From Fame to Infamy: The Rise and Fall of John Rocker

[@YoureNotReet]

I thought Rocker was hilarious. I’d love a John Rocker podcast.

[@Kewrock]

As a Met fan going all the way back to the 1970s. I loved Rocker. The entertainment spectacle alone. But beneath the headlines though, he was a formidable pitcher. And with that attitude, if pointed in a different direction, he actually would've fit right in in NY

[@David.Chasteen]

How about an HBO show?

[@charleshancock152]

Early victim of cancel culture. Let's Go Braves!

[@chrismccord1841]

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[@ZekeThePlumber86]

The rise, fall, and RISE! Rocker is back and stronger than ever! The man!

[@keithkarvelis82]

Rocker is trash.

[@cdinger7168]

His wording was horrible but if anyone has ever rode the subway in NY thinks even worse stuff than he said.

[@Kewrock]

Yup. He spoke the truth.

[@ZekeThePlumber86]

It's /25/24 and... Rocker was ALWAYS right about the subways.

[@cdinger7168]

@@ZekeThePlumber86 o god I didn’t even think about that incident yet. Jeez .

[@richardcarson3596]

put him in the hall of fame

[@keithparker2660]

Now there are men playing in women sports. Lol .... John Rocker Rocked!!!!! What a legend!!!

[@humbledh0m0]

You are right, Sir! i am so ashamed my fellow alphabets dared to try to strike down a Real Man like Him...

[@humbledh0m0]

Its time for The Straight Man to take back His naturally-deserved Throne from undeserving people like me and the rest of the unmanly alphabetcommunity, Sir.

[@humbledh0m0]

my community can't lie to me anymore though, i know my one and only place in life is supporting and serving in any way i can the REAL Masculinity: Straight Men like You and Rocker, Sir!

[@bruceaeschlimann7833]

Wish he had won a World Series

[@baseballworldwide9439]

He's a king

[@humbledh0m0]

A true Manly King! Real Men like Him are never wrong on principle or in practice, even if They get a fact wrong on something, let's be honest: They were right about even things that they may have gotten wrong and that's something to be celebrated, respected, deferred to and reinforced.

[@johantwt]

American Hero John Rocker

[@humbledh0m0]

As a good gay boy, i agree, Thank God for Real Men like John Rocker!

[@Itwasntalieitwastrueinmymind]

Rocker was always right

[@humbledh0m0]

Real Men like Him are never wrong on principle or in practice, even if They get a fact wrong on something, let's be honest: They were right about even things that they may have gotten wrong and that's something to be celebrated appreciated and reinforced.

[@PhillyCYOSports]

One of the earliest victims of cancel culture. Ridiculous.

[@artair70]

And yet people can't call him a liar...

[@mrv2308]

We can. You white people are the only ones that love him.. we wonder why..

[@Waltherppk78]

Legend

[@humbledh0m0]

Its utterly humiliating to admit that as a gay fan of Mr. Rocker, and a formerly staunch activist for equality before He came forward with this, that in the years leading up to present day I've slowly submitted, bent the knee, went back in closet after being out for 36 years, divorced my husband so i can focus all of my energy and money supporting Men like Mr. Rocker, and yet i still become ever more Thankful, Reverent, and utterly prostrate to Manly Str8 Men like Mr. Rocker every day.

[@humbledh0m0]

Straight Pride = The REAL Pride.

[@xavierharding8938]

You've been blessed ! Rock on John !

[@Kewrock]

Lifelong straiight white MAGA guy here. After reading the above comment, I couldn't really figure out where you were coming from. So I went to your YT page and read your bio. If you were being serious there, you really should see a head doctor. If that was satire, sarcasm, or to be funny, it's not. It's kinda rambling and incoherent

[@humbledh0m0]

@@xavierharding8938 Yes Sir! And i am so deeply honored to fulfill the role i was always born to fill but tried so long to deny: to be useful to STRAIGHT Alpha Men in any way i am permitted.

[@humbledh0m0]

@@xavierharding8938 Thank You Sir! i say prayers to Saint John Rocker every night in awe of the sheer Masculinity and truthfulness that drove me towards the only _true_ path for gay boys like me. STRAIGHT PRIDE!

[@TraceyMurray-zg7ih]

Told it like it was john rocker said eff being politically correct my favorite hurler of all time!!

[@hypnaudiostream3574]

John Rocker ❤

[@joshuadodge7225]

This made me like him more.

