http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/31976603
In a poll of 215 major-league players conducted by Sports Illustrated, White
Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski was voted as the "meanest" player in baseball,
taking home 29 percent of the vote. Phillies second baseman Chase Utley (13
percent), now-jobless Milton Bradley (11 percent), soon-to-be-jobless Carlos
Zambrano (five percent) and Dodgers reliever Vicente Padilla (four percent)
were the other names that most frequently came up in the poll.
From the SI press release, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said the following
about Pierzynski: If you play against him, you hate him. If you play with
him, you hate him a little less.”
I can't say it's surprising that Pierzynski isn't well liked by his peers.
That's been common knowledge for a while ... but, "meanest?" Really?
Isn't this the sign we're getting a little too sensitive as a society? Maybe
biggest jerk or most annoying would sound better and yield similar results