Comments on: Dumb Mobs http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/ the tao that can be blogged is not the eternal tao Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:29:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Easy Ed http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8513 Easy Ed Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:26:31 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8513 I'm just glad to get links to my site. I think Summervillain (who might have the best online handle ever) said what I was trying to say much more articulately and succinctly. I’m just glad to get links to my site. I think Summervillain (who might have the best online handle ever) said what I was trying to say much more articulately and succinctly.

]]> By: Editrix http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8496 Editrix Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:33:53 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8496 Er, "bidding TO play" -- definitely need more than 2 oz. of coffee. Er, “bidding TO play” — definitely need more than 2 oz. of coffee.

]]> By: Editrix http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8495 Editrix Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:33:14 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8495 Chiming in . . . I agree, the Phillies' management absolutely should have made Myers sit out the game. With all the pearl-clutching over steroid use and how major league players need to set an example for the kids who look up to them, I thought that starting Myers sent a message that abusive behavior (even alleged) is acceptable. And call me immature, but even though I'm historically an anti-booer during sporting events, I'd have been booing my head off from the bleachers when he stepped out on the field. All in all, though, I'd rather focus on the players like Ortiz who make me happy. And if I were wealthy, I'd be bidding <a href="http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060622&content_id=1518353&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos" rel="nofollow">play Scrabble with Papelbon and his wife</a>! Chiming in . . . I agree, the Phillies’ management absolutely should have made Myers sit out the game. With all the pearl-clutching over steroid use and how major league players need to set an example for the kids who look up to them, I thought that starting Myers sent a message that abusive behavior (even alleged) is acceptable. And call me immature, but even though I’m historically an anti-booer during sporting events, I’d have been booing my head off from the bleachers when he stepped out on the field.

All in all, though, I’d rather focus on the players like Ortiz who make me happy. And if I were wealthy, I’d be bidding play Scrabble with Papelbon and his wife!

]]> By: Ezra Ball http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8493 Ezra Ball Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:09:53 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8493 You know, that is a very good point. And, I have to concede, <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/06/25/phillies_should_have_stopped_myerss_start/?page=2" rel="nofollow">Shaughnessy did sort of make it</a>, albeit less succinctly than you did. <blockquote>Some Red Sox fans no doubt remember Wil Cordero, who was arrested for hitting his wife with a telephone when the two lived in Cambridge in 1997. The Sox took Cordero out of the lineup immediately and he sat for eight games before he was reinstated. Cordero was released at the end of the '97 season. Former Red Sox pitcher Wes Gardner was arrested for hitting his wife at the club's Baltimore hotel in August of 1989. Like Myers, Gardner was allowed to make his next start, two days later.</blockquote> He also had a good quote from Gabe Kapler: <blockquote>Red Sox outfielder Gabe Kapler and his wife, Lisa, have been aggressive spokespersons for domestic violence awareness. Long after Ortiz circled the bases yesterday, Kapler sat in a near-empty clubhouse and said, ``It's important in the work that I do to present what is strong and what is weak and what perception is. To me, strong is being able to control yourself -- when things get difficult, not to lose self-control."</blockquote> You know, that is a very good point.

And, I have to concede, Shaughnessy did sort of make it, albeit less succinctly than you did.

Some Red Sox fans no doubt remember Wil Cordero, who was arrested for hitting his wife with a telephone when the two lived in Cambridge in 1997. The Sox took Cordero out of the lineup immediately and he sat for eight games before he was reinstated. Cordero was released at the end of the ‘97 season.

Former Red Sox pitcher Wes Gardner was arrested for hitting his wife at the club’s Baltimore hotel in August of 1989. Like Myers, Gardner was allowed to make his next start, two days later.

He also had a good quote from Gabe Kapler:

Red Sox outfielder Gabe Kapler and his wife, Lisa, have been aggressive spokespersons for domestic violence awareness. Long after Ortiz circled the bases yesterday, Kapler sat in a near-empty clubhouse and said, “It’s important in the work that I do to present what is strong and what is weak and what perception is. To me, strong is being able to control yourself — when things get difficult, not to lose self-control.”

]]> By: summervillain http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8491 summervillain Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:09:56 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/06/27/dumb-mobs/#comment-8491 Hrm, well, what I mean to cheer is not really so much a mob acting as judge and jury all at the same time as more evidence that public opinion on this sort of incident is continuing its long slow shift from "boys will boys" to "that shit ain't cool." If you wanna irk me, you'll have to try harder. Hrm, well, what I mean to cheer is not really so much a mob acting as judge and jury all at the same time as more evidence that public opinion on this sort of incident is continuing its long slow shift from “boys will boys” to “that shit ain’t cool.”

If you wanna irk me, you’ll have to try harder.

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