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The Colorado Rockies and the soft bigotry of low expectations

On July 10, 2000, then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush stood before the NAACP at its 91st Annual Convention and delivered a speech that, in part, aimed at reconciling the organization with the Republican Party during his candidacy for President of the United States (You can read the speech's full text here.)

I don't bring this up for political reasons (nor will I join any flame wars in the comments), but I link Bush's speech because of one phrase, often credited to speechwriter Michael Gerson: "the soft bigotry of low expectations." Bush used the phrase in relation to serious things -- racial and socioeconomic concerns -- while I borrow it for unimportant baseball thoughts, so let's be clear about how superficial my use is and not conflate it with something as serious as race relations in America.