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This is an excerpt from an article I found at ESPN.com. It's a very interesting article called "Baseball Needs Barry Bonds" written by Alan Grant, a former NFL player.
...about the necessity of an evil figure in the game of baseball (barry bonds) ...
"We all hate someone. But more often than not, it's not the person. We hate what that person represents. Take Phil Mickelson, for instance. I've never met the man. But he reminds me of a particularly annoying ideal: the clueless, Waspy, Sigma Chi type." -funny, huh?-
"You see him at parties, wearing Dockers and a rumpled, pastel-colored button-down. He might be wearing saddle shoes and a Rolex. When you spot him, he's already drunk, slurring the words spilling from his stupid mouth. You make an excuse to walk by him just so you can bump him with you shoulder and spill his drink. This makes him mad and he confronts you. You want him to confront you. You're aching for him to confront you. So you take two steps forward, close enough to smell the cheap vodka on his breath. He takes a swing and misses. Then you snap his pasty face with a quick, sharp, beautiful jab, and you watch the blood trickle from his nose. He's done, so you don't hit him anymore. But you're not satisfied. So before you walk away, you deposit him in a dumpster, his face in garbage and his ridiculous shoes poking from the bin..."
"I've never met Phil Mickelson. But he reminds me of that guy."
"Barry Bonds doesn't remind me of anyone. I doubt he reminds you of anyone. I think those who hate Barry Bonds hate him just for being Barry. And hatred on its own merit, and not reminiscent of anything or anyone... that's some real power, if you ask me."
Thanks Mr. Grant, I agree. You should read this article, it's pretty good.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=grant/060414
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