Even granted that it is, I am infinitely more willing to grant a second chance to a minor who molests a child once than I am to an adult who sadistically murders dozens of dogs for his enjoyment.

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No, of course not. What I’m saying is that if a major sports league could welcome back a black athlete knowing full well that he committed a heinous crime, perhaps there is more going on here than simply a race issue.

I’m convinced this argument is shorthand for “I believe this person should be blackballed from society forever, but I don’t want to come out and say it, in large part because it conflicts with my stated liberal belief in rehabilitation and second chances.”

You mean like when Michael Vick was welcomed back to the NFL after he was convicted of truly horrific crimes of animal abuse that could only be committed by a psychopath?

The part I find difficult to reconcile with some of the vitriol at the idea that he should be allowed to move on is his age at the time of the offense. At 15 years old, if an adult had engaged in sex with him, the adult would have been prosecuted (and rightfully so) on the basis that he’s not mature enough to make a…

Usually it’s the woman who is the victim of domestic abuse and ultimately decides for a variety of reasons not to press charges and to go back to her abuser. So, um, yay for equality?

This is the first time I heard that a PED suspension makes you ineligible for the postseason even if you’ve already finished serving it by then. That’s...kind of bogus. I don’t even understand the rationale.

Worst minor annoyance: getting stuck behind a cop on your morning commute who’s going like 57 in a 55, so you can’t pass him. This ruins my day every time.

Eh, tanking isn’t really a problem and it’s fine for sports to start at a reasonable local time.

Anecdotal, but the people who seem to complain the most about gas prices are the ones who just bought a $45,000 7-passenger SUV for their family of four.

I’m no basketball expert, but it seems categorically false to say that a team that won by 13 points edged out the other team.

I think some people do say that it’s virtually impossible in an attempt to justify the current situation, where as you said batting is an afterthought for a variety of reasons.

Sure, because as a bona fide good pitcher and good hitter, he wants to maximize his ability to excel at both.

Not the same thing. Every kid learns the fundamentals of hitting when he starts out; not everybody learns how to pitch.

The best thing about Ohtani is that he completely obliterates the argument that the NL needs to adopt the DH.

Where in his tweet did he offer anything (even jokingly?)

Sure, but he never asked anyone to do anything. He made a joke that even if you interpreted it completely literally equates to “if you do X people will say you can do Y.” Completely different from an actual threat (even one made as a joke).

I’m hate-listening to the podcast until Goff lands somewhere else and I can switch to him. Earlier this week they did an entire segment on how McNeil carries an empty water bottle in the car so he can pee in it when he can’t make it to a bathroom. Oddly enough, no one called to complain that they weren’t sticking to…

I’ve had this argument here before, and sadly, the answer you’ll here from some boils down to: yes, we grudgingly acknowledge that occasionally a guy gets falsely accused, but when that happens, he’s a terrible person if he claims he’s been wronged, because millions of other rapes (that he didn’t commit, and that we…