Kolek planning to go pro
This portion of the "apology" is a pile of horsesh*t:My overexuberance in support of a player has been misrepresented as a demonstration of a regressive attitude about an important social issue. Those that know me know that I am a progressive member of the community, and a loving and committed husband and father. I hope that those who do know me understand that the Sports Illustrated article does not reflect who I am or my values. I am sorry if anyone was offended by my actions.
If he went out before the press and simply said " I am sorry. I was 100% wrong. My comments were insensitive", I would be fully accepting.Hiding behind a lawyer's written apology means nothing to me.
Yeah, what does being a "loving and committed husband and father" have anything to do with this? God I hate when people put that crap in these types of statements. Anyway, this is pretty much an admission, validates the original story, and makes the Astros initial statement look ridiculous. All will be forgotten though since the WS starts tonight.
He's only "so phucking happy" that the Astros have Osuna, hey? Seems very...odd. If I were the assistant GM I'd be "very phucking happy" I had Correa...and Altuve...and Cole...and Verlander...and Greinke...and Bregman...Weird.
I’m sure he is happy they have all of them...in fact he has said as much about some of those other players at different times.I just want to make sure I have yours and other stories correct....he purposely said this because he wanted to offend several female reporters and he supports sexual assault? Is that what some of you are saying?Or is there middle ground where the guy is phucking happy they signed a great closer (who is a d bag and I wouldn’t sign him from the start, but that’s another story) and he said it, said it loud, with no intent at all to offend anyone? Why is it one and not the other? What is dictating that response? Did he hate these reporters? Is he pro sexual assault? Is he anti woman? Or was he caught up in the moment of victory and said something stupid and totally misinterpreted? I get why in today’s world it always defaults to the worst....why?As for the response, most of these things are lawyerly these days. That is no surprise. Astros are protecting themselves against doing anything against him, as well. That’s the deal with labor law today.
Or is there middle ground where the guy is phucking happy they signed a great closer (who is a d bag and I wouldn’t sign him from the start, but that’s another story) and he said it, said it loud, with no intent at all to offend anyone? Why is it one and not the other? What is dictating that response? Did he hate these reporters? Is he pro sexual assault? Is he anti woman? Or was he caught up in the moment of victory and said something stupid and totally misinterpreted? I get why in today’s world it always defaults to the worst....why?
Hey! Anyone know the Series started tonight? Nats in 6.
Scherzer vs Cole ... all the makings of a 1-0 classic. Except, as so often happens, that's not what happened.If Nats can win tonight -- defeating both Cole and Verlander on the road -- wow!
Also, Juan Soto is unreal at 20.
My brother-in-law is from the DC area, big Nats fan obviously. Talking about the game he was super nervous and I said the silver lining was Cole had been so magnificent, he was due for a shaky outing. And there it was. Steal one on the road for both swinging home field and momentum/confidence. Amazing.Also, Juan Soto is unreal at 20.
David phuccking ross is back
Saw a tweet saying one thing that set him apart was his mock spring training speech that the Cubs asked each candidate to do as part of their second interview.
Seems like a bright man, and he was a manager-on-the-field kind of guy as a player for two franchises that won a lot. It's quite rare for a guy to go to the manager's office having absolutely no previous coaching or managing experience, but maybe he'll be great.Maybe a little like Glenn Rivers, who did only OK in his first NBA head-coaching stop, got fired by the Magic, but went on to become a highly respected coach with the Celtics. Maybe Ross will get there quicker, in part because of the Cubs' resources. Or maybe he'll suck. We'll see!
Theo wants to manage the team so this move makes it easier. More significantly, one could argue, for the Cubs were the front office moves to beef up analytics. The Brewers and Cards have blown by the Cubs in the last few years in this area.