Major League Baseball is implementing a league-wide fan conduct code next season

SBNation ^ | 08/22/2017 | Whitney McIntosh

[Artemis Webb]

Major League Baseball is implementing a league-wide fan code of conduct starting in the 2018 season, ESPN’s Scott Lauber reports. “We are working with the clubs on security and fan conduct initiatives at all of our ballparks. We will be issuing a league-wide fan code of conduct for the 2018 season,” says MLB spokesman Michael Teevan of the decision.

Although teams handle things themselves right now, sources say MLB is looking to make things even across the entire league with set standards and consequences for misbehaving at all parks.

A major precipitating factor for baseball’s shift seems to be Adam Jones’ experience with hate speech and derogatory language coming from fans in the stands at Fenway Park earlier this year. A day later, a white man was banned for life after directing a racial slur at a national anthem performer in the same park.

Shortly after, the team specifically added “hate speech” to its fan code of conduct. Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy said of the fallout from the incident(s) in the spring:

[Sasparilla]

....Who is to determine exactly what “HATE SPEECH” is...

The Ministry of Truth.

[Sasparilla]

....Who is to determine exactly what “HATE SPEECH” is...

The Ministry of Truth.

[EEGator]

Why your betters of course... /s

[Bodleian_Girl]

We won’t soon tire of that!

[dforest]

Last time I went some slobby drunk tripped and dumped his beer and gooey gross nachos on my hair.

I just didn’t go back. LOL

[dforest]

Last time I went some slobby drunk tripped and dumped his beer and gooey gross nachos on my hair.

I just didn’t go back. LOL

[minnesota_bound]

I guess this is out. 1950 movie.


Former baseball player Bill Johnson, portrayed by William Bendix, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans (Ray Collins), a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school.

Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call.

Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy (Gloria Henry and Susan (Connie Marshall ) and his wife Betty (Una Merkel) - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters.

[yuleeyahoo]

Who is to determine exactly what “HATE SPEECH” is?

[Roman_War_Criminal]

One less reason to go to MLB.

But in reality, this is a consequence of our morally depraved culture and supposedly grown adults being able to comport themselves.

[Mears]

What was that pic from? Some college,I think,but I’m not sure.

What a pathetic creature she is.

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[Bullish]

It wasn’t a homicide because the guy lived. He’s still quite disabled because of it though. Happened in the parking lot.

This is basically talking about rules of conduct for the fans in the stands. No rules would have ever stopped the mugging in the parking lot.

[Political Junkie Too]

Is calling the umpire a "bum" now going to be hate speech?

-PJ

[zerosix]

How’s about the MLB establish a “player conduct” set of rules, i.e. no shunning honoring the flag of the country that supports them!

[forgotten man]

When Ray Croc owned the Padres he let the fans bring ice chests and anything liquid as long as it was in a plastic bottle. I remember, barely, a Padre home game against the Dodgers. Those plastic one gallon jugs of vodka made things lively in the stands.

[COBOL2Java]

What was that pic from? Some college,I think,but I’m not sure.

What a pathetic creature she is.

The Legend of Trigglypuff

Know Your Meme: Trigglypuff

About

Trigglypuff is the nickname given to a Hampshire College student who was recorded loudly protesting in the audience of a University of Massachusetts Amherst event titled “The Triggering,” which featured a discussion criticizing politically correct movements on campus hosted by conservative vlogger Steven Crowder, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Christina Hoff Sommers.

Origin

On April 25th, 2016, student protesters began loudly shouting at speakers during “The Triggering” event held at UMass Amherst, with many accusing the hosts of “hate speech.” Among them was an enraged female student who was recorded repeatedly yelling while flailing her arms at host Christina Hoff Sommers. On April 26th, 2016, the campus news site Campus Reform posted an article about the incident and uploaded a recording of the event to YouTube, gathering over 786.000 views within 48 hours.

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[yuleeyahoo]

She is an internet meme know as “Triggly Puff”. I believe this was at one of Milo Yiannopoulis’s college events.

[piasa]

Exactly... we won’t be able to yell “Kill the ump.” (Unless he’s white.)

[bobby.223]

And Disco Demolition Night!

[Mears]

Thanks to both of you-———Hampshire College kid——no surprise there,but lordy,she is something else.

Bet she’s really popular with the guys. :-)

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[piasa]

Oddly enough the Cubs fans seem to behave relatively well when visiting in St. Louis... maybe because they were shamed into it...