The Dark Side of the Diamond

The Forgotten Exile - John Rocker

I don’t remember where I was when the John Rocker story broke.

But I do remember how it felt.

The moment I read those words in Sports Illustrated (remember when they did hard-hitting exposes), it was like someone had pulled a tarp off a part of baseball we all kind of knew existed but didn’t really want to look at. Racism. Homophobia. Raw, unfiltered hate…