Posted on 10/31/2008 4:19:26 PM PDT by melstew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uIbsVx7lAk
Definitely in bad taste, and sad.
Well, we are not exactly talking about mental giants here, just baseball players.
I think it’s pretty f’n funny myself. :)
Big time thumbs down.
I lost respect for him. It certainly tainted an otherwise great celebration. The TV/radio stations are apologizing for his tasteless remark.
I'm shocked!
Has anything like this ever happened before?
What rock star get-up? His uniform? Chase Utley has done more positive things for Philadelphia then you will ever know. Will Clark is not half the person he is. It was a mistake, but certainly doesn’t make him a loser. And, the Philly fans sure aquitted themselves better than the Tampa folks who dressed up like empty seats.
agreed.....how classless....to do this in front of kids....what a loser
who?
Who?
Well, sadly, it is filthydelphia
No probably about it. Sad commentary on the lack of civility in our society. We tell our children that only the ignorant use that type language.
That is used for every other word by baseball players. It’s disgusting. I think they are just used to being around guys all the time and they forget that in real life you shouldn’t be using it constantly! Actually no one should use it!
Apparently this is a whole lot sadder than I thought. To me strangely enough its inappropriate but hilarious. I suspect my morals are not up to snuff. I am going to go wash my ears out with soap.
Lot’s of kids were there.It was ignorant.
It was ignorant, but it wasn’t a curse directed towards someone. In fact it wasn’t made in any negative fashion. My young son was there, and it was a good teaching experience. There is a difference from inappropriate exuberance, and mean-spirited cursing. Neither is OK, but one is, IMHO, a little more excusable.
Too bad for the kids. Thousands of parents were letting their kids watch this celebration and some idiot has to let his foul mouth run wild. Once again we have proof that being in the limelight doesn’t endow a person with strength of character.
“Probably in bad taste, but very, very funny.”
I have to say, I really don’t get what’s so funny about it. It’s like those comedians who throw out the “f” word at every opportunity. There’s a certain class of people who laugh uproariously at this every single [bleepin’] time. And I’m watching it on TV (briefly, before changing channels) and thinking, this so-called “comedian” is really pitifully unfunny. In fact, the ONLY thing the audience seems to be laughing at are the profane outbursts; they are thriving on it.
Have they never heard that particular word before? It seems like hearing that word for the bajillionth time in your life would tend to, you know, dull your enthusiasm for it a bit? But no, people still laugh and cheer.
This guy is “just a baseball player,” so apparently we are supposed to give him a pass. But I’m sorry, “crudity as the new normalcy” still saddens me.
There are very, very few good role models anymore.
It would have been better if he’d F-— the Mets!!
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