QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 16, 2007 -> 10:48 PM)
I don't know if you can say he acted like a star and a pussy. Anderson got sick and lost 20 pounds due to his illness; I'd imagine the last thing on his mind at that point in time was baseball and showing up everyone in the country. How he got sick is an entirely different story, but he was sick nonetheless.
Regardless, that's something I really hadn't considered. Ozzie definitely seems to be a very proud Venezuelan, and Anderson refusing to play there - even if because of his health - is an insult to Ozzie. I imagine I'd be insulted too, but it still doesn't give him the right to not play him, because quite frankly it's two different arguments, and they should come to some sort of compromise.
Perhaps if he were to go play in Venezuela, and he stayed healthy, he'd be out of Ozzie's doghouse. I don't know if that would be something Ozzie would keep a bias against a player for or not.
Well, when I meant that he acted like a star was not adapting to the country and missing the american cuisine, culture, etc and not willing to interact with the local culture.
I strongly feel that Ozzie is mainly upset with him because of all this Venezuela stuff. I am pretty sure that BA was saying some bad stuff about the country behind Ozzie and Ozzie got to know that. Of course BA will not criticize in front of the media otherwise he would be in bad shape.