I’m watching Deion’s 30 for 30 again tonight. I’m 32 years old and was born in 1992 so obviously I didn’t watch this stuff happen live.
But as a 32 year old man, it really sucks that the sports world was robbed of something so awesome because Bobby Cox and John Schuerholz had too much pride to let Deion play. Schuerholz wanted to let Deion know that he didn’t care how much of a superstar he was, that he still had the power. You’ll never convince me otherwise.
What about yall? Should Prime have played against the Pirates or would you have benched him too?
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Loved when he poured beer on that assholes head i would have done it also Tim M.
Nothing I saw in the 30 for 30 told me it was Bobby’s call. Everything I have ever heard players say indicates he was very much a player’s manager. That was Schuerholz being short-sighted and a control freak. Followed baseball traditions rather than capitalizing on lightning in a bottle.
Interestingly, Deion would be able to be Prime in today’s MLB. Times have totally changed.