That's one of my favorite phrases. You can preface anything with "all due respect," and pretty much get away with saying anything ridiculous and insulting and so incredibly obnoxious that its makes Larry David look like Mother Teresa.
That said, all due respect, Bill Rhoden is full of it.
Normally, I really like Rhoden, a sports columnist for The New York Times. He's a fine writer and a thoughtful columnist. More often than not, his approach to issues and sports is refreshing and original. He doesn't parrot talking points gleaned from talk radio. He's a great columnist.
But his take on the World Series, please.
He says Major League Baseball needs a a Yankees-Dodgers World Series to restore luster to the game, a traditional matchup that would "take the game back to its roots at a time when baseball desperately needs to recover a portion of the trust, if not the innocence, that it has lost in the steroid era."
Well, that's interesting.
A Yankees-Dodgers matchup would feature Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez.
What do those two guys have in common?
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