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The Public v. Alex Rios - June 4, 2009
“The way you played today, Alex, you should be lucky some wants your autograph.”
“Who gives a fuck? Who gives a fuck?”
“You’re a bum! You’re a bum!”
You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool the guy who waits outside the charity gala to heckle you on your way to your car after work.
Alex Rios’ once-promising career with the Toronto Blue Jays was already foundering when he had this altercation with the lowest common denominator while leaving a team charity function in downtown Toronto last June.
Earlier in the day he’d had an awful game - 0-for-5 with five strikeouts - which coincided roughly with the beginning of his team’s long slide into mediocrity after a surprisingly strong start to the season. Rios already had a reputation as a slacker, and this clip, which got big play over YouTube, wasn’t a great example of positive brand management.
Accounts vary over what precipitated the 34 seconds shown here - and it should be noted Rios can’t be faulted for feeling sore after the classless heckler ambushed him - but if you’re wondering why 45,000 fans will be booing all night long at tonight’s Blue Jays home opener, consider this clip the Coles’ Notes version. Rios apologized for the incident the next day, but you know what they say about the location of printed retractions…
Alex Rios returns to Toronto for four games this week, playing for the Chicago White Sox. It’s his first time in town since being waived last summer.
