A Few Words About Civility At BCBAlyellontoppscard_tiny by Al Yellon on Jun 7, 2010 7:33 PM PDT in Meta BCB Comment 0 commentsI was disgusted and appalled by the behavior of a few in the comments in the Draft Day thread after the Cubs made the unexpected pick of Hayden Simpson.You can disagree with the pick; disagree with Tim Wilken’s reasons for picking him; argue about whether the Cubs are being cheap or not.But when you giggle and guffaw like 12-year-olds over someone defacing Simpson’s Wikipedia page (which I assume has been fixed and I will not repost here), insulting him and his family, that’s where I draw the line.Real human beings with real feelings are involved. As Josh77 said, families of Cubs minor leaguers, and I presume possible draft picks, read this site. I will not let readers of this site turn it into a festival of rudeness; my 14-year-old son has more maturity than some of you showed in that thread.Some of you seem to have the attitude, “It’s only the internet, it doesn’t matter.” This place is a place where human beings communicate with each other. It does matter. I don’t ever want to see behavior like this on this site again.I’m not opening comments on this post. I’d like all of you who participated to think about what you did, sleep on it, and then come back tomorrow ready to discuss things with civility and respect for others, whether they’re other BCB members or people you have never met who are now part of the Cubs family.
Alyellontoppscard_tiny by Al Yellon on Jun 7, 2010 7:33 PM PDT in Meta BCB Comment 0 comments
I was disgusted and appalled by the behavior of a few in the comments in the Draft Day thread after the Cubs made the unexpected pick of Hayden Simpson.
You can disagree with the pick; disagree with Tim Wilken’s reasons for picking him; argue about whether the Cubs are being cheap or not.
But when you giggle and guffaw like 12-year-olds over someone defacing Simpson’s Wikipedia page (which I assume has been fixed and I will not repost here), insulting him and his family, that’s where I draw the line.
Real human beings with real feelings are involved. As Josh77 said, families of Cubs minor leaguers, and I presume possible draft picks, read this site. I will not let readers of this site turn it into a festival of rudeness; my 14-year-old son has more maturity than some of you showed in that thread.
Some of you seem to have the attitude, “It’s only the internet, it doesn’t matter.” This place is a place where human beings communicate with each other. It does matter. I don’t ever want to see behavior like this on this site again.
I’m not opening comments on this post. I’d like all of you who participated to think about what you did, sleep on it, and then come back tomorrow ready to discuss things with civility and respect for others, whether they’re other BCB members or people you have never met who are now part of the Cubs family.
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
poor kid. the knuckle draggers could fuck up the Cubs page?
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
yasmani grandal just smoked a 2 rbi double off of barret loux
― gonjasufi smacker (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
The Detroit Tigers have drafted Pittsburgh native Patrick Leyland.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
and out of 3 picks in the 2nd round - the J's take two more pitchers! lol. at least these guys are lefties this time.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Apparently the Dodgers are trying to draft the entire LSU baseball team
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Never change, Scott Boras
Bryce Harper wrote on his Facebook page Friday that he's, "Probably going back to [the College of Southern Nevada] to win a National Championship!"
― mayor jingleberries, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
what the hell is the "College of Southern Nevada"?
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Friday, 30 July 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
the junior college he played at this year
― It's like normal life except you power up by peeing (ciderpress), Friday, 30 July 2010 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
seriously - what a little shit! (if it's true)
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 30 July 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
uh yeah... no way that this guy isn't signing
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 July 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2010/09/22/bryce-harper-washingtons-great-white-hype/#more-26134
hes a yankees, cowboys, lakers fan
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 23 September 2010 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link
hah not surprised. hes a douchey teen after all.
but hes from Vegas right? not many home teams to root for..
― mayor jingleberries, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwWU5C7-g5s
― sanskrit, Thursday, 11 August 2011 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
ha ha - the crowd reaction is something else there!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
This guy's going to be nonstop headline gold in the bigs.
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
when's he coming?
― Mordy, Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
No idea! I guess I should have added "if he doesn't get beaten to death in his sleep first."
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
lol what a dick
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 11 August 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
He's actually kinda tanked in AA so it might take a little longer than originally thought. Admittedly he's still only 18 and playing in AA so maybe not that long.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 11 August 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
damn dude.. you cant do that shit..
