Given his rather inflamatory comments earlier today, Rangers’ president Chuck Greenberg nearly tore a hammy during this backpedal:
Hours after going on radio, Greenberg retreated, calling both Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees’ managing general partner, and Randy Levine, the Yankees’ president, to apologize for his remarks.
Greenberg then issued a formal apology in which he stated that he “unfairly and inaccurately disparaged fans of the New York Yankees.’’
“Those remarks were inappropriate,’’ the statement added. “Yankees fans are among the most passionate and supportive in all of baseball.’’
Mr. Greenberg, if you want to hate the Yankee fans, do it. Just do it right. Do it with conviction, even if we vehemently disagree. We can handle and respect hate (RedSox fans have been doing/saying worse for longer) much more readily than we tolerate politician-like backtracking. Make a stand, man and defend it if you believe in it. Otherwise, you look like a wuss.
How’s that shoe taste?
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