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Post by philsbosoxfan on Mar 24, 2014 6:31:10 GMT -5
Yesterday's Globe carried a downer story about Jared Remy which doesn't make the parents look very good here. "Last August, after Jared Remy allegedly assaulted Martel, slamming her against a bathroom mirror, Martel spent the night at Hill’s apartment next door. Hill said she encouraged Martel to go to court the next morning to extend an emergency restraining order against Remy. But Martel told her that she had promised the Remys she would stay home, Hill said. In his statement, Jerry Remy said the family did not discourage Martel in any way from extending the restraining order. Whatever the reason, Martel did not go to court, and Jared was released. Prosecutors later acknowledged they put too much stock in Martel’s absence. The next night, she was dead." www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/03/2...eKgK/story.htmlGreat parenting and now she's dead and if you read the story, she wasn't the first to die... I'm going to think about this every time I hear Jerry. Hopefully, he'll do the right thing here. |
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Post by pedroelgrande on Mar 24, 2014 12:31:23 GMT -5
At first I was ok with him coming back but after reading this article I don't think I'll be able to listen to a game with him on it. I know nothing has been proven or anything but he and his family don't come off well here, specially with the suggestion they may have discourage Martel from going to court. Really sickening.
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Post by rjp313jr on Mar 24, 2014 12:38:01 GMT -5
I'm not one who's going to think of the murder when listening to a broadcast so it's not going to affect me any, but if it affects other viewers then that's something NESN needs to consider.
I think it's a bit unfair to make a leap (not that posters have yet) that Remy talking her out if appearing in court ( if at all true) had anything to do with her getting murdered. It was only for a restraining order, he would not have gone to jail that day. If he was that pissed off that she didn't go to court and killed her, do you really think her showing up would have done anything to stop this?
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Post by beasleyrockah on Mar 25, 2014 11:55:12 GMT -5
Jerry and/or his wife also left the child alone with Jared when they had court ordered Grandparent supervised visits...it's not a huge crime or anything, but calling them enablers is as kind as possible. Ignoring this awful story, I haven't been a fan of Remy in years...he openly talks about how he doesn't watch baseball except for his paid job and he's clueless about advanced statistics and prospects in the system. People always cite his "great" chemistry with Don but I feel like the fill in replacements have shown similar chemistry too. He's certainly not the worst announcer, he's just thoroughly mediocre and replaceable, I don't think he's earned the right to do this job for as long he decides. I absolutely love Eck doing the games too but I know that's a less popular opinion, I'd be happy with any number of replacements.
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Post by rjp313jr on Mar 25, 2014 18:23:35 GMT -5
Eck is the best. How can you not love a guy who flat out calls a player "an out"?
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Post by bighead on Mar 25, 2014 20:50:23 GMT -5
Love the Eck. I was disappointed when Remy came back last year. Not piling on here because of the circumstances but he is fun to have in the booth. The Remy situation is depressing. Not everybody who can have kids should have kids. From the results it sure seems like he was not a good parent. That he doesn't seem to want to bow out is disappointing.
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Post by mgoetze on Apr 5, 2014 15:58:22 GMT -5
Jared Remy following in the footsteps of Aaron Hernandez:
(WEEI)
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Post by rjp313jr on Apr 6, 2014 10:01:43 GMT -5
The last thing I want to do is defend this scum bag, but my guess is he's a target in prison and the fact he assaulted someone there could just as easily be self defense/ preservation as anything else. He's in a bad place, the rules are different there and survival is the name of the game.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Apr 8, 2014 18:20:56 GMT -5
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Post by rjp313jr on Apr 9, 2014 21:05:00 GMT -5
Exactly what I said.
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Post by nhdave on Apr 10, 2014 20:34:13 GMT -5
this begs the question... why the access to boiling water? have heard stories from my dad's friend an ex prison guard,
they make weapons out of anything and I do mean EN NEH THING... stay out of the joint, by all means...
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Post by jmei on Apr 10, 2014 21:11:31 GMT -5
It was hot coffee.
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