I mentioned in the column that if he even tried just a little not to be the world’s biggest jerk,...

I mentioned in the column that if he even tried just a little not to be the world’s biggest jerk, he’d own the city. It led to an ugly scene in the clubhouse the next day. Albert accused me of going into his locker and reading his index cards. Uh, right. Nobody, including other players, went anywhere near Albert’s locker. I’d be more likely to willingly visit a hell mouth.

I noticed as the confrontation was developing that lots of players and media were moving away from where Albert and I were standing. I could see one guy sidling toward me out of the corner of my eye. Finally Sandy Alomar Jr. rushed in and saved me from possibly being pile driven or hit with the roll of quarters Albert no doubt kept in his waistband for just such occasions.

Bud Shaw, on Albert Belle's reaction to one of his columns

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Hey, Ryan — your link goes in a circle. I think you meant this.

by FredOx on Sep 5, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply actions

d’oh! Forgot the link. It’s fixed now.

by Ryan on Sep 5, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Just what IS that rascal Albert doing nowadays?

by DixonCayne on Sep 5, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions

calling Paul Hoynes

by palcal on Sep 5, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Am I the only one who doesn’t know what the hell a hell mouth is?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Sep 5, 2008 10:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I don’t know either, and would like to keep it that way.

by JulioBernazard on Sep 5, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I believe its the “opening” from which demons may escape the netherworld. Did you never watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

by talonk on Sep 6, 2008 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions

I missed that, still reeling from the split infinitive.

by Jay on Sep 6, 2008 7:50 AM EDT up reply actions

There ought to really be an effort to systematically ostracize those who are foolish enough to cavalierly use split infinitives like that. It makes me shudder to even think about such poor writing style.

by Logodaedalus on Sep 6, 2008 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions

You think cavalierly really a word?

by Jay on Sep 6, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Sure. From Wiktionary

by Logodaedalus on Sep 7, 2008 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Though of course I should have said: There really ought to be an effort to ostracize systematically those tho are foolish enough cavalierly to use split infinitives like that. It makes me shudder even to think about such poor writing style.

But that would have been stilted…

by Logodaedalus on Sep 8, 2008 4:20 AM EDT up reply actions