Outshined_One

Nickname for durian?

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Who?

Screw it, I'm just going to use animated gifs to respond at this point:

OPS went from .593 to .670. http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1720517/BoozerOpenMouth_medium_medium.gif

What's going on?

Luke Hagerty. He had TJS (can't remember if it was botched or just unsuccessful), had a long time off, came back for a bit, and fell off the planet.

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Uneventful day on the farm. Skulina had a nice outing and Hanneman had a 3/4 with a double and a triple, but otherwise, meh.

Why? He basically had a private conversation with his mistress that she recorded (knowingly or not) and took public (likely without his consent). I believe in most situations, a person's political/religious/social views shouldn't necessarily be grounds for something along the lines of termination of employment or expulsion or fines, especially if those views are kept private, out of the public, and out of the workplace. It wasn't like he said all of this at a press conference or at a team meeting. Moreover, what also doesn't sit right with me is that Sterling's racism was well-known and well-documented, as evidenced by multiple lawsuits and settlements, but it took something like this to lay down the hammer on him. If this had happened as a result of him getting slapped with another DOJ lawsuit for racial discrimination, it'd make more sense to me. But a recording that goes viral is what finally rids the NBA of this guy? What does it say that the NBA was willing to tolerate someone who perpetuated institutional racism for decades and didn't get rid of him until his pissed off mistress released a recording that told them everything they already know? However, as I said, Sterling got what he deserved. He has every right to open his mouth and spout off whatever nonsense he wants, but that nonsense could have cost the league millions upon millions of dollars. The league had every right to take these actions against him to protect itself from further damage. It was the right call.

On the one hand, it gives me momentary pause when someone is punished for voicing their beliefs, regardless of how racist/sexist/necrophilic/etc. those beliefs are. On the other hand, he's a racist [expletive] who agreed to abide by the NBA's rules the day he bought the term, said some incredibly racist things that resulted in a mass sponsorship exodus, a near-boycott that would have crippled the NBA, and a PR nightmare which all could have cost substantial amounts of money and credibility for his franchise and for the NBA. He got what he deserved.

3/3, with 3 HRs and a HBP by the dude who comes in for Kershaw trying to get "payback", followed by a 10 game suspension when Bryant charges the mound and lays down a whuppin'.

If we had Hendry/Wilken still on board, I'd be convinced he would be our guy some time before the 11th round. Now...not so much so.

School me: What exactly is BABIP? A player's batting average when he doesn't strike out or hit a HR, basically.

Oh look, these threads are back.

Thick McRunfast

So maybe I missed this but have: Ben Wells Eric Jokisch Austin Reed Dustin Geiger Elliot Soto Matt Loosen all been released as well? That draft is still one of the most depressing things I've ever seen.

Yay Badgers.

Yeah, I'm not quite sure why they would do that. I wonder how it will impact their future drafts. I never was able to understand why college baseball players were allowed to have advisors while basketball and football players would be put through the ringer if they tried the same thing.

Link They called him the Secretary of Education because he takes everyone to school.

Also relevant: Link (NSFW Language) Tim Tebow was an evangelist media whore who appeared in anti-abortion ads and who actually sees himself as a missionary to football. Despite all of the possible distractions he could have caused, the Broncos traded up to pick him in the first round. As much as I love football, this sort of nonsense is just inexcusable. "Distraction" is, at best, the word of a craven and, at worst, the word of a bigot. The NFL needs to move on from this George Preston Marshall crap.

There's precedent. http://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/content/uploads/2010/02/BeckyBadger1980.jpg