Baseball player's don't need an sp, they have tons of womenmac said:who was the hot chick with Alex in the video? An sp?
I agree with everything you wrote. Examples of this that I've seen included watching someone follow Doug Gilmour into the bathroom to get an autograph and another person harass [pictures, autograph, money(!?)] Chris Bosh while he was in mid-bite at a restaurant. My favourite was when someone asked Bruce Smith for his autograph in a bathroom at a club and the All-Pro turned to him and calmly stated, "I've got my hand on my fucking cock!" Where's the hue and cry around these so-called fans' douchey-ness?Mao Tse Tongue said:For a time, I lived in the Four Seasons Yorkville. I watched the autograph hunters harass players night and day. You have no idea what they put up with. People bug them under any and all circumstances. Yes, it's part of the job, but you never know when you blow and lose it. This guy called Rios a bum because he ignored a "fan". You don't know the circumstances, you just see what the video shows.
Drive through. The mob is in full effect.
True enough CF. Some of these fans have no manners whatsoever and it must be frustrating for these athletes to keep their cool at times.Captain Fantastic said:I agree with everything you wrote. Examples of this that I've seen included watching someone follow Doug Gilmour into the bathroom to get an autograph and another person harass [pictures, autograph, money(!?)] Chris Bosh while he was in mid-bite at a restaurant. My favourite was when someone asked Bruce Smith for his autograph in a bathroom at a club and the All-Pro turned to him and calmly stated, "I've got my hand on my fucking cock!" Where's the hue and cry around these so-called fans' douchey-ness?
That being said, I will say that Rios was wrong in not signing an autograph for that kid - unless the little farker swore at him before the camera was rolling!
Edited? I know a few people that were around when it happened, nothing was edited down.crocket said:I saw the u-tube video and that is definately edited. What happened before Rios started dropping the f-bomb? All I see is this guy heckling Rios and telling him to get out of Toronto. Rios had a bad day with 5 strikeouts and then attended a charity event. He must have had an earful of f-bombs from the jays management for doing so badly. It was probably more than just 1 kid, I bet a crowd would have formed shortly after, all of them wanting a signature as well.
I bet the heckler was really rude to Rios at first, but they edited out that part. And who the hell would tell someone to get out of Toronto? What kind of a racist is that? He should save that crap for bj Ryan.
From what I was told by some being there, nobody was allowed near the building where the players and their entourage were leaving and there was security. The guy who took the video started taping it once the crowd started to make their way to their cars in the valet area.crocket said:Rios was 25 ft from his car. Where was the video of when he walked out of the building? Maybe he was heckled right at the building door, but I do not know what took place there?
I just think that there was more to the story than what was shown in the video.
Also the video looks like roid rage but I don' think Rios takes anything like that!
Pro athletes hire SPs all the time regardless of their fame/reputation.alan9080 said:Baseball player's don't need an sp, they have tons of women chasing them.