ESPN: All Out of Sorts, All the Time.
Billy Corben’s “Broke” has spurred a ton of reaction since its airing on ESPN this week, but in at least one case that attention apparently was undeserved.
Homer Bush, who played in 40 games for the 2002 Marlins during a seven-year big-league career, has taken to Facebook to set the record straight.
Bush, who turns 40 next month, insists he isn’t struggling financially, as the documentary suggests. On the contrary, he has transitioned to a new career as a financial advisor.
“No good deed goes unpunished,” Bush posted on Facebook Wednesday night. “I was asked to help ESPN 30 for 30 with ‘Why Athletes go broke?’ Since I transitioned from baseball into the world of Financial Advising, they thought I would have some good insight.
“It could have been misinterpreted that all of the athletes from the show have financial issues, which could not be further from the truth. And quite honestly, if I had known the format of the show beforehand, I would not have participated.”
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Posted: October 04, 2012 at 12:00 PM |
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1. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: October 04, 2012 at 12:13 PM (#4253948)I haven't seen it, but I have a hard time believing they assert that ALL athletes have financial issues.
That isn't what Homer is saying.
Well, kind of. He was about 20% of the total mass that went to Toronto for Clemens.
That aside, I found the whole thing rather boring. There weren't any revelations or compelling new stories. Half the time was spent on headlines about people not even involved in the doc, like Mike Tyson and Michael Vick. I guess if you never read one of the many articles on the subject it would be interesting, but I found nothing new. It probably would have been more interesting with a narrative focusing on one or two guys, broken up occasionally by other bits. Instead the whole thing came off as a bunch of unrelated anecdotes.
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That's just weird.
She is a fickle mistress.
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* Pros: good defense at second base, decent emergency defense at shortstop, hits for average in a good year, decent base stealer
Cons: no walks, no power, can't stay healthy
Unrelated, I have this crystal clear memory--I mean, crystal clear, I can even remember where I was and everything--of watching Bush PR with the Yankees in a game they were down 1 to TB with Roberto Hernandez pitching, and he stole 2nd and 3rd, and then came around to score and the Yankees went on to win the game. But Game Logs would seem to say this indisputably did not happen. In fact, it appears that what I'm thinking is this game, which bears only vague resemblance to my memory.
I have no point here, by the way, I just needed to get that off my chest.
It says "No Homers". We can have one.
Make that, Bush 2000 was one of America's worst seasons of all time.
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