And so goes it in the world of the winners. But for every winner there's a loser. And the losers face many of same TV lights, cameras, and microphones. But the losers have no one to thank. But that's easy to explain, because losers don't give thanks.
Losers explain, they make excuses, and sometimes they place blame.
Losers need a scapegoat. Which brings us to Ron Gant, and Gant's recent indirect assertion that Tony La Russa is a racist. And Tony La Russa has had well-publicized disagreements with Ozzie Smith and Royce Clayton, just to name two black ballplayers who've worn the Cardinal uniform. But La Russa didn't exactly cotton to white Cardinals such as Andy Van Slyke, John Mabry, or Jeff Brantley, either. So the evidence of La Russa's racism, from this corner, does not meet the burden of proof.