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 11 August 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I read this so maybe its some context. Looks like the plate umpre had somewhere to go after the game:
Sixteen of the 18 players who started Wednesday night’s Eastern League game between Richmond and Harrisburg weren’t too happy with the size of home plate umpire Max Guyll’s strike zone.Body language, stare downs and brief post-strikeout arguments easily revealed as much through the first seven innings at Metro Bank Park.Starting pitchers Eric Surkamp of the Flying Squirrels and Shairon Martis of the Senators, though, likely weren’t complaining about the generous zone. Both were absolutely terrific in a game ultimately won 3-1 by Richmond on a ninth-inning home run, and the duo shared 19 strikeouts.
Body language, stare downs and brief post-strikeout arguments easily revealed as much through the first seven innings at Metro Bank Park.
Starting pitchers Eric Surkamp of the Flying Squirrels and Shairon Martis of the Senators, though, likely weren’t complaining about the generous zone. Both were absolutely terrific in a game ultimately won 3-1 by Richmond on a ninth-inning home run, and the duo shared 19 strikeouts.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 11 August 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Isn't Shairon the Dutch dude who threw the no hitter in the Baseball Classic?
― errant flynn, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, from Curacao.
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP
― J0rdan S., Friday, 19 August 2011 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link
what happen
― ciderpress, Friday, 19 August 2011 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
was helped off the field w/ a leg injury, but apparently it's not that serious
― J0rdan S., Friday, 19 August 2011 02:15 (thirteen years ago) link
out for the season (which is only two more weeks anyway) with a hammy
.318/.423/.554 with 14 homers in 72 low-a games.256/.329/.395 with 3 homers in 37 double-a games
turns 19 in two months
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 August 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Sent to AAA following a golden sombrero today, but there's this:
http://www.gq.com/sports/guides/201204/bryce-harper-mlb-baseball-preview
― Andy K, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
Now that Harper's the one hurt, he takes a hop-step out of the box. Again: "Fuuuuuuck!!!" A violent toss of his custom-made Marucci bat—inscribed with LUKE 1:37 ("For with God nothing shall be impossible")—across the batting cage. "Fuck it, I'm done." Harper shakes his hands vigorously and shoves them into a pile of infield dirt adjacent to the cage. "I didn't know I was hitting today, and I don't have my goddamned gloves," he says. "It hurts like a dick."
― Andy K, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
never have i wanted someone to marinovich so badly
― mookieproof, Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
Being a spoiled little shit is relatively low on the list of sports sins - I'll wait to hate him until he kills dogs or rapes someone or pays someone in his posse to shoot a dude.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 19 March 2012 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
one needn't be a criminal to be an asshole
anyway, he doesn't play for my team, so it doesn't take much
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 March 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ik8ifvaA1qzniimo1_500.png
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
mike francesa just said re: harper "now some ppl think this kid is the next babe ruth"
― johnny crunch, Friday, 30 March 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
@AdamRubinESPNBryce HARPER strikes out looking in second encounter with Matt Harvey at Syracuse. HARPER hitting .228 in AAA this season so far.
― Andy K, Saturday, 21 April 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
first homer of the year today
― mookieproof, Sunday, 22 April 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
in majors on saturday
― johnny crunch, Friday, 27 April 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
Goddamit, I'm winning the league where I have him in the minors. I don't want to have to call him up.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 27 April 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
rain deprived us of a kershaw/strasburg showdown today, but harper debut tomorrow is cool too
― wolves in our wounds (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 27 April 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
with a .708 OPS in AAA?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
He's bored
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
ha ha!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 27 April 2012 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
AAA stats for 3 weeks mean nothing, i'd say. plus they may have no better options, yes?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 April 2012 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
I guess since he can't be a Super 2 (because of his contract? read that somewhere) they have nothing to lose by bringing him up for a trial at least.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 28 April 2012 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
that ball was hit hard
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 April 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
Probably not the first to notice a resemblance to Jason Mewes...
― Andy K, Sunday, 29 April 2012 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
liked him tossing off the helmet before he pulled into second on the double
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 April 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link