype that doesn’t really exist anymore .
Clark wasn't just a singles guy. He definitely hit with some power. In his prime, he was usually good for 20-30 home runs, 100+ RBIs, and his slugging percentage was decent, too. He cracked the top 5 in the league a couple of times, in that.
He did all this with a very modest physique, playing at a time when his contemporaries were starting to get all juiced up, too.