LeBron James was the recipient of a clap back after the NBA star criticized Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred’s handling of the Astro’s sign-stealing scandal.
James tweeted Tuesday, “Listen I know I don’t play baseball but I am in Sports and I know if someone cheated me out of winning the title and I found out about it I would be F*^king irate! I mean like uncontrollable about what I would/could do! Listen here baseball commissioner listen to your players speaking today about how disgusted, mad, hurt, broken, etc etc about this. Literally the ball (⚾️) is in your court (or should I say field) and you need to fix this for the sake of Sports!”
Listen I know I don’t play baseball but I am in Sports and I know if someone cheated me out of winning the title and I found out about it I would be F*^king irate! I mean like uncontrollable about what I would/could do! Listen here baseball commissioner listen to your…..
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 18, 2020
Sports commentator Clay Travis shot back with, “I find it wildly hypocritical how LeBron is outspoken on sports issues that don’t impact his bottom line at all. Yet totally silent when his bottom line is threatened in any way. Says nothing on China. Weighs in to try and make the NFL and MLB look bad when he can.”
LeBron, as someone who is in sports what do you think about a league, players and coaches that refuse to endorse democracy and the first amendment because it’s bad for business, yet constantly lecture us about politics here in America. Thanks, bud. https://t.co/CemDzXEFQB
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) February 18, 2020
LeBron may deserve criticism for his handling of the NBA-China issue but is he right about the MLB commish not doing enough? Aren’t we all hypocritical at times? Should we be so quick to dismiss everything someone says simply because we didn’t like their opinion on something else?