General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Irrelevant Dude]

 

I'd virtually guarantee he has been identified by internet nuts and I'm sure, even after he was proven innocent, that he's being threatened and harassed.

 

yeah you can't guarantee that, and it's probably not even true

 

I don't know if anyone IDed him, but I've definitely seen plenty of people online still today saying they think he was dropping the n-bomb and it's just being "covered up" or whatever.

 

That said, however, this blew up before anyone with MLB said anything, so pinning it on some kind of vague official statement that didn't ID the guy or show the clip is a stretch. This was a thing BECAUSE of social media; it didn't become a thing on social media because of anything the Rockies or MLB or the Players' Union said.

You are right. The story had already blown up prior to the Players Association statement. Official statements like that do lend credibility to the accusation though. I know there is a rush to judgment that is often spurred by social media, but we all have to be better about reaching conclusions based on limited information. That is especially true for organizations making official statements, like the Rockies and MLBPA. There are ways to respond to indicate that the situation is being taken seriously without immediately assuming the intent. That is all I am asking for.

[CoolHandLuke]

The statement was so vague that it could probably be released every single day of the season and it would still apply to some situation. And a grown man going crazy for a mascot like that surely deserves being shamed for something right?

[Sammy Sofa]

 

yeah you can't guarantee that, and it's probably not even true

 

I don't know if anyone IDed him, but I've definitely seen plenty of people online still today saying they think he was dropping the n-bomb and it's just being "covered up" or whatever.

 

That said, however, this blew up before anyone with MLB said anything, so pinning it on some kind of vague official statement that didn't ID the guy or show the clip is a stretch. This was a thing BECAUSE of social media; it didn't become a thing on social media because of anything the Rockies or MLB or the Players' Union said.

You are right. The story had already blown up prior to the Players Association statement. Official statements like that do lend credibility to the accusation though. I know there is a rush to judgment that is often spurred by social media, but we all have to be better about reaching conclusions based on limited information. That is especially true for organizations making official statements, like the Rockies and MLBPA. There are ways to respond to indicate that the situation is being taken seriously without immediately assuming the intent. That is all I am asking for.

 

They issued very vague platitudes that did not identify the person, nor linked to the footage. Again, that horsefeathers was already WAY out of the bag by the time any official statements came out, so businesses/organizations don't have the luxury of sitting around because, let's face it, it's actually far more likely some dude was accidentally caught on mic hurling racist insults as opposed to calling out to a dinosaur mascot. If they had waited, or just said nothing altogether, and it turned out to be what it initially looked/sounded like, then they're just in an even shittier situation.

 

This is, quite frankly, an outlier, unless you're aware of a plethora of events where people are mistakenly called out for using racist slurs on camera.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Trea Turner is some kind of freak

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Trea Turner is some kind of freak

Javy did it better. And cooler.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Trea Turner is some kind of freak

Javy did it better. And cooler.

100%

 

[WrigleyField 22]

Honestly I think Turners was cooler, if I'm trying to put my obvious Javy Baez aside.

 

Javy still wins the all around cool competition though.

[17 Seconds]

if the brewers and white sox play in the world series, who would you rather lose?

[jersey cubs fan]

https://twitter.com/hawkize/status/1425536134931750917?s=21

 

[Sammy Sofa]

if the brewers and white sox play in the world series, who would you rather lose?

 

The White Sox are made up of cool and good players and the Brewers are made up of fluke-y dicks.

[Sammy Sofa]

And the first person that "well, ACTUALLY"'s that with stats is getting punched in the taint. I'm basing that on the three White Sox games I've watched this year and the Brewers being the horsefeathering Brewers.

[squally1313]

And the first person that "well, ACTUALLY"'s that with stats is getting punched in the taint. I'm basing that on the three White Sox games I've watched this year and the Brewers being the horsefeathering Brewers.

 

Woodruff/Burnes/Peralta/Williams are pretty great. But that doesn't come close to making up for the rest of the roster.

[Sammy Sofa]

And the first person that "well, ACTUALLY"'s that with stats is getting punched in the taint. I'm basing that on the three White Sox games I've watched this year and the Brewers being the horsefeathering Brewers.

 

Woodruff/Burnes/Peralta/Williams are pretty great. But that doesn't come close to making up for the rest of the roster.

 

[Andy]

if the brewers and white sox play in the world series, who would you rather lose?

To be perfectly honest, I would like to see the Sox win it all unless they have to beat any of KB, Javy and Rizzo to do it.

 

I don't really hate the Brewers the way some do but I also am not crazy about the idea of them winning a title.

[squally1313]

if the brewers and white sox play in the world series, who would you rather lose?

To be perfectly honest, I would like to see the Sox win it all unless they have to beat any of KB, Javy and Rizzo to do it.

 

I don't really hate the Brewers the way some do but I also am not crazy about the idea of them winning a title.

The thought Ryan Braun and his affliction t shirt collection having to watch the celebration from home after spending a decade plus in a town he almost definitely hated would be pretty comforting.

[NewUserName]

I don't live in the city so I don't have a weird White Sox hate. I couldn't watch them during Hawk's last 10-15 yrs because of Hawk. I like the new guy quite a bit and the Sox seem like a bunch of likeable guys. I HATE THE BREWERS

[Clem Fandango]

I never hated the White Sox, just specific people.

[Tim]

I grew up on the south side as a Cubs fan. So I learned to despise the White Sox because of all the abuse I took from the fans. When I lived away from Chicago for 15 years, that hate dissipated quite a bit.

 

At this point, they're...fine.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Brewers still have to make the playoffs first, you [expletive]. There's like 50 games left.

[minnesotacubsfan]

horsefeathers the Brewers

 

WS are fine, Don't mind them

Edited August 12, 2021 by minnesotacubsfan

[CubinNY]

I didn't grow up in Chicago so I don't get the hate for the WS. The owner is a turd and the fans can be a bit much and more, but the team, I never cared about one way or the other.

[soccer10k]

Normally this would be easy for me to say I’d root for the White Sox to beat the Brewers. But the LaRussa being the manager makes it a tougher question. I really don’t want him to get another ring.

[Sammy Sofa]

They definitely had a stretch where they leaned into the heel thing, what with overt horsefeathers heads like AJ and Ozzie and Hawk and Buehrle. And that it was that group that won their WS, which came right smack during a series of WS wins that seemed expressly made to kick the Cubs and their fans in theirs junks, really made it easy for me to dislike them for several years. But I enjoyed the hell out of them in the 90's, and they're a really fun team now, especially with Hawk finally gone.

 

The Brewers just seem like this annoying little kid that won't horsefeathering go away. It feels like this totally fake horsefeathering rivalry with a stupid AL team that somehow keeps falling ass-backwards into just enough success over and over again.

[David]

 

check out this moron

[Tim]

 

check out this moron

It's rich for a baseball player who bats under .300 to complain about the fact that the vaccine doesn't have 100% effectivity.