Korean ball parks have the nets extended the entire way down the base line. I thought it was kind of annoying at first, but it makes a lot of sense.

I beg to differ sir. The team has an obligation for fan safety and especially if this could have been prevented (perhaps by nets) than that’s negligence. Buying a ticket and attending the game does not absolve the team of any responsibility for safety. This would never even make it to trial because the Red Sox are…

I hear what you’re saying but I counter it with the belief that everyone and anyone should be able to go to a game and be able to pay full attention, no attention, or half attention and be protected from flying shards of bat. Safety should be inherent when it comes to stuff like this. More nets perhaps?

That’s kinda victim-blamey, don’t you think? Lawrie put the ball in play. Presumably she was watching the grounder to second when she got blindsided. Should folks in those seats look away from the game every time there’s a swing, in case a black swan event is flying at them?

Yeah, with your constant alertness and awesome reflexes, I’m sure you would ducked in time for the bat to impale a loved one.

With respect, you could have your eyes glued to home plate, but if you think you could dodge a bat flying at you at that speed, you are fucking kidding yourself.

Even if you are paying attention, there’s always a chance for disaster. The Pirates had a coach, Don Long, who was seriously injured from a broken bat, and he was also watching the batter swing. Stuff happens sometimes

It’s been too long since Taft was in office.

It sounds like you were a sucker who bought into the idea that Iverson was anything but a bad guy because you liked what he did with a ball. That’s on you.

Could there be a worse decision in a redemption piece than to declare your kinship with renowned lunatic Ayn Rand?

I am awfully confused about your reading of this situation. You seem to be suggesting that the cops are buffoons for CORRECTLY ascertaining the identity of the subject within minutes by digesting several pieces of very relevant evidence together with eyewitness accounts.

10-32 in Albuquerque is a fight.

These days, most principals have never been inside a classroom as a teacher.

He doesn’t want to interact with children- that’s why he became a principal. I’d add a drum kick in, but that’s literally the stated reason quite a few principals have for moving up. That and making more money.

I don't want to be a troll or anything.. but just, no. It's not that Harry Potter, for example, is YA reading, it's also that it's just not very good. It's fine for kids, anything that gets kids reading, but when you're an adult, it's time to move up a level. There's truly some wonderful works of art that go unnoticed…

Warning: I drink the Haterade

Promoting YA as appropriate literature for adults helps it become more successful. The more successful YA becomes the more publishers will publish YA works. The more YA is "marketable literature" the more it will get published instead of actual literature written for adult consumers. This is why I'm not happy about…

YA is airport pulp fiction for teenagers.

I find people who don't read intellectually lazy. Reading above that level, like, say, reading mostly YA, is a step above that. A small step. It's shitty fast food for your brain: it's kind of tasty and goes down easy, but it doesn't have much in the way of real substance and nutrition.

If YA books are the only books you read, you SHOULD be ashamed of that. It's one thing to enjoy going back and rereading books you read as a teenager - there is a rewarding nostalgia that goes along with that. However, in general, YA books are simply constructed, easy reads, designed to appeal to *young adults.* If…