Maggs in SI

Subject: Maggs in SI Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:13 am

I opened the latest issue of Sports Illustrated this morning and was pleased to see an entire section on the contributions of Latino athletes. I haven't read all the articles, but they seemed overall very positive.

There was also a two-page spread showcasing the highest paid Latinos in sports. For each athlete, there was a picture and a little blurb about their accomplishments. However, when I got to #16, our beloved Maggs, the feature took a disturbingly negative tone.

There was a nice picture of our star. But the copy next to it read something like this (I don’t have the exact article with me right now):

“In his native Venezuela, Ordonez owns a construction company that reportedly has ties to the leftist government.”

This infuriated me for several reasons. The publication totally ignored the fact that Magglio won the AL batting championship last year and finished in the top five again this year. The writers overlooked the good deeds that got Magglio nominated for the Clemente award, most notably his establishment of a scholarship for inner city kids in Detroit. Instead, the writers elected to highlight a tidbit of information that is, at best, HEARSAY. They chose to include this highly political anecdote in a SPORTS magazine. The other athletes featured all had trivia about their accomplishments in SPORTS.

I am angry and plan on sending a letter to the magazine. I’d like to encourage you all to do the same.
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Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:19 am

gawd I wish people would just leave the poor guy alone....
let's ALL do some VENEZUELAN bashing! They are just plain TALENTED GUYS...
EVERYTHING is tied to the government down there at the current moment, isn't it??
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Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:50 am

leave Magglio the $(#)@&% alone!
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Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:09 am

Why does Magglio own a Construction Company with ties to the Government?

Granted; I don't think it was fair to just take a negative shot at Maggs

But i did not know that about Maggs

Maggs is cool

But it is disturbing to read that fact about him

Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:23 am

my point is the Venezuelan government has its hand in everything down there as it is! You can't NOT have ties to the government!
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971

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Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:24 am

Hmmm, it's a double negative...I'll try again:

You are unable to be without ties to the government down there as it is a socialist state.
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Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:01 am

Were the writer(s) of that SI article insinuating that Magglio should SELL that particular "leftist" business??

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Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:22 pm

Anyone??

Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:29 pm

Didn't read the article...Trinita will know.
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971

Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:26 pm

Where she be?

Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:29 pm

still here...very busy
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971

Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:40 pm

Good busy??

Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:29 am

yup. Youngest started kindergarten this fall.
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971

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Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:34 pm

The game is controversial enough! They don't need to dig up unnecessary things about players, even though they do.
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971

Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:51 am

....in the name of "NEWS", right?

Subject: Re: Maggs in SI Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:15 am

Right! And notice nothing is printed about him now, at least that I've noticed....
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There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971