Chris Baldwin - Latest Comments on Yao Ming and Ichiro know: Mocking K.J. Choi's English at FedEx Cup shameful and inaccurate

BV [Visitor] in response to: Yao Ming and Ichiro know: Mocking K.J. Choi's English at FedEx Cup shameful and inaccurate

BV [Visitor] — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:51:30 +0000

WoW - I think Chris actually did something honorable for a change. It's PROBABLY OK to 'tease' a GROUP of people and be 'funny'...but it isn't often fun when you target an INDIVIDUAL...just my opinion.

Note to JAY: Mr Urqhart is English, not American...so your post's first paragraph makes NO sense! ;)

Brandon Tucker [Member] in response to: Yao Ming and Ichiro know: Mocking K.J. Choi's English at FedEx Cup shameful and inaccurate

Brandon Tucker [Member] — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:47:33 +0000

Anthony,

Are you fluent in any other languages?

Steve [Visitor] in response to: Yao Ming and Ichiro know: Mocking K.J. Choi's English at FedEx Cup shameful and inaccurate

Steve [Visitor] — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:27:32 +0000

Dear Mr. Baldwin,

Thank you for speaking out on this. It means a lot to people who come to this country and try and try and try...(just as KJ is)...to just fit in and be respected regardless of race, class, or creed.

This is not about being politically correct. It's about being American.

I wrote on Mr. Urguhart's site. And he responded by basically saying, "Dude, chill out."

I don't think he's a complete ass. I just think he got lazy with that article and let personal views get in the way with his usually spot on critique on the game.

sigh...whattayou gonna do?

All the best,

Steve.

Proud Korean-American.

Jay [Visitor] in response to: Yao Ming and Ichiro know: Mocking K.J. Choi's English at FedEx Cup shameful and inaccurate

Jay [Visitor] — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:53:49 +0000

It's people like Urquhart so senseless, egocentric, and coward that makes us "ugly American" throughout the world.

And it's people like you Urq that's going to question "why is s/he still using interpreter after all these years playing here?"

And I'm sure you wouldn't publicly bs about player's English if s/he were a European.

H [Visitor] in response to: Yao Ming and Ichiro know: Mocking K.J. Choi's English at FedEx Cup shameful and inaccurate

H [Visitor] — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:10:40 +0000

Chris, I very much appreciate your intelligent insight. I cannot believe a well-read site such as worldgolf.com would let Urquhart waste their precious space with such ignorance. As for Mr. Urquhart, it is actually YOU who need to get out more. Defending your trashy, valueless and attention- grubbing comment at a fellow journalist's site is pretty lame, don't you think? Shouldn't you be spending more time trying to figure out what other international golfers are saying during their interviews? Maybe that would help.

Christian Lee [Visitor] in response to: Yao Ming and Ichiro know: Mocking K.J. Choi's English at FedEx Cup shameful and inaccurate

Christian Lee [Visitor] — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:56:46 +0000

PS: (Sorry, I forgot something too)-
if you don't want to apologize for mocking Choi for his poor English and if you really believe that you were merely trying to understand him, then just apologize and admit the fact that your choice of words in your column was wrong. "choi makes sense on the course at least"-- you can't tell me or anyone that you had no intention of mocking him... Be serious dude.

Christian Lee [Visitor] in response to: Yao Ming and Ichiro know: Mocking K.J. Choi's English at FedEx Cup shameful and inaccurate

Christian Lee [Visitor] — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:54:06 +0000

Taking pot shots at Choi just because you
are frustrated for not understanding what he was saying is a biggest bs i've heard...

You were clearly mocking him... Deny it and continue to lie, but readers are not as dumb as you think Mr. Urgqqqqq..

Anthony Urquhart (PGA Punter) [Visitor] in response to: Yao Ming and Ichiro know: Mocking K.J. Choi's English at FedEx Cup shameful and inaccurate

Anthony Urquhart (PGA Punter) [Visitor] — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:38:20 +0000

PS: (Sorry, forgot something) - the interviews I was referring to were the ones I listened to myself on XM radio. I have recorded them and played them over and still can barely understand what he is trying to say.