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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 25, 2019 9:22:00 GMT -5
When Pedrofan had the audacity last year to call a white player who was a gamer, a gamer, in this very same topic and the comments flew for about six pages, was that baseball or was it OK because of all the snowflake commentary ?
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Post by James Dunne on Jul 25, 2019 9:24:26 GMT -5
You don't see the difference between trying to coach potentially insensitive statements made by a poster on the board and bringing in a political discussion from outside the board?
Like "hey, that word you used is loaded and and you probably don't know it so please consider that" is wildly, wildly different than bringing in an article about an ex-players' politics. Those arent' the same stratosphere.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 25, 2019 9:29:02 GMT -5
An athlete's politics can be both newsworthy and also not relevant to the 2019 baseball season discussion that this thread is for. There are plenty of places to be outraged, and outraged about outrage. Mariano Rivera's unanimous election to the Baseball Hall of Fame is not relevant to the 2019 baseball season ? okaaaayyyy....
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Post by James Dunne on Jul 25, 2019 9:30:12 GMT -5
You didn't post that article to discuss his Hall of Fame credentials.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 25, 2019 9:34:59 GMT -5
You don't see the difference between trying to coach potentially insensitive statements made by a poster on the board and bringing in a political discussion from outside the board? Like "hey, that word you used is loaded and and you probably don't know it so please consider that" is wildly, wildly different than bringing in an article about an ex-players' politics. Those arent' the same stratosphere. I only see racists phonies making racial interpretations of statements which weren't racist in the first place. It's amazing the number of people that interpret racism as essentially the use or non use of the 'n' word.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 25, 2019 9:38:30 GMT -5
You didn't post that article to discuss his Hall of Fame credentials. I posted it to show to show the depths that our journalists have sunk to. Journalism is an integral part of sports whether we like it or not.
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Post by James Dunne on Jul 25, 2019 9:43:37 GMT -5
You didn't post that article to discuss his Hall of Fame credentials. I posted it to show to show the depths that our journalists have sunk to. Journalism is an integral part of sports whether we like it or not. Journalism is an integral part of sports. But this piece of journalism, fair or not to Rivera, is not an integral part of the 2019 baseball season discussion that this thread is for. It has no bearing on his status as a Hall of Famer and did not come up during any Hall of Fame-related activities. You posted it as your own soapbox for you to complain about journalism.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 25, 2019 9:45:10 GMT -5
When Cora elected not to go to the White House, there were multiple comments throughout the topics. That's not politics ? It's funny that we haven't seen any comments when it turned out Trump was right about massive graft in Puerto Rico in spite of Cora saying he's "embarrassed". (He really has nothing to be embarrassed about here, he had nothing to do with it.)
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Post by James Dunne on Jul 25, 2019 9:50:12 GMT -5
That was a hot-button topic that involved like 23 players on the current Red Sox team, including the reigning MVP, as well as the manager. A more similar analogy is that we don't host a discussion every time Curt Schilling or whoever opens their mouth about politics. There's been discussion about whether Schilling's politics have kept him out of the Hall of Fame, but that's been pretty specific to the Hall Fame itself. If Rivera's politics had kept him out of the Hall of Fame? Then yeah, that'd be a the basis for a discussion there. His political leanings in general, though? No, that's not what this site is for.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 25, 2019 9:50:53 GMT -5
I posted it to show to show the depths that our journalists have sunk to. Journalism is an integral part of sports whether we like it or not. Journalism is an integral part of sports. But this piece of journalism, fair or not to Rivera, is not an integral part of the 2019 baseball season discussion that this thread is for. It has no bearing on his status as a Hall of Famer and did not come up during any Hall of Fame-related activities. You posted it as your own soapbox for you to complain about journalism. This article came out the day before the Hall of Fame ceremonies, not after. Journalism is a part of sports and sites like this one contribute to the discussion.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 25, 2019 10:12:07 GMT -5
If the board allows politics, I'm outta here. Wouldn't be surprised if there are a lot of people who think that way. It's why I won't even click on facebook.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 25, 2019 10:16:13 GMT -5
To me the video didn't need discussion. Nobody's political opinion is going to be swayed here. The video is what it is.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 25, 2019 13:34:23 GMT -5
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 25, 2019 14:42:17 GMT -5
You don't see the difference between trying to coach potentially insensitive statements made by a poster on the board and bringing in a political discussion from outside the board? The rest of the board thought they were sensitive and took it completely out of context. It's like you couldn't talk great about a baseball player, and bad about another because one was white and the other wasn't, which was ridiculous. I couldn't believe the board actually went there, to be honest.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 27, 2019 2:05:59 GMT -5
Holy (*fill in word option)
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 27, 2019 6:51:57 GMT -5
Not baseball related, but I think we were all THIS close being put back into the dinosaur ages yesterday. At least the last day on earth would have come with the Sox beating the Yankees.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 27, 2019 9:44:38 GMT -5
It wasn't big enough to destroy the planet. They're calling it a city-killer.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 27, 2019 9:52:13 GMT -5
It wasn't big enough to destroy the planet. They're calling it a city-killer. Depends where it would have hit. For example, if it were to hit the Yellow Stone National Park, it could have set off the super volcano. Which would kill all life on earth. That's one of the theories that scientists came up with when the dinosaurs went extict. Not only did the astroid hit, it set off one of those super valconoes, or all of them lol (the earth was one big continent back in the dinosaur ages). There are 20 supervolcanoes known in the world. All miniscule chances, but a astroid that big hitting the planet is minuscule.
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Post by tallthrill on Jul 28, 2019 17:50:46 GMT -5
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Post by radiohix on Jul 28, 2019 18:29:05 GMT -5
The Orioles established an MLB record by hitting multiple home runs in 10 straight games lmao
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 29, 2019 17:06:22 GMT -5
Blue Jays now have Biggio/Bichette/Guerrero manning 2B, SS and 3B. What year is this?
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Post by radiohix on Jul 31, 2019 16:58:16 GMT -5
This is the greatest baseball gif of all times.
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Post by James Dunne on Jul 31, 2019 21:13:42 GMT -5
Blue Jays now have Biggio/Bichette/Guerrero manning 2B, SS and 3B. What year is this? Dante Bichette playing SS would've been something. Vlad Sr. at third? Probably no worse than Jr.
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Post by radiohix on Jul 31, 2019 22:29:57 GMT -5
Blue Jays now have Biggio/Bichette/Guerrero manning 2B, SS and 3B. What year is this? Dante Bichette playing SS would've been something. Vlad Sr. at third? Probably no worse than Jr. I saw him in Bo's first game in KC, He's a DH with a strong, an inaccurate, arm. I don't think he can even cut it at first base.
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 1, 2019 7:32:18 GMT -5
Dante Bichette playing SS would've been something. Vlad Sr. at third? Probably no worse than Jr. I saw him in Bo's first game in KC, He's a DH with a strong, an inaccurate, arm. I don't think he can even cut it at first base. I saw him in Triple-A and I kinda wondered if letting him try to be an outfielder would make sense. He's obviously very thick, but he's a deceptively good athlete and has a good arm. Even if he is Jonny Gomes out there in terms of range he is a huge asset. I feel like he could handle first. His hands were pretty decent, I thought. I don't blame the Jays for letting him roll at third though.
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