Even Bonds thinks he's an asshole

Gary Sheffield told GQ that he blames the lack of African Americans in MLB on "being able to tell [them] what to do."

"Where I'm from, you can't control us. You might get a guy to do it that way for a while because he wants to benefit, but in the end, he is going to go back to being who he is. And that's a person that you're going to talk to with respect, you're going to talk to like a man. These are the things my race demands. So, if you're equally good as this Latin player, guess who's going to get sent home? I know a lot of players that are home now can outplay a lot of these guys."

Sheffield, a solid talent who's worn out his welcome in Milwaukee, San Diego, Florida, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and New York (he had 30 HRs/100 RBI in every stop but San Diego but every team can't wait to get rid of him) and has burned bridges for each of those teams, has got to get some blowback for this. He's flat out saying Hispanics don't demand respect.

But this isn't the first stupid thing Sheffield has said. Here's a list compiled by SI of memorable Sheffield quotes. Sheffield is also an admitted steroids user (although he claimed he didn't know he was taking steroids) who somehow was not lumped with the other rumored users that he lived with (Barry Bonds) and played with (Jason Giambi). He's hit 266 HRs in 9 seasons since turning 30 and has managed to stay healthy; he hit 202 HRs in 11 mostly injury-filled seasons prior. People are lining up to criticize Kobe Bryant for wanting to win and somehow there's always another city whose fans and press are ready to welcome Sheffield with open arms.