ClaireTSCDRO

He never said "real" baseball fans will cheer for him.

I beg your pardon. He said "true" baseball fans won't boo him. My apologies for the misquote. Carry on with your tireless defense of him.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/angels/la-sp-0219-angels-20130219,0,7821703.story

The implication being that the fans are clueless. Which he reiterated when he added that "real" baseball fans would cheer him when he returns, not boo him. It's an arrogant, tone-deaf kind of comment that I don't want to hear from someone on my team. You just don't stoop to dissing the fans. Like when Wilson said that crap about O.co and the A's fans? Sure the ballpark may be a P.O.S., but was anyone surprised that saying the fans suck was not a well-received comment?

You know what he said. His comments were uncool despite the fact that you agree with them.

It's stupid to assume that a movement of 2000 people represents an entire fanbase. I'm sure a great number of fans will boo their faces off for Hamilton, and I'm sure he still has a bunch of supporters who will cheer, too. 2000 out of 45,000 or whatever is not impactful.

Angels fans would be just as mad if a former player said unkind things about them. To pretend otherwise is silly.