Posted on 04/23/2003 6:05:11 PM PDT by KneelBeforeZod
I sent an email to the BHOF saying they were right to not have robbins there... today I got a form letter from the president apologizing for snubbing robbins:
April 23, 2003
Dear Friend:
We have received thousands of letters, e-mails, and phone calls about the cancellation of the Bull Durham events scheduled for April 26-27. Thank you for sharing your feelings with us.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a very special place - a national treasure - and my responsibility is to protect it. Politics has no place in The Hall of Fame. There was a chance of politics being injected into The Hall during these sensitive times, and I made a decision to not take that chance. But I inadvertently did exactly what I was trying to avoid. With the advantage of hindsight, it is clear I should have handled the matter differently.
I am sorry I didn't pick up the phone to have a discussion with Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon rather than sending them a letter.
We are so lucky to have Baseball - a game that unites us as Americans. The events of the past week show us all that The Game burns brighter than ever and continues to stir passions in many people.
Our wish is that every American will visit Cooperstown and join us in celebrating Baseball, our national pastime and the greatest game of all.
My Best Wishes,
Dale Petroskey
President
He did not apologize for snubbing Robbins. He apologized for not calling them about the disinvite. Big difference. I admire Dale Petroskey for doing what he did; then, under what must have been intense media pressure, his tepid "sorry I didn't call first" was the extent of his mea culpa.
Up yours, Tim Robbins. You'll have to find another venue to spew your idiotic bs. I hope you do, though. Everytime you open that mouth that is connected to your empty head, you reassure existing conservatives and accelerate the conversion of the independents and undecideds.
Kind of like the general manager who says he's sorry his player learned about getting traded by watching ESPN: he is "sorry" he didn't call first, but not sorry about the trade.
Now they have documented proof of their lie and continue it to the detriment of the game and history.
Wow. That is great news. Keep talking Tim. It looks like North Korea may give you plenty more to yap about.
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