Gary Sheffield lets his playing do the talking these days...for the most part. After comments in a GQ interview, the Tiger's outfielder responded with surprise.
"I don't know what the big deal is. They asked me a question. I answered the question. I didn't think about it, I just answered. Yeah, I'm paid millions of dollars to play a sport where everything is taken out of context, but I'm surprised people are paying so much attention to it."
When asked if he was derogatory or racist toward latino players, Sheff replied, "Absolutely not. Just because they can't speak no proper English don't mean I ain't down with them."
Teammate Carlos Guillen confirmed this, saying, "Gary is right, we take all the abuse baseball dishes out to us, because we're afraid to get sent back home. Black players tell guys to bleep off because they've been stuck in this country from day one. I don't think Gary's racist. In fact, just the other day, Sheff was slapping me around, laughing in my face, calling me a stupid spic, but that's just razzing from a teammate. He doesn't dislike me, he just dislikes my race, so no, I don't think he's racist."
Gary Sheffield concluded by saying, "Look, we in America, last I checked, the language is American, so you can spin it any way you want, but the bottom line is, I ain't playin' baseball with other brothers because we don't take no s#@! like them wetbacks do. They use them because they can send 'em back to the hellhole they came from if they step outta line, but they gotta treat me like a man."
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