maveric
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:20 PM
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Moron ballplayer hits mascot with bat in Milwaukee. |
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http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0709/1578808.htmlWhat was he thinking? Even if he was trying to be funny, swinging bats at people is DUMB!
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:10 PM
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1. Oh, come now. Those mascots are stupid. |
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Which is why the University of Michigan will never have one, BTW.
No one arrested and handcuffed the guy who knocked the fake head off a hockey mascot last year.
This is the dumbest story ever. Randall Simon is getting treated worse than Kobe Bryant, who may actually have sexually assaulted a young woman. Was he taken away in handcuffs?
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:15 PM
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2. Sorry, but I must disagree... |
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Just because you believe "mascots are stupid", that is a justification for hitting someone with a bat? Have you thought this through?
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:20 PM
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3. Yes, the people were not hurt. |
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Talk to me when Kobe is taken away in handcuffs. I'm tired of all this collusion in professional sport over sexual assault, while we all have to jump on the outrage bandwagon over someone who wasn't even hurt.
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:26 PM
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4. Mascots are stupid but hitting them with a bat... |
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at a major league ballgame, a family oriented activity, is sending a bad message and is just plain dumb! Simon did not act maliciously but he fucked up big time.
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:27 PM
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19 year old girl inside that sausage.....as opposed to a 19 year old sausage in the girl. :)
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LisaM
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:33 PM
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6. Okay, okay, I don't support swinging bats at people. |
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However, I did a keyword search for "Kobe" in the last 24 hours, and this was the only thread that turned up. Why are people more upset over this than over a woman being sexually assaulted?
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:39 PM
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8. Kobe has been found guilty? |
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:09 PM
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12. You're awfully convinced of something |
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despite the fact that their are not facts around in this case. Or are you thinking that because he's an athlete, he obviously must be guilty?
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Thu Jul-10-03 12:36 PM
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He should have use a giant meat grinder on him.
Some things just DESERVE be be abused.
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Archae
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:03 PM
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10. At Brewers home games... |
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They have a tradition, of these "races" where people in costumes to look like Bratwurst, Polish sausage, etc. have a "race."
Dumb, but it could be worse like "The Tomahawk Chop," or throwing beer bottles at the players.
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:12 PM
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14. They should have beer bottle races |
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Now that would be something sports fans could get into.
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:48 PM
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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
I was living in Atlanta during that CRAP!!!!
And it ONLY got worse when that IDIOT Jane Fonda decided it was insulting to American Indians to do so, so she turned her hand flat (Instead of sideways like a tomahawk) and did it.
AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG!
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:01 PM
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9. Suppose the person inside had been injured? |
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Mascots can be dumb, for a team.
But that asshole ballplayer could have hit the person inside right in the head, causing a serious injury. Or worse.
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:09 PM
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11. He hit the costume, not the person |
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and that person was about to fall down on their own. There wasn't any intent to harm anyone.
Lisa makes a great point, there is more outrage over this incident than Kobe's.
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:11 PM
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No intent to harm? Exactly how the hell do you swing a bat at someone with no intent to harm them?
As for Kobe, this incident had thousands of witnesses and was broadcast on TV. The only people that know what happened with Kobe are Kobe himself and the woman he was with.
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:19 PM
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19. He hit the costume a foot or more above her head |
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and if you watch the video, you will see, she was stumbling and about to fall on her own.
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Thu Jul-10-03 09:47 PM
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24. Well, THAT makes it OK, doesn't it? |
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Fri Jul-11-03 10:22 AM
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I saw that video played over and over and over this morning and she was not stumbling; she only fell after the asshole hit her, and then took another mascot down with her.
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:13 PM
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15. Well the "moron ballplayer" is on my home team |
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and I think this was blown way, way, WAY out of proportion by the media.
Yes it was a silly, childish thing to do.
Is it worth mentioning on every morning news show, TV and radio, not to mention the feature story on ESPN.com? Hell no.
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:16 PM
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16. MUHAHAHAHA I thought it was funny |
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He hit a racing Sausage with a bat causing the sausage to fall down. Then if that wasn't funny enough the next racing sausage tripped over the first and tumbled to the floor. hehe!
Tell this doesn't sound like an Adam Sandler movie. :D
BTW - the two racing sausages suffered nothing more then knee scrapes. Big frickin deal.
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:18 PM
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That while some folks here are ready to sentence Kobe for the sexual assault case, he was apparently in the hospital when the assault was supposed to have occured.
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Thu Jul-10-03 09:57 PM
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25. it was the funniest damn thing I've seen in a long time |
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they kept showing it in slow motion, and I was laughing my ass off.
And no one was hurt, or even close to it. The girl that was the italian sausage was laughing too. :-)
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Fri Jul-11-03 10:18 AM
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26. it's a conspiracy, I tell you |
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On tv this morning, they pointed out that the bratwurst kept running, and that he/she won the race. Then they showed it in slow motion, and pointed out that the bratwurst was making eye contact with the ball player who hit the sausage.
The bratwurst clearly had no regard for her fellow sausages.
There should be an investigation - this reminds me of the Tonya Harding episode.
Personally, I think the Germans are getting back at the Italians!
:tinfoilhat:
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Thu Jul-10-03 01:19 PM
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18. It sounds much worse than it looks |
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(Not that I heard any untoward sounds emanating from the contact between bat and felt.)
The "victim" was treated for a scraped knee, not a concussion.
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Thu Jul-10-03 02:21 PM
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21. DID YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ANSWERED THAT POLL |
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Thu Jul-10-03 03:14 PM
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22. Probably an honest mistake... |
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he was aiming for the knachwurst.
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Thu Jul-10-03 03:35 PM
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23. The thing that makes me angry about the whole thing, |
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Edited on Thu Jul-10-03 03:36 PM by GumboYaYa
is the way people laughed it off when it happened. They should have thrown that ballplayer out of the game immediately.
The message this sends is terrible. Do we really want our children to believe that people "DESERVE" to be abused because of the way they look or act? Supporting this bully ballplayer is nothing more than endorsing the playground rules that govern so much of American life.
I for one think that what this guy did is horrible.
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Fri Jul-11-03 10:27 AM
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But apparently we're in a minority here...you see, it was funny! We must need to "lighten up," I guess... :eyes:
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Fri Jul-11-03 11:08 AM
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29. I put the video on super slow-mo |
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You can clearly see the bat coming from the grassy dugout and make contact with the sausage, sending it BACK AND TO THE LEFT, BACK AND TO THE LEFT.... It's all a conspiracy by the polish sausage.
Sorry, I just got to thinking of the Senfeld episode with Keith Hernandez spitting on Kramer.
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Fri Jul-11-03 11:23 AM
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31. Was Clay Bertram nearby? |
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Fri Jul-11-03 11:08 AM
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30. I put the video on super slow-mo |
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You can clearly see the bat coming from the grassy dugout and make contact with the sausage, sending it BACK AND TO THE LEFT, BACK AND TO THE LEFT.... It's all a conspiracy by the polish sausage.
Sorry, I just got to thinking of the Senfeld episode with Keith Hernandez spitting on Kramer.
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