Well, maybe a little. After all, I put up with years of some pretty bad heckling about Barry Bonds. Dodger fans still like to make the comparison that Bonds was a terrible person even without the ALLEGED steroid useage and of course Manny is this great person who simply just made an mistake. Tell that to the Red Sox.
The fact is that Bonds was the face of the Giants franchise for 15 years, and arguably the best pure hitter ever in Major League Baseball. We had reason to not throw him under the bus because of all he did for the team. Manny, on the other hand has been a Dodger for less than a full season, and held a gun to the owners heads before he would sign for 2009. But the Dodger fans I hear can't wait to get him back.
There's a great deal of hypocrisy when it comes to who we like and who we don't like. I'm as guilty as the next person and I'll admit it. On one occasion at a social event, I was harshly taken to task for even suggesting that Eric Gagne had "juiced". When the news came out awhile back about him and Lo Duca, I could have gone to this individual and been really nasty to him. I didn't. Why not?
And so comes the reason for this posting. If I am to live for Christ, I must live my life in the same fashion as did He. Would it please Him if I went to this individual and reminded him of his prior actions toward me? And what real purpose would it serve. Would it make me feel good to embarass him? You bet it would. Would it be right to do so? I don''t think so, and so I don't do it.
As a lifelong Giants fan, I "hate" the Dodgers, as I'm sure they "hate" the Giants. When I see or hear Giants fans acting badly toward Dodger fans, I dislike it as much as I do the other way around.
Blessings, Desert Dave
CHRISTIAN THOUGHT FOR THE DAY(Courtesy of Our Daily Bread)God is the master of turning burdens into blessings.
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