if you actually know about the guy, not just the "where theres smoke theres fire" crap you get on mike and the mad dog, you know hes never actually done anything of any significance...never any rape stuff, never threw a bat, never thereatened his girlfriend, no guns, no drugs, nothing...the worst thing he did was arrive late for ONE spring training game, use the word "hos" in a rap song and oh yes the worst infraction of them all, high five the home team fans after hitting his first big league HR that brought the mets into extras, can't forget that unforgivable sin...its pretty disgusting that so many people, including some in the media, still say "hes the next milton bradley" or associate him with actual troubled people like dukes after hes done so little...and if you think they're making that leap based on anything but race and more importantly his dreadlocks and his do rag then you're either hopelessly naive or ignorantly in denial

i don't get how on the one hand people can make so much of a parent's responsibility towards their children - which obviously is massively important - but then at the same time act like it's all down to the personal responsibility of the current generation of parents.  where do you think they came from then?

obviously much of dukes' behavior is intolerable, but it's the situation he came from that makes me angry.