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I haven't had much time this spring to follow our high school baseball, my golf team kept me busier than normal. I spoke with one of the coaches here who watched him pitch last year. He remembers thinking this kid will get drafted high and turn pro instead of playing college ball. I'm not certain how to factor this in but our Texas players typically are playing year round and have more experience than a player from the frozen tundra north of the Mason-Dixon line.

I'm starting to really like the 2022 projection for this team.

Check the elephant sketch on YouTube, hilarious.

So his role isn't that important. He can leave the fellows and residents unsupervised while they operate.

Be predictable and always follow the best odds. We really do not need managers anymore, just plug the scenario into the computer and follow the odds. Why do managers overly complicate this? They start looking at the match up. They start thinking about how the players have performed recently. How they do in this stadium, etc. Are they hurting. Is the wind blowing and what direction. Pure stupidity. Millions of data points have already made the decision.

Did he have responsibilities in two different operating rooms at the same time?

Damn, I just watched a "cute cat video"

Amazing. And it doesn't seem like they are finding stiffs to compete against him. The competition seems solid.

Next week I'm coaching my player in the state finals. Going through the practice round with her, and watching how she prepares, I'm learning a lot.

When I read the article I couldn't believe a surgeon would be double booked. It may not have contributed to the outcome of the surgery but it seems wrong. Good for Bobby getting paid.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/05/08/chris-sale-throws-immaculate-inning-9-pitches-all-strikes-vs-orioles/ Seems to have gotten his velocity back.

There are limits with this type of forum. We all make assumptions about each other that may be spot on, but often times are way off.

Lets back away from this.

Best post in this entire thread. Hell, I think he could attract more than black kids.

Instead of an office, use a retail business. Everywhere employees are within ear and eye shot of the paying customers there are standards. How you dress, how you look, covering tattoos, cutting your hair, your language.

j/k Let's start cracka ?

Yes it is. Which is why to avoid the slope you have to have objective, not subjective, criteria. Imagine if an umpire gets the race of a player wrong and either ejects him from a game or doesn't.

I agree 100% if MLB stops here. I'm hoping they toss and suspend players whose use would be considered racially insulting for four or five days.

Sorry, but it seems like I'm the only one taking a position against Tim using the word in this situation. Again, sorry for assuming you meant me. ✌️

I think you are missing the point. Tell me where you disagree I do not believe that Tim deserved a suspension. I do not believe Tim was using the word in a racially insulting way. I believe that there is no place for the n***er word anywhere. I believe that the n***a word is perfectly fine when spoken by certain groups. It is fine in the clubhouse. It is fine in the dugout, it is fine in clubs. I believe those same groups who use the term are rightfully insulted when other groups use the word. I believe that baseball, to avoid insulting portions of their fan base and society at large, should punish any player who uses the er version and any player whose use of the n***a word would be interpreted as offensive on the field. (note this leaves out Tim) I believe that setting up a situation that umpires would be tasked with making certain they heard an er or an a, identifying the race of the player involved, deciding if that person should be allowed to use the term, and then making the call is not going to work. Therefor to have a policy that punishes racist players for using the n***a or n***er word there must be zero tolerance. What a PR nightmare if an umpire fails to correctly identify the race of a player. I'm trying to understand why you think I am threatened by not being able to dictate what is being said. Unless you believe that everyone should be able to use any version of the word. Actually I am trying to stop white people from using the word.

I hope the decision was he needed an off day so get it over with and don't wait until it would be really inconvenient. I really wish he appealed. Suspension, even one game, doesn't find the situation.

Actually Schwarber should have been suspended and Anderson should have been ejected.

I get there is a difference. I also get that it is 100% acceptable in regular conversation for some people to use the n***a word and pretty much no one can use the er version. I also understand the root of the usage and taking a once painful word and subtly changing the spelling and pronunciation. I actually love the irony of it. That's why I easily differentiate between a greeting among players and friends which no action is necessary and something yelled in an argument. Not everyone wants to make that distinction. Now do you think umpires should be in charge of deciding the race of a player and if it is acceptable for that player's race to use the word?

Don't understand the meaning of the word? OK, I'll bite. What is the meaning of the word? Give me a synonym that makes sense in "you're a weak ass ___" that isn't used as an insult? I fully understand how it is used in songs, among friends, etc. And I don't have a problem with that. He used it in anger while insulting the guy. That moves the meaning closer to 1969 than 2019.

He's being defended because based on the reports he used a racial slur than in everyday conversation he would be allowed to use. Which leads to MLB being attacked as being insensitive to the cultural norms in the black and Latino communities. MLB is being defended because umpires would have to first identify the race of the player, understand if social norms allow him to use that word, then make a decision.