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Fox Sports columnist Kevin Hench took much grief for his crass criticism of Rocco Baldelli - mocking him for being "exhausted" - just days after it was announced he suffered from "metabolic and/or mitochondrial abnormalities" that caused him to be extremely fatigued.

See the criticism here and here and here. Not to mention the comments on his story.

So why would Hench write such a knuckleheaded thing? Easy: Fantasy sports.

The answer is in the Sports Guy's mailbag this week, as he discussed owning Yankees players as a Red Sox fan:

If you have a Yankee and they do terribly, from a fantasy standpoint, it's a complete disaster ... but at least you have the silver lining that the guy is screwing up the Yankees as well. For instance, Hench and I had the Giambino as he was stinking it up last season. Did we hate him even 1/10th as much as we hated Rocco Baldelli at the time? Of course not.

So ... his injuries hurt Mench in his precious AL only league last year. Well, that explains everything.

Jackass.

Labels: Bill Simmons, Kevin Hench, Rocco Baldelli