ESPN’s Max Kellerman has issued an apology for what many in the media deemed an irresponsible comment about Albert Pujols.
However, Kellerman issued an apology in his own way, suggesting that others misrepresent his words or take them out of context.
It wasn’t, and as we wrote on Tuesday, Kellerman was very close to hinting that Pujols had recently made a statistical leap thanks to illegal means.
“We showed a video of Albert Pujols chasing 700 home defeats,” Kellerman said. “I commented that he seems to be hitting the ball much better than he has in a long time.”
Of course, Kellerman said much more than that. He has made sarcastic comments about how the Pujols suddenly rediscovered the Fountain of Youth and have been working harder this year than in past seasons. Given his sarcastic manner, it was fair to wonder if Kellerman knew something that others didn’t.
Max Kellermann apologizes to Albert Pujols…sort of
“Some, including Albert, have concluded that my curiosity to know how he achieved this latter level of success can only mean that he was benefiting from something other than a lot of hard work, practice and his natural ability. Therefore, I apologize to Albert and the Cardinals’ organization,” Kellerman said.
His curiosity was the blatant disregard for the hard work the Pujols had already done. I wonder how viewers can take Kellerman’s words the wrong way? Perhaps this line, in particular:
“My leg, I’ll take everything he’s got! That’s unbelievable. He sure turned back the clock… How can a player turn back the clock like that? I think it’s willpower and practice. All these years between then and now he hasn’t been exercising , Seemingly “.
Kellerman will continue to refer to Barry Bonds—albeit not at the same time.
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