Another reason I’ve seen for Bonds & Clemens’s gains is that Selig got into the Hall easily - with the man who turned a blind eye to PEDs for years enshrined, it’s fairly hypocritical to still dock players for it.

He was, but much more justifiably - Cleveland had 1 great starting pitcher, 1 excellent reliever and 1 very good reliever outside of Miller. Tomlin overperformed but wasn’t that reliable. Using Miller heavily was the main thing that got them there. Maddon had an excellent rotation and underused it.

He presumably got it from Brenly, or the catcher.

Nah.

And he said that to a *sports radio host.* What must his insecurities be like when he talks to someone outside the sports world.

His heart’s in the right place, but zero tolerance policies are likely to hurt the victims more than they help. It increases the pressure on them to stay silent and even exposes them to more risk if the penalty’s carried out - more time around their abuser, who’ll be even angrier. Extensive mandatory counseling and…

Absolutely not.

A lot of nerve for a guy to make ~~safe space~~ jokes when he blocks everyone on Twitter who argues with him.

Some people have an aesthetic preference for high-scoring game. Some people have an aesthetic preference for superlative pitching performances. Only a dogmatic asshole would think a person who prefers one of these doesn’t ‘get’ baseball.

It is not coming from a good place. It’s coming from thinking coaches should act as parents to toddlers rather than employers of adult men - that’s bad.

Gee, I wonder where the stereotype about Boston fans being overly sensitive came from.

Yes, it sure sounds like they object to his inufficient professionalism when they talk about how much they loathe him as a disloyal traitor.

He kept being Extremely Yunel Escobar even after the game.

Being happy for a long-time loser team made good lasts a year at absolute max. After that you’re a Good Team, and everyone resents you at least a little. That’s just how it works.