1. 05-21-18 01:55 PM #1
    Bluehorseshoe
    Bluehorseshoe's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 07-13-06
    Posts: 14,936
    Betpoints: 1557

    Preston Wilson apologizes for making slavery comment during Astros TV broadcast

    AP NATIONALS MARLINS S BBN USA FL

    (Photo: WILFREDO LEE, AP)
    CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 17 COMMENTEMAILMORE

    Preston Wilson apologized Saturday for a reference he made to slavery during the television broadcast of the Houston Astros' game against the Cleveland Indians earlier in the day.

    Wilson, who played 10 years in the major leagues, was working the game for the Astros' television affiliate, AT&T SportsNet Southwest. He brought up slavery during a discussion with fellow ex-player Jeff Bagwell and color commentator Geoff Blum about which pitches were the most difficult to hit.

    "I don't know how you guys feel about this, Blummer and Baggy, but for me, it was the slider," Wilson said in the bottom of the first inning. "I can take the fastball. But I actually had somebody ask me if I could go back in history and change one thing, I skipped right over slavery and went to the slider. That's how I feel about it."

    According to The Houston Chronicle, the 43-year-old then added: "I realized that was selfish, so then after I thought about it, I was like, you know what, maybe I should change what I said, but that's how hard it is to hit a slider in the big leagues."

    Wilson, who is black, apologized on social media Saturday night.

    "Earlier today I made a comment that may have offended people and for that I am sorry," he wrote on Twitter. "What I said was inappropriate and not a reflection of the Houston Astros nor AT&T SportsNet."
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 05-21-18 02:12 PM #2
    JoeA1010
    JoeA1010's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 12-26-09
    Posts: 196
    Betpoints: 24510

    Were there any complete idiots who took him seriously?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 05-21-18 02:29 PM #3
    dlowilly
    dlowilly's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-09-16
    Posts: 13,862
    Betpoints: 192573

    Lol hilarious

    guy could mash a ball
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 05-21-18 03:26 PM #4
    VeggieDog
    VeggieDog's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 02-21-09
    Posts: 6,970
    Betpoints: 20481

    Quote Originally Posted by JoeA1010 View Post
    Were there any complete idiots who took him seriously?
    Yep. I'm sure there were Snowflakes clutching their pearls and heading for the fainting couch.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 05-21-18 03:55 PM #5
    Chi_archie
    GASPING FOR AIR
    Chi_archie's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 07-22-08
    Posts: 63,130
    Betpoints: 2380

    fire him!


    fukin mondays
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 05-21-18 04:06 PM #6
    Mike Huntertz
    Mike Huntertz's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-19-09
    Posts: 11,166
    Betpoints: 22604

    Quote Originally Posted by VeggieDog View Post
    Yep. I'm sure there were Snowflakes clutching their pearls and heading for the fainting couch.
    LOL
    Hours and hours of counselling to get over this terrifying incident.
    The horror!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 05-21-18 05:02 PM #7
    krk1030
    krk1030's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-13-08
    Posts: 17,605
    Betpoints: 4884

    He's out of his cotton picking mind.
    Nomination(s):
    This post was nominated 1 time . To view the nominated thread please click here. People who nominated: Bluehorseshoe
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 1
  8. 05-21-18 05:04 PM #8
    jjgold
    jjgold's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 07-20-05
    Posts: 388,190
    Betpoints: 10

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 05-21-18 05:15 PM #9
    dlowilly
    dlowilly's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-09-16
    Posts: 13,862
    Betpoints: 192573

    Along with timing and delivery, it's also funny because it's true

    Not only is slavery not the worst thing in history for blacks, it ranks up there with one of the best things that ever happened at least for African Americans. Overall American blacks are wealthier and have a higher quality of life than any other country where there is a large black population that has been there for more than a couple generations. Had their ancestors not been brought to America they would probably be dying of disease or starvation somewhere on the African continent or singing on the street corner all day of some Carribbean Island before they went home to their cinder block hut.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 05-21-18 05:58 PM #10
    slambam
    slambam's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 02-07-10
    Posts: 1,653
    Betpoints: 40

    Lol, people are such pussies.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 05-21-18 06:19 PM #11
    Bluehorseshoe
    Bluehorseshoe's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 07-13-06
    Posts: 14,936
    Betpoints: 1557

    "I don't know how you guys feel about this, Blummer and Baggy"


    This was the most disturbing part of the story for me. A grown man using those nicknames.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 05-21-18 07:09 PM #12
    sofranos
    sofranos's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 01-23-16
    Posts: 355
    Betpoints: 2485

    Cant fire a black man.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 05-21-18 07:23 PM #13
    TheToffer
    TheToffer's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 02-16-18
    Posts: 501
    Betpoints: 6063

    True story...P.W. is a "half-drinker". Best friend growing up played with him in Colorado years ago. I went out drinking with him a few times and he always drank just half of his vodka-cranberry. After a few times observing this, I asked him what the deal was. He said the ice melts and waters down his drink and makes it "un-drinkable"...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 05-21-18 07:52 PM #14
    DOM_Toretto
    Hoop Head
    DOM_Toretto's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 01-28-13
    Posts: 9,035
    Betpoints: 989

    I chuckled when I read what he said there, was funny and light enough to know it was said in humor


    Now to turn things serious/dark... would anyone actually want to prevent slavery if you could time travel? Wouldn’t that then mean most black Americans today probably wouldn’t exist?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 05-21-18 08:03 PM #15
    Booya711
    Big Dikk Energy
    Booya711's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 12-20-11
    Posts: 27,328
    Betpoints: 16133

    Quote Originally Posted by DOM_Toretto View Post
    I chuckled when I read what he said there, was funny and light enough to know it was said in humor


    Now to turn things serious/dark... would anyone actually want to prevent slavery if you could time travel? Wouldn’t that then mean most black Americans today probably wouldn’t exist?
    We would just call them Canadians
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 05-21-18 08:08 PM #16
    dlowilly
    dlowilly's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-09-16
    Posts: 13,862
    Betpoints: 192573

    Quote Originally Posted by DOM_Toretto View Post

    Now to turn things serious/dark... would anyone actually want to prevent slavery if you could time travel? Wouldn’t that then mean most black Americans today probably wouldn’t exist?
    True enough

    Before the African chiefs could sell their enemies they just killed them
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  17. 05-21-18 08:17 PM #17
    eidolon
    USA
    eidolon's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 01-02-08
    Posts: 9,531
    Betpoints: 15766

    Quote Originally Posted by sofranos View Post
    Cant fire a black man.
    Black privilege
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  18. 05-21-18 08:23 PM #18
    Foxx
    Foxx's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 05-25-11
    Posts: 5,751
    Betpoints: 11866

    Quote Originally Posted by krk1030 View Post
    He's out of his cotton picking mind.

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  19. 05-21-18 11:55 PM #19
    TheMoneyShot
    TheMoneyShot's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 02-14-07
    Posts: 28,681
    Betpoints: 23701

    So... there's no such thing as COMEDY anymore in America?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  20. 05-22-18 12:01 AM #20
    Plaza23
    Plaza23's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 12-29-13
    Posts: 7,392
    Betpoints: 13787

    That is a smart and HILARIOUS comment, and anyone asking him to apologize for that is fckin stupid.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Top
« Previous Thread | Players Talk | Next Thread »