Sammy Sofa
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It is both common AND bland and stupid.
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So anyone stupid enough to do this horsefeathers to him is now going to magically stop because the Cubs gave him a WS ring? The guy had a ton of terrible horsefeathers happen to him because he was just a fan reaching for a foul ball. His entire life was changed forever because of it for the worse; 13+ years after the fact, the Cubs give him a small gesture that recognizes that and, in a very small way, apologizes for what happened to him, and still allows him to go about his life with the privacy he has tried so hard to maintain. Yeah, it looks good for them, but it is also a nice thing to do for a guy that didn't deserve at all what happened to him; it can be both things! There's literally no reason for someone to grouse about this being "unnecessary" or how it makes them "pissed off."
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You seem to be assuming there was zero communication/coordination between the Cubs and Bartman prior to the simultaneous announcement and Bartman's prepared statement. The odds of that being true are miniscule. Psh, you know Theo drove past his house and Clark tied it to a brick (from Wrigley, AWWWWWWWW) and chucked it through his window.
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So, to sum up, this is a bad thing because you were somehow forced to waste time about how pissed off Steve Bartman getting a WS ring made you. Makes sense. And you do realize that them giving him the ring and him releasing a press statement in no way impacts his privacy, right? I mean, the guy had the media essentially doxxing him, people trying to beat him up, the governor joking about not pardoning him and the manager of the Cubs calling out his fandom, yet THIS is a bad thing?
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Because simply stating the name "Steve Bartman" in the context of giving him a gift doesn't magically invade his privacy in some new way; the cat of him being a public figure was out of the bag a long, long time ago. Plus nobody is talking about him? Until the Cubs won the WS last year, he basically came up in every national broadcast. There's someone running around her with a sig of a Heyward catch tagged as "the anti-Bartman moment," or something along those lines. That 30 for 30 documentary just came out, what, 5 years ago? Yet it's the Cubs making a small gesture towards him that is somehow the thing that is a step too far these days? When I asked, "how is this possibly a bad thing," it was more of a rhetorical exercise in common sense as opposed to a challenge to tie yourself in knots to spin this negatively.
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Hot damn:
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It really is awesome he's got this job now; it always bummed me out that he was just suddenly gone from baseball. Lou dumbly moving him to the pen killed his career. Ugh, I completely forgot about that. Lou really lost it in 2010. -
It really is awesome he's got this job now; it always bummed me out that he was just suddenly gone from baseball. I can’t believe he’s still only 36 Yeah, it's crazy. I also kind of assumed he'd get crazy fat after he retired, but he's looking good. Prior is also just 36. What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
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It really is awesome he's got this job now; it always bummed me out that he was just suddenly gone from baseball.
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Baez's approach at the plate is about as dumb as a box of rocks.
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You think? I'm ready for Z to become part of my everyday life again. I don't speak Spanish but I'll learn This inspired me to go watch some Big Z HR highlights. I was not let down.
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What a weird night for Lester.
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http://www.gifimagesdownload.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Oh-My-God-gif.gif
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I want a gif of the latest bullpen dance party, dammit.
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Because, again, contrary to the people in denial about it, there's plenty of people who think he is somehow at fault for what happened in 2003. This is simply a thoughtful gesture to someone who unfairly was stuck in a really, really crappy situation just because he was a Cubs fan and became infamous because of it to the point that it completely changed his life for the worse. To issue a statement about it is a way to say, "this poor guy has been through enough; here's a small token that couldn't possibly make up for it but is a way of saying 'sorry.'" How is that possibly a bad thing?
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The end of the Brett Anderson experiment
Sammy Sofa replied to Post Count Padder's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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The last time you'll see any Bears players from this team not looking like they want to kill themselves?
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Uh. You're on a really weird roll this morning.
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OH GOD http://i.imgur.com/QcOyeZU.jpg
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I don't even own a Bartman.
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horsefeathers, that hurrrrrrrrrrrrts.
