The Knucklehead of the Day Award

We present today’s TFM Memorial Knucklehead of the Day Award to Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie McCovey.

The Giant great injected a charge of Racism into the debate over allegations of Barry Bonds steroid use:

“Knowing what I have gone through in sports, there are always those little, you know, racial overtones,” said McCovey, a black man who started his career in the segregated south of the 1950s and broke into major league ball with the Giants.

“I don’t think it would be this big a deal if McGwire was still playing and was in the same shoes chasing that record,” he said of McGwire, who is white. “I don’t think they would be spending all this time to dig all this dirt up on him.”

Willie, the media about crucified McGwire for refusing to answer questions before Congress. Jason Giambi’s been in the doghouse. This whole controversy crosses racial lines.

I’ve got some problems with this. See this post at WhereIStand, but there’s no need for this.

While, he’s had a tough past, McCovey played the race card to distract from the allegations. Overall, if anything he’s made things worse for Barry Bonds, not better and for that Willie McCovey is the knucklehead of the day.

Linked to Don Surber

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