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Blue Jays Cut Pitcher Anthony Bass After Latest Anti-LGBTQ+ Comments
ABC News ^ | June 9, 2023

Posted on 06/10/2023 11:06:56 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The Toronto Blue Jays cut pitcher Anthony Bass on Friday, one day after the right-handed reliever said he didn’t think an anti-LGBTQ+ social media post he shared last month was hateful

The Toronto Blue Jays cut pitcher Anthony Bass on Friday, one day after the right-handed reliever said he didn’t think an anti-LGBTQ+ social media post he shared last month was hateful.

The team now has seven days to trade Bass or put him on waivers. The move came hours before Bass was set to catch a ceremonial first pitch from Toronto LGBTQ+ activist leZlie Lee Kam before Friday’s game against Minnesota as the Blue Jays begin their fourth annual Pride Weekend celebration.

The Blue Jays said pitcher Kevin Gausman would catch the first pitch instead of Bass.

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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: baseball; boycottmlb; homofascism; homosexualagenda; lgbt; majorleaguefaggots; mlb; sports; toronto
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To: nickcarraway

What used to be standard banter in a dugout is now enough to lose your job


21 posted on 06/10/2023 11:55:55 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Night Hides Not
He’ll be back with a team during the pennant race, all will be forgiven.

That would be true if he had been found in bed with a dead hooker, but not when it comes to any criticism of homos. Everyone is afraid of the bad press they might get, and equally afraid of any violence the homo community might retaliate with.

22 posted on 06/10/2023 11:57:03 AM PDT by Robwin ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

if the fans had any morals, they would stop going to these stupid games.


23 posted on 06/10/2023 11:59:26 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Zack Attack

I remember the banter in my Little League dugout was NSFW.


24 posted on 06/10/2023 12:01:06 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Robwin

Come August or September, these fans will set aside their wokeness if it means making the playoffs. Not saying you’re wrong, though.


25 posted on 06/10/2023 12:02:28 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: nickcarraway

Why do these dopes feel the need to say anything?

The only “right” thing to say is, “Everybody should love baseball.”

You don’t have to publish every fragment of a thought that crosses a synapse.


26 posted on 06/10/2023 12:10:42 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: nickcarraway

Psychology 101: if a person is lacks confidence, then he will insult and harm an innocent person. And since all gays naturally lack the confidence needed to talk to a woman, they regularly insult and harm innocent people. Alan Bass showed the rest of his teammates how to be a ballplayer and a man.


27 posted on 06/10/2023 1:02:27 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: Mr. Blond; Winstons Julia

“2 + 2 = 5, Winston.”


28 posted on 06/10/2023 1:18:05 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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To: nickcarraway
Soene should ask if Muslims are allowed on the Blue Jays?

Well, they used to be derisively called the Blow Jays, so they got that going for them, which is nice.(*)

(*) Although back in 78 or 79 they positively shellacked the Orioles 24-10. The Orioles were reduced to using a center fielder, then a catcher, as relief pitchers.

29 posted on 06/10/2023 1:25:49 PM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

At that point, could they just forfeit the game?


30 posted on 06/10/2023 1:26:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah, that would’ve been simpler, wouldn’t it?


31 posted on 06/10/2023 1:27:50 PM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

At some point, it seems not worth it, risking injuries from players playing out of position.


32 posted on 06/10/2023 1:32:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

The Toronto Blue Jays should be “cut” from MLB. Let Canada start their own degenerate homosexual league. /spit


33 posted on 06/10/2023 1:58:50 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Mr. Blond

When you apologize for speaking the truth, the left smells blood in the water and will attack, until the victim ceases to exist.


34 posted on 06/10/2023 2:48:02 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was 4a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: nickcarraway

Religious discrimination.


35 posted on 06/10/2023 3:54:22 PM PDT by unlearner (RIP America. July 4, 1776 - December 13, 2022. )
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To: unlearner
Religious discrimination.

Which is mandatory, depending on the religion.

36 posted on 06/10/2023 4:13:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
At some point, it seems not worth it, risking injuries from players playing out of position.

I agree. But all I remember is coming in from outside when I'd expected the game to be over, and turning on the radio, only to hear the announcer say "{Center Fielder} Harlow rocks and throws..."

Uh-oh.

37 posted on 06/10/2023 5:17:37 PM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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