Late last month Atlanta Braves pitching coach confronted some male fans at a Giants game in San Francisco and allegedly asked them, “Are you a homo couple or a threesome? Are you three giving it to each other in the ass?” He then helpfully demonstrated what exactly he meant by making a ring with his thumb and forefinger and inserting a bat as two explain what two men do when they love each other. Well, he’s sorry about all that, especially since Gloria Allred publicly humiliated this by demonstrating the same “bat butt” maneuver in front of a TV audience (and for some reason it looked a lot creepier when she did it, probably because she wasn’t smiling). It’s not everyday that you see a man unequivocally apologize for acting like a turd, so please enjoy and consider just how big a step this is in a world where anti-gay slurs were once considered “part of the game.”
Of course earlier this week we thanked McDowell and his ilk for their homophobic remarks. If it weren’t for him simulating anal sex in front of two 9-year-olds we wouldn’t even be discussing homophobia in major league baseball. That makes the hockey, baseball, and basketball leagues all tackling homophobia in one month—triple play, three pointer, hat trick!
RomanHans
What? He’s sorry so it’s okay? He’s mentally ill, and shouldn’t be working anywhere he has to interact with the public.
Shannon1981
I don’t buy this apology. He never said he isn’t homophobic, and who the hell would say something like that to strangers at all?
Maybe he’s a closet case. They are usually obsessed with buttsecks like that.
Michael
What a dumbass. I said this on another site these idiots including Kobe never ONCE say the word gay or lesbian not even one damn time. How is it so hard for them to say I am sincerly sorry for the hurt and pain I have caused the members of the gay and lesbian community? DUMBASS. These bigots continue to prove not only how stupid they are but also how callous heartless and foolish they are as well.
I also love how he said to those whom ive offended.As if thats his small way of trying to get the blame off of him and make it look like WE are the ones who are thin skinned and effected by what he said. Ugh morons the lot of them.
This guy even claimed like ALL THE OTHER ones that he had gay friends. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you have loved ones who ARE gay you wouldnt say this hateful crap to begin with. Common sense and common human decency continues to elude ignorant morons like this guy Kobe and soooo many others.
alan brickman
Wow!! the hypocrites are blood thirsty tonight!!!!
Any opportunnity to make Gloria Allard look dumb is just comedy gold!..trust me on this!…
ousslander
having Gloria Allred at your side makes you look money hungry and silly.
The words were offensive and the league should fine him but nobody is owed for damages. If those words destroyed an adults life then they are pretty pathetic.
jcdutchy
I will get right to the point, here is a man Roger McDowell, who has thought about this, visualized it and still had time to decide if this should be told, and he decided too express his feelings openly. He expressed/vocalized his deepest thoughts/feelings, lets back up his trip prior to the stadium, the parking lot, the freeway, home, the day prior to the game, alone, etc. In his build-up sexual frustration/lack of he had openly confessed about his homosexuality. We may not have appreciated his confession but he did try and we failed him.
He should not have been forced to apologize but been counseled, and his confession is being ignored and he is suffering because now he has too hide a part of himself again which is not fair.
Haji
If he had never be caught and called on the carpet for it, he wouldn’t be standing there giving that organization directed, humbling apology.