[@6speeddemon]

he was ahead of his time

[@TKainZero]

Rocker video and you don’t even have his quote about the nyc subway? You fail

[@bronx26time]

Rocker is awesome. Everything he said was true

[@chrishensley6745]

Amen!

[@humbledh0m0]

as a gay boy myself a Straight Man like Rocker should never be forced to sit anywhere near us, He might catch something from us degens.

[@TylerManter-ng9xm]

​@@humbledh0m0 you can stay mad

[@Kewrock]

Sadly. You are correct. And it's only gotten worse.

[@humbledh0m0]

@@TylerManter-ng9xm But Sir, i was serious. The only pride is STRAIGHT PRIDE, Sir!

[@Jiujitsuspecialist]

Funny how I see this right after Jonh's Twitter is back.

[@mooreuproar2139]

The guy is a legend

[@chrishensley6745]

Love ol Rocker man.....and I thank the same on New York!

[@roosterfu231]

He was way ahead of his time, if he said that today he'd be in Trump's cabinet.

[@charismatic9904]

I loved rocker. Dude spoke truth.

[@chrishensley6745]

Yes he did!......Look at New York now!

[@bruceaeschlimann7833]

Amen

[@ChrisDutch]

@@bruceaeschlimann7833New York seems to be doing a lot better than a lot more of the “politically incorrect cities.

[@artair70]

@@ChrisDutch lol No

[@jamesgordon177]

@@ChrisDutch what r u talking about

[@jeffreyh7576]

So the New York fans proved him right.

[@keithkarvelis82]

Nope.

[@Viva_la_Snowman]

They proved him right

[@alve_101]

The real Kenny Powers❤

[@Kewrock]

Wow! good call.

[@tobybartlett8449]

How does the AI that generated this cash a check?

[@aarongoleman]

The person who programmed the ai makes the money

[@dalegribble1560]

Legend has it that John Rocker agreed with Thom Brennemann's hot mic comment about probably San Francisco.

[@paulcarlson754]

Rocker was right

[@humbledh0m0]

Real Men like Him are never wrong on principle or in practice, even if They get a fact wrong on something, let's be honest: They were right about even things that they may have gotten wrong and that's something to be celebrated appreciated and reinforced.

[@dylantaft1867]

Turns out he was right about NYC.

[@ryansells2043]

His entrances from the outfield bullpen were legendary

[@shanewoods1980]

At least he said what everyone else thought about the Mets fans in the stands. Poor excuses for fans, I wouldn’t even call them fans more like degenerates

[@Kewrock]

Lol. 20 years later, flip the script. Yankee stadium is now the rowdy crowd. Citi is full of families, old folks, and couples.

[@guccimane3731]

Not a Mets fan, but have you seen a Yankees fan lately? They look like they were made from a petri dish,😂😂😂

[@xavierharding8938]

I hated the braves but John Rocker was cool !

[@DominicZ-ml6uj]

Rocker is a good dude....

[@yonti3301]

Did you watch the video?

[@dextermarquardt5831]

If by good dude you mean a selfish, angry, deeply prejudiced man that put his own personal feelings over his team’s success then yeah….

[@antonioreconquistador]

​@@dextermarquardt5831if you were a braves player in the 90s you were probably hated by new york before you even got off the plane, i could see why hed say that about the 7 train. Corona and flushing are probably a different world to someone expecting a tourist trap and suburbs

[@dextermarquardt5831]

@@antonioreconquistador fair enough

[@JarrodFLif3r]

​@@dextermarquardt5831 Rocker is now building homes for homeless vets, so yes he absolutely is a good person. He made mistakes, he was immature and ignorant but he has learned and is doing good now.

[@ilTHfeaa]

i’m watching survivor blood vs water and i’m watching this so i can learn more about how insane this man apparently is

[@papermaker2726]

The fans booing him over statements they know are true is just sad, and exactly what’s wrong with America

[@chrishensley6745]

Amen! Look all around .....especially New York.

[@mrv2308]

@@chrishensley6745look at America the past 500 years. Hasn’t looked real America for a while. You guys are Europeans, not American.

[@np-bl7qc]

They proved him right at that game.

[@FlyingBoer]

NYC , the rest of the AMERICA don't act like this

[@keithkarvelis82]

It's not true.

[@theplayersclub1126]

I'm fine with Rocker.

[@docnova]

Wasn't he kinda one of the first people to ever get cancelled? Well OJ could have been called cancelled.

