That's an image of a white mob in Civil Rights-era south kicking in the face of a black man- an image used to convey a joke about a baseball manager returning to his old town.

I really think everyone who reads this should write to the Boston Globe and Boston.com in an effort to let them know how ****ing embarassing it is for their company to have him associated with them. He's a scumbag, and this isn't proof- it's further and strong, strong proof. This sort of thing isn't cutting it anymore, either.

All this below a little banner telling us we should vote hard for Johnny, because it's "the right thing to do." Considering his site is named after his little nickname for all the "gritty white guys," I don't know why this should surprise me, but what makes me laugh is to think of the furor over Barry Bonds' statements last year about Boston- about how it is still, in many ways, a racist town- and how much hand wringing that got. And here's the number one fan site- purchased by boston.com- with consistent content like this. Whatever.

Given news events this week, I find it hard to imagine that one could be oblivious to the image being used.

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What news events are you talking about? And I really think you're giving an awful lot of credit to a guy who basically clawed his way to having a tiny morsel of relevance by making his life the boston red sox to think he'd be entirely "in the know" when it comes to world events.  Frankly, I'd be surprised if the guy knew who lost the last presidential election.
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Congress has been talking about "anti-lynching" laws all week.  I believe they issued a formal apology for not addressing the problem much sooner.  Even without the recent current event attention, the image is in pretty poor taste.
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Note to users: Earlier today, Boston Dirt Dogs used a photo on this page that was offensive and inappropriate. There was no malicious intent behind the posting. We removed the photo immediately, and we apologize to any users who saw it during the brief time it was on the site.

Someone at boston.com noticed:
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So basically he has moved a despicable image of racism and replaced it with a picture from a melee which cost the life of a Philadelphia police officer earlier this week.  Nice.

What say the Globe about the trivial use of this photo?
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I think alot of people on here are over reacting. I dont condone his use of that picture, but people make mistakes. So I'll give him a free pass. It's not like he has a history of poor taste. Stuff like this happens.
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I think alot of people on here are over reacting. I dont condone his use of that picture, but people make mistakes. So I'll give him a free pass. It's not like he has a history of poor taste. Stuff like this happens.

That first picture is awful and in poor taste but I didn't see the second picture. I hadn't even heard of the incident in which the second picture is about. How did the police officer die?

BTW: You should probably take the picture off the original post too.
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Obviously you haven't been to his site much, he is continually displaying poor taste.
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I don't know, I consider myself fairly up to date, and quite frankly I didn't get what EITHER of those two pictures were really of.  The one that is up there now, as far as I knew when I looked at it, could have been of any rally any time any place.  Only reason I know otherwise is because somebody said so.

I'm no inclined to defend or criticize that particular site, I'm just saying that if I didn't pick up on what would make those two pictures offensive I'm sure many other people, including those that put them up, didn't either.
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You don't know what is offensive about a black man getting kicked in the head by segregationist thugs?  Maybe you need to do some reading about the civil rights struggle in this country.  Sheer ignorance of the poster, which I doubt since many of these black and white photos are ingrained in our national psyche from the police with dogs to the children at the school steps, is no excuse.  You cannot excuse the inexcusable and you should be ashamed of yourself for trying to be so diplomatic.  If you truly don't know about the civil right era, I'm sure this would be a good resource for you to utilize to learn more.
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quote=Tek123,Jun 24 2005, 09:37 PM]
I don't think the nickname "Dirt Dogs" was originated by him.  If I recall, it was Trot Nixon, Brian Daubach and someone else who came up with it to describe players who would get down and dirty.

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Some All-Star perspectives on how the Red Sox have managed to be in the middle of the race in the American League East despite injuries to Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek, Pedro Martinez, and Everett, among others.

Paul Quantrill, the Blue Jays reliever who has seen way too much of the Sox in the last five weeks:

"The funny thing is, on paper, I feel that we are better than the Red Sox. You can't argue that the Blue Jays have pretty darn good players in their lineup. But the game isn't played on paper, and the Red Sox don't play on paper.

"They're just dirt dogs, a bunch of pigpens, and it seems like we've been saying that for the last two or three years. They have so much controversy to deal with, but maybe that's part of it. It seems their players just keep playing hard, they grind, they don't care if they're five runs down. That's nothing to them. They're not going to lay down.

"They just grind. And now they've had some guys who've been around a little bit, they've been through so much, and they've grown so much. Guys like Brian Daubach, and Jason Varitek, I don't think many of us thought he was anyone special, and now he's a big part of that team. And Trot Nixon may be the best example of all of a dirt dog."

Bernie Williams, the Yankees' center fielder: "They just have players who have been able to step up and pick it up, and have the depth to deal with all the injuries they've had.

"They've done a remarkable job. I think Jimy Williams has done a terrific job. So many times they find ways to win close games - the games that really decide so much in the long run.

"They just don't give up. It's a team that pays a lot of attention to detail, that is pretty fundamentally sound and doesn't make many mistakes."

Yankees reliever Mike Stanton: "They are just a scrappy, get-down-and-dirty ball club. That ball club has a definite personality, and it comes from the manager. I've played with Jimy, when he was a coach in Atlanta . . . and that's just how he is.

"He demands everything you've got. They're on him there? That just shows the tremendous character and tremendous resilience of Jimy Williams, that he continues to do the job even while they're dogging him in Boston."

Calm down.  He said the same thing I said....he didn't really know what the picture was of.  It was certainly the first time I have seen it, and I just didn't stop to examine it, as I'm not someone who really looks at pictures as much as words.  It is possible to be ignorant of something like this, and when it comes to DD I'm willing to bank on ignorance
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It's amazing to me that they don't teach the civil rights era history in the schools today, apparently. There was ignorance (an arrogance) in the posting of the picture. The ignorance was to those who lost their lives in the struggle for civil rights, not to the photograph itself. What will this idiot do next, maybe use a picture of the US troops being dragged through Mogadishu? The ignorance excuse does not cut it.

I have a feeling that civil right organizations may catch wind of this situation as may the police officers associations of Boston and Philadelphia.

You need to chill out...My advice: Ignore stuff you don't like, even if it is hosted by El Globo.
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No, actually I don't and neither does any other person who was offended.  I DID ignore the Dirt Dog site.  I actually had taken it off of my bookmarks and had to type it in when I read this thread.  My own written communication with someone else (who shall remain unnamed until such time as I get his permission) sums this up well...

Boston and it's populace seem to be at times forgetful of
the checkered past when it comes to race relations.
The Red Sox have worked hard to dispel an image that
seemed to have been fostered by a previous owner
that they were a lily-white team and have apparently
reached out to all ends of the Boston and New England
communities.  The Boston Globe as a major institution
in the city has the responsibility not to support any venture
that denigrates part of the citizenry.  The citizens of
Boston and the country at large should not support such
a company.

Ed: Keep in mind also that the NYT Company is part owner of the Red Sox
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