York is rightly outraged by how accepted domestic violence is in pro sports. Fans are way too forgiving of this kind of injustice, and teams certainly are. Go read the whole thing.
I do, however, disagree with this part of his post:
I also am willing to ignore when people like Manny Ramirez and/or Shawn Chacon have fits of rage and throw their employers to the ground…to a degree…barring that they cut the roids or seek anger management.
I’m all about the organization of labor and the power of workers, but A. individual violence doesn’t help anything, B. Manny is one of the least exploited employees in America, and C. the team traveling secretary is not Manny’s employer. I’m sure Manny makes 200 times what that guy does, and it’s never okay to threaten a guy because he has to be the messenger of the oh-so-bad news that Manny might have to shell out a few of his own dollars for tickets.
July 2, 2008 at 12:42 pm |
I agree with you and I went on to say that he should have been suspended by the Red Sox organization if not the MLB (I think I suggested at least 10 games) and that he also should be forced to go into anger management and/or sensitivty training and/or a substance abuse program (if drinking and or roids are causing his recent rage falre-ups). Stop making me look bad Sloan. It was the baldness comment, wasn’t it?
July 2, 2008 at 2:24 pm |
you’re an anti-baldite! don’t fight the revolution!
July 2, 2008 at 2:26 pm |
you’re right, you did suggest 10 games, which is more than fair.
July 2, 2008 at 3:56 pm |
york blogs, the pats take action!
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3469720&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines
when i blog, the lions laugh and then draft another wide receiver.
July 2, 2008 at 5:27 pm |
I know.
For some reason I have special blogging powers.
Actually, Bill Simmons even rips me off.
Check this out: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/080613 go to 8:27 and read that line.
These are two posts I made a day earlier (before game 4):
http://nicklepre.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/real-world-hollywood-episode-9/
go to 10:29 and read that line.
http://nicklepre.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/real-world-hollywood-episode-9/
musings on Coldplay.
See? People steal my shit all the time. I run this town.
July 2, 2008 at 7:26 pm |
what, you mentioned that coldplay had a commercial on tv and simmons also discussed coldplay? that’s not exactly plagiarism.
i did think of you when i read his line about love guru though.
July 2, 2008 at 8:12 pm |
He stole my love guru joke and replaced it with something less funny. I want my money back.
July 2, 2008 at 8:19 pm |
i like how you switched fake names within the comment thread.
July 3, 2008 at 10:27 am |
You can’t prove anything!
July 3, 2008 at 10:31 am |
i had to save that one from the spam filter.