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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-29-13
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
yes I agree, that walkoff was worth celebrating -
what was that ump thinking?
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He just finished a season and is not retired. He would probably be listed as an active free agent, so I'm not so sure what the hangup is in the description. I do not believe he announced intentions to leave the game in his article. Somebody might not sign him, but just like Kyle Long going early in the draft all it takes is one GM to want you on the team. You don't need a bidding war.
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Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 2m #Cubs Sveum said Fujikawa did not look crisp in pen today. Another pen later in week . To Iowa Sunday Bruce Miles @BruceMiles2112 4m #Cubs Scott Baker began throwing pgm today in Mesa. Light catch from 45 feet
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why not? Because he likely won't play another NBA game in his career and wouldn't really be the first openly gay athlete in history to play in a major sport? That's unless we're counting the past 8 or so years as him playing which wouldn't be accurate. I'll take back that statement if he goes on to play in the NBA. So if he does happen to play next season you feel it will be okay to celebrate him? It's like Kyle and touchdown reviews; he's just sitting there on the edge of his seat waiting for the OK to celebrate. why even bother standing up
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why not? Because he likely won't play another NBA game in his career and wouldn't really be the first openly gay athlete in history to play in a major sport? That's unless we're counting the past 8 or so years as him playing which wouldn't be accurate. I'll take back that statement if he goes on to play in the NBA. So if he does happen to play next season you feel it will be okay to celebrate him?
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-29-13
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Almora Chris Broussard is disgusted -
It is different from a guy who is in the middle of his career. But it is also quite different from a guy who is officially retired and years past his playing time. Or, as Drew Magary wrote: http://deadspin.com/why-does-it-matter-if-jason-collins-is-a-bad-pro-bask-484587396
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why not?
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So you don't mind that he is gay you just don't want him to let other people know he is gay?
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What do you mean bothering anybody? Like, as long as he's not writing a book about his life (something millions of others have done)? Or as long as he's not hitting on straight guys on the street? Or as long as he's not making little old ladies fret while heading to church? Bothering is an odd choice of word there. Perhaps I should have worded it in a more PC way. As long as he's an honest law abiding citizen. That is what I was getting at. It's got nothing to do with PC, bother is an odd choice. And so is "honest", not to mention "law abiding". You know there are laws against things like gay people having sex, if he breaks those laws do you now care? If he lies about something all of a sudden his sexual orientation matters?
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What do you mean bothering anybody? Like, as long as he's not writing a book about his life (something millions of others have done)? Or as long as he's not hitting on straight guys on the street? Or as long as he's not making little old ladies fret while heading to church? Bothering is an odd choice of word there.
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Luis Valbuena: The Sneaky 3B Solution
jersey cubs fan replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Actually what your post says is that the data doesn't predict what he will be in the future. -
What game was this from? It wasn't yesterday. Lakers wear their white jerseys on Sunday's. deadspin posted it midday yesterday talking about it from being on Friday
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http://deadspin.com/espns-chris-broussard-says-being-gay-is-an-open-rebel-484708467 bigots standing behind their religious mumbo jumbo he hates pre marital sex but writes about the NBA. Must be a masochist, which I think might be against the teachings the bible.
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Valid point and I appreciate your engagement in a mature discussion. I do feel that ESPN and other news outlets are a hype machine and unfortunately this is going to be the next big thing. I feel like some of the reality of the situation, homosexuals coming out in sports is going to be lost on Mr. Collins. He will be out of a job next season and soon, retired. It will be shocking if a GM is willing to add him to their team and if that does happen, will be a true story. Ironically enough (probably not irony) ESPN has kind of ignored the story since it was their competitor that broke it, and ESPN is all about hyping ESPN branded stories, not the actual news. Not knowing anything about this player or his ability I do think it would be shocking to some extent if somebody signs him. That is all the more reason not to question his motives and timing.
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If NHL coaches and Bill Belichik can completely ignore questions from major market media types in front of the camera about players' injuries when everybody knows there is an injury then I think they can teach a minor league manager to blow off questions from the Daytona news. Dealing with the media is something managers have to learn, so teach them not to answer questions about player discipline. Call it a coach's decision and be done with it. Yeah just tell them to say if they pull a guy for this stuff to say his hamstring tightened up or he's been dealing with the flu or something and if he sits the whole game just say it was a scheduled off day and he get his work in before/after the game. I wouldn't make up injuries but I would just say "scheduled off day", or some variation.
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Re: Chicago Blackhawks 2013 Playoffs
jersey cubs fan replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
that would ruin my summer -
The reaction to the story means it is a big story, by definition, so the notion that one "doesn't feel like it is a big story" just does not hold up to any thought. You may not personally care about it, but it is a big story. Mike Franseca is apparently doing the same thing on his radio show. The guy will talk about television rating of random games and the minutia of freaking horse racing and almost anything else, yet he tries to pretend this isn't a story worth talking about. That's pretty much just a way for him to try and hide his inner bigot. If you are willing to talk about the stories surrounding sports, and not just the x's/o's and box scores, then this is a story.
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It would be nice if it didn't matter and wasn't a big story. If he was the 778th player to come out that would be the case. But it does matter and it is a big story. And if other people don't like it they are entitled to their opinion but they are also entitled to know they are horrible human beings. I understand it would be newsworthy and a bigger deal if it were someone like a Steph Curry, a rising star and young player with a promising future in the league for years to come. Collins doesn't currently have a job and it wouldn't be shocking if he doesn't have one next season averaging 2 pts a game. I question his motives and timing. That is all. He's a gay man that for various reasons lived a closeted life and doesn't want to do that anymore. What is there to question? You think he's actually straight but wants the attention?
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It would be nice if it didn't matter and wasn't a big story. If he was the 778th player to come out that would be the case. But it does matter and it is a big story. And if other people don't like it they are entitled to their opinion but they are also entitled to know they are horrible human beings.
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If NHL coaches and Bill Belichik can completely ignore questions from major market media types in front of the camera about players' injuries when everybody knows there is an injury then I think they can teach a minor league manager to blow off questions from the Daytona news. Dealing with the media is something managers have to learn, so teach them not to answer questions about player discipline. Call it a coach's decision and be done with it.
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I don't have a problem with this but I would prefer they tell the minor league coaches to STFU to the media about these specific situations. Let the kid know what you're doing, but don't go building up the media's case for them.
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Maybe if this was some juggarnaut. Unfortunately in a 4 game series you can never view 2-2 as terribly disappointing. It's more or less what you should expect, especially when your team is, at best, not too bad.
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Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
I agree that is how 99% of league personnel would view the situation, because they are obsessive weirdos who really think the distraction would take away from their precious gameplanning. But I think it is a hollow excuse.
