I think everyone agrees he shouldn’t have posted that image, and I think everyone understands why the police would be upset over it. Again, what’s being ridiculed is his “you’re a grown man” admonishment while reacting to the guy’s apology in the most juvenile way possible.

But it is different. The team that gets the intentional walk is rewarded by getting a base runner. The team that gives up the intentional walk is punished by giving up a baserunner. That’s the purpose of the walk rule, and it is still fulfilled when there is an intentional walk. The purpose of the foul rule is not to…

I think you’re on a non-existent reed. The whole point of the strategy is that the player is not very good at shooting free throws.

Come on. At the point that it makes sense to use the hacking strategy, you’re already in the bonus, and it is easy to find guys who either (a) you don’t care about getting disqualified from the game or (b) who aren’t yet in foul trouble and so can rack up some fouls.

He wasn’t related to any of the DPD victims at all. They did the same job. Stop it.

But the intentional walk doesn’t subvert the intention of the rule. The consequence is still there - there is now a batter on base. Hacking players specifically punishes and benefits the exact opposite teams that the rule was intended to benefit.

Free throws are meant to reward the team that had the foul committed against it and to punish the team that committed the foul. It is a perversion of the purpose if it is used to punish the team that had the foul committed against it. I mean, I understand the “Well, they should shoot free throws better” and “We…

Loomis’s brother/sister did not just get murdered.

“To err is human, to forgive is for pussies, so fuck you”

Shed a tear reading this, and it reminded me of another great Paterno story that really explains why so many people still love the man. This is another story from the mid-70's, and just shows how loyal Paterno was to his family (Paterno considered the Penn State football program - hell, all of Penn State University -…

“I wasn’t involved. It was a university decision.”

Oh....the rationalizing. You’re still rationalizing. You’re trying to have your cake and eat it too. “Paterno made a mistake....but.” Let’s break this down!

“who generally adhered to a standard of conduct that I’d never be able to live up to myself,”

(1) So what if it would have gotten him fired?

So when Joe Paterno is specifically informed of sexual abuse and does nothing, we shouldn’t blame him?

Eh?

“But how do you remember the exact wording of a conversation from almost 40 years ago?”

So in your view, between “Good football coach” and “enabled the molestation of dozens” the answer is “Ehhh.....???”

We’ve always been in agreement they are stupid? Great! Good talk, always great to insult Penn State in as many ways as possible.

Absolutely. I think for many of us our first instinct would be to ignore the “wrongdoing” we see in the course of our work if we think that wrongdoing is a necessary or understandable to complete the job, and that’s an instinct that must be overcome. And depending on your job, sometimes ignoring or rationalizing the…