Background: Recently I lamented the release of female baseball umpire Ria Cortesio (pictured). Her release also reminded me of one of the stupidest and most misogynistic blog comments I've ever seen.

It was written as a response to my blog post Will the First Woman Major League Umpire Improve Baseball?, in which I speculated that a female umpire might help cut down on some of the asinine umpire blaming and baiting that goes on in baseball. My theory is that since the vast majority of men are gentlemen (though feminists will never admit it), a female umpire will be treated with far more courtesy than a male umpire.

Misogynist/radical masculist "GrizzlieAntagonist" doesn't like Cortesio, doesn't like me, and wrote:

"Baseball is a religion, and, regardless of objective qualifications, a female presence of any sort is an abomination, and Glenn Sacks is a wuss...is there any doubt that this umpiress hates men? What was her motivation for becoming an umpiress anyway? Love of the game? No way! Women don’t love anything, and they sure don’t love baseball. The motivation surging through her black evil heart was hatred of men. She wanted to impose upon a male pastime with her presence. She wanted to urinate on it."

Gee, and here I thought she just enjoyed her job...

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 at 1:27 am and is filed under Baseball/Sports, Gender Issues (Misc.). You can trackback from your own site.