I don’t understand why NBC Sports’ Hardball Talk blogger Craig Calcaterra is getting so much grief for writing that the Yankee fans who booed Javier Vazquez were “classless” and “ignorant.” It’s the truth. But that apparently wasn’t good enough for Craig Carton of WFAN’s Boomer and Carton Show, who ranted about Calcaterra on Thursday’s program. Carton got so enraged about Calcaterra, he called him a “jackass” and insinuated that anybody who didn’t agree with Carton’s point of view was a Nazi sympathizer.
“I don’t like it when people write columns attacking the integrity of the fan base,” Carton complained, saying it was “open season on us Yankee fans,” and promised to “defend New York fans to my death.” Oh, please. This Yankee fan wasn’t the least bit offended by what Calcaterra wrote. He didn’t attack the integrity of the entire fan base; he attacked the integrity of classless and ignorant fans who booed their team’s starter 14 pitches into the game. To which I would add, if you boo your own player in that situation, you’re a front-running fool.
“How dare anybody tell Yankee fans” not to boo Vazquez, Carton griped, saying “Vazquez sucks, I’m gonna boo him.” Only thing is, Carton could not manage to pronounce Vazquez’s last name correctly. Over and over, he mispronounced his name. What’s the word that’s on the tip of my tongue right now? Oh, yeah, it’s the word “ignorant”!
Carton said it was the fans’ “God-given right to boo.” Gee, I guess I missed that part of the Bible in my Catholic school classes.
The “best” part of the rant? When Boomer totally didn’t agree with him, Carton compared him to somebody “sitting in France in 1942,” saying “eh, they make a good point.” So yes, Carton went there and suggested that if you didn’t agree with his opinion on Calcaterra 100%, you were a Nazi sympathizer. Maybe it’s just me, but I think it’s kind of, um, classless to make such a tasteless comparison. Good grief.
Anyhow, Calcaterra got wind that Boomer and Carton were talking about him, so he called in to the show Friday. Listen to the segment here. “You’re a fraud with no journalistic integrity whatsoever,” Carton said to Calcaterra, shortly before Carton hung up on him. Gee, that insult must have hurt, coming from a guy who can’t pronounce Javier Vazquez’s last name, and who compares disagreeing with the radio host to being a Quisling.
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