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Re: Starting to believe that John Schuerholz is a racist.  
8/2/06, 8:03pm  (<font size=1 color=white>Last Edited: 8/2/06, 8:16pm</font>)
     I've never thought of Schuerholz as a racist, but the big trades in recent years that you brought up might prove the accusation to be true.  The trades of great players and a few potential Hall of Famers-- especially McGriff-- in favor of mediocre players-- mostly caucasian-- taking their spots certainly gives a good amount of credibility towards your argument.  As far as I know, Schuerholz has never publicly made a racist comment.  
    
    On the other hand, the Dodgers used to have a GM named Al Campanis who appeared to be color-blind in every way.  He volunteered to be Jackie Robinson's roommate in 1946 and was credited by Robinson himself for making the transition to second base much easier.  As a GM, players throughout the league, regardless of color, regarded him as a fair judge of talent and it showed with the Dodger teams Campanis put out on the field during the '70's and '80's.  He even had pictures of Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Abraham Lincoln, and former L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley prominently displayed in his office.  Today, he's better known for the infamous interview he had with Ted Koppel in '87, when he made racist comments in general about blacks and said that none of them should ever manage a team.  Go figure!!!!!  As Bill Bradley once said, race relations are never very simple.

[Jaydawg from Tarzana/CA]
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