Grow Up
by digby
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the Phillies fans calling San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum gay and it sparked quite a debate in the comment section. Mostly people chalked it up to Phillies fans being particularly hardcore.
Well, it isn’t just Phillies fans. Here’s a little note from a sportswriter for the San Francisco Chronicle:
The Giants must quickly adjust to this new planet they find themselves on. It can be confusing. Take Giants’ boss Bill Neukom, who showed up at Friday’s workout wearing cowboy boots so new they didn’t bend when he walked. Isn’t that wrong, paying homage to the enemy’s culture when invading its lair? When Rangers President Nolan Ryan went to San Francisco for the first two games, he didn’t put on a dress and high heels.
So do San Francisco fans think this stuff is funny too? I’m sure they parry it well, just as Lincecum did when he replied that those Phillies fans must like his butt, but come on — this isn’t cool and certainly San Francisco columnists shouldn’t be trafficking in archaic gay stereotypes.
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