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February 27, 2008

Rangers' Wilson Blog Comments Backfire

From the Dallas Morning News with a hat tip to BaseballThinkFactory.org:

The exhibition season hasn't yet started, and already Texas Rangers closer C.J. Wilson has found himself in a jam.

In his own clubhouse.

Wilson recently made comments about his teammates' lack of political education in an ESPN.com article and then made subsequent posts on a Rangers-related blog that referred to the average major leaguer by an obscene remark. On Tuesday, teammates confronted him about the comments.

I guess this would qualify as a "bad incident." Given the recent news about Yankees players having blogs, I wonder if this situation will give cause for the Yankees to take a preemptive strike, using the Rangers as an example, and start to tell players that cyberspace is a no-go?

Posted by WW Staff at February 27, 2008 09:20 AM

Comments

I wouldn't be surprised, but I would hope not.

This isn't a matter of blogs or websites or radio or TV or MySpace. It's simply a matter of knowing what to say and what not to say. For example, if Mr. Wilson had said the very same thing to a reporter, would his teammates not confronted him? They only confronted him because it was a blog? Of course not. So, it's just not fair to label one form of media as negative when it really comes down to knowing what to say - to any form of media.

Patrick

Posted by: pokeefe [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 27, 2008 10:18 AM

Why don't the Yankees have their bloggers run what they post past the PR department???? No problems.

Posted by: Inconnu [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 27, 2008 12:52 PM

So the Yankees should take action because one player is an intolerant jerk? Um, OK.

Posted by: Rich [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 27, 2008 02:02 PM