[@BBUYTTV]

That’s a good point. Yeah, I think you are right he basically was canceled, they just didn’t call it that back when it happened.

[@docnova]

@@BBUYTTV for sure he's the first celebrity I remember going viral for their opinion. Probably because it was in the city of New York during the early internet. Yeah but there was snl skits and everything.

[@BBUYTTV]

@@docnova no doubt. Thanks for your comment!

[@timhanna8130]

Rocker pitched for the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League in 2005. Also, if you don't know, look up Jose Offerman with Long Island in 2007.

[@Eney53]

This guy is headling the 2024 Legends Game in Charleston SC. Thanks for sharing all this so i could learn about him proir to meeting him.

[@rebelpunk13]

Heard AI narrator, gave a thumbs down, left a comment, and closed video. F AI

[@micnak3574]

"Those who cannot control their own emotions are not that much different from animals." Confucius.

[@commanderbell1965]

He's right about New York City

[@KUSHKILLA627]

Well actuality we all feel that way now😮😮

[@JarrodFLif3r]

Say what you want, but John Rocker is now building houses for homeless veterans. Deep down he is a good person.

[@BBUYTTV]

I didn’t know that. People are complicated. Hopefully he has grown in the last twenty years. Thank you for sharing.

[@GeeEm1313]

That doesn't automatically make you a good person.

[@allborosnyc4544]

Im a NYer and nobody liked what he said but a lot of it was true.

[@emersonxandrade]

John Rocker was very jealous of the 1999 New York Yankees after the New York Mets.

[@cantrell0817]

He was controversial before the SI article. Mets fans already hated him for giving middle fingers to crowd and talking trash. Do more research next time

[@billybandyk0720]

John Rocker's about 2 hitch a ride on the #7 train (it goes NOWHERE).

[@rascaltuff]

rocker: takes a job where he’ll be working closely with foreigners also rocker: hates foreigners

[@terrysmith3120]

If you were of the world the world would love you.

[@tobybartlett8449]

Hi AI!

[@BBUYTTV]

Nope! Just a hardworking team of five people trying to do our best work

[@ryandonovan5205]

Truth hurts eh New York. When your offended by someone's comments there is usually about 80% Truth behind them.

[@Jays2Lazy]

The real Kenny powers

[@cvill03]

Good thing this man never won a World Series ring

[@bruceaeschlimann7833]

Quiet down jabroni

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

I wonder what could be on his mind the day when the Mets ever win the World Series

[@JaySmitty33]

Kenny Rockers

[@macmoore4067]

A y o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 💀

[@TWOCRUNK4U]

Kevin Mildewwww 😆

[@PaulSkelton1968]

The man has retired and while I don't agree with his prejudicial behavior from back then, we need quit dwelling on the past and stop defining this man by his past.

[@pikapal91]

Dude loved playing for the Braves and Indians. Got to wear his racism on his sleeve…literally

[@theplayersclub1126]

awe....how sensitive of you...sweetie pie

[@TylerManter-ng9xm]

Your so sensitive

[@keno8445]

When sports teams use Native American names as their team name/mascot etc it’s because they consider themselves warriors. Many Native American tribes agree that it’s a compliment and not racist. It’s the woke bs that decided to (unnecessarily) stir things up…like everything else in today’s society

[@StinkyCashFlatEarth]

Rocker = Based AF

[@humbledh0m0]

So true!!

[@humbledh0m0]

Ever since i became enlightened by Men like Rocker, i've been trying to be as useful as i can to the Straight Man by actively working to help erode my community's privileges and uplift and spread the power and influence of Men like Rocker!

[@humbledh0m0]

i used to be the biggest proponent of _equality_ and rainbowflaggery but nowadays i know the truth: the Straight Man is always Right and Manliness is never toxic!

[@humbledh0m0]

Straight Pride Worldwide!

[@StinkyCashFlatEarth]

@@humbledh0m0 why you triggered, bro?

[@jt9422]

My spirit animal

[@Kamehaiku]

Spirit of 🇺🇸

[@jollyroger6135]

There is a great article in Bleacher Report from Jeff Pearlman about his ordeal with Rocker.

[@BBUYTTV]

That's cool, do you have the link?

[@jollyroger6135]

@@BBUYTTV google “a reporters tale: the John rocker story 15 years later”. I tried to post the link but it doesn’t let me. It’s a juicy read though. Enjoy!