Saturday, May 11, 2013
Davidi: Bautista upset with Ortiz allegations
(www.sportsnet.ca)
Sounding more like Bats Battaglia than Joey Bats…
Read More...“I think it’s a cheap shot and uncalled for to say something like that without having some sort of evidence to back it up,” Bautista said Friday in the visitor’s clubhouse at Fenway Park. “Comments and articles like that is what sometimes makes us wonder what’s the true intention of somebody that’s in the media. It blows my mind that somebody would just go out there and do something like that, and write an article where you’re ...
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As free as the grass grows!
Beuhrle, he follows his heart....!
But, won't somebody think of the children!?!
I mean, at least wait until they're 7 and no longer cute.
Why? We the community have an interest in Buehrle's children being productive and well-adjusted citizens and, therefore, the way he raises them is of community concern.
According to bobconfer.net, that's the official magazine of the John Birch Society.
Is this one of those "monitor the enemy" things?
And failing to see their father for a couple hours a day every day for a few weeks in the summer is going to irreparably harm them? Or harm then in an even insignificant way? My wife is an airline pilot, and thus is away from our children for days at a time, every week, for 48 weeks of the year every year of their lives. Many thousands, perhaps millions of children "suffer" similar or worse parental separation than the Buehrle children will experience.
note: I'm not really responding to SBB and his ridiculous post, but pointing out the other side to anyone who might be slightly moved by his absurd point. Society has about 10 billion more pressing concerns than if a millionaires kids can't live with daddy a few weeks out of the year.
If you have 15 children and 1 dog, do you let the Blue Jays put a contract to your head? The eternal question.
Buehrle is famous for working quickly.
However, if the Buehrle clan would have otherwise moved to Toronto but stayed only because of the dog ban, then that's a bit different (and peculiar for a guy who was so outspoken about retiring early to spend time with his family). His call, of course, but not one I could support if my opinion mattered.
Not if they consider their dog part of the family.
And that's an attitude that's just never made any sense to me. I like dogs, and we've got one, but I don't mistake him for any of my kids.
And if you had to choose between living away from your kids for an extra 7 weeks while you work 8-10 hours a day, or get rid of the dog, what would you choose? Choosing the former does not mean one is mistaking the dog for one of the kids.
2. For players, family home is primarily winter question, unless they plan to move their whole family every year in October/November and April. If he doesn't want to spend winter in Canada, why would he move his family there? How many players have their families with them during the season, and then relocate for the winter? Specially if they have schoolkids?
Rest assured that the Buerhles are taking your position into consideration.
Oh for Christ's sake, I really can't be any ####### clearer that my opinion doesn't mean #### to them.
I don't mistake my uncle for my kids either, but I still consider him family.
Funny that you don't even consider the possibility that the kids wanted to stay with the dog...
Is he a hamster?
I didn't consider any number of possibilities, in part because I've got no idea everything that went into the decision. And if I were ripping Mark Buehrle for this decision, which I'm not, that would be worth noting.
Wait, Conifer is a Birch? What's going on here?
Little known fact: If play Pavement bootlegs backwards, digitize the output, it actually makes for a nifty web sniffing algorithm...
Funny that you don't even consider the possibility that the kids wanted to stay with the dog...
I didn't consider any number of possibilities, in part because I've got no idea everything that went into the decision. And if I were ripping Mark Buehrle for this decision, which I'm not, that would be worth noting.
You said
the family would have otherwise relocated to Toronto but refrained from doing so just because of a dog, then I find that decision to be one I couldn't get behind.
So, the possibility that the kids didn't want to give up the dog is something you can't get behind.
If it were the only reason, no, I wouldn't.
Let me put it this way: If Mark Buehrle was a buddy of mine (and, thus, valued my opinion) and told me he'd been traded to Toronto, he'd like the family to join him and the family wants to join him, but they've got this pitbull ban standing in the way, what do I think he should do. I'd tell him to simply find another home for the damn dog. Letting any animal be a barrier to that doesn't make any sense to me. YMMV.
Also, I think the bans against pit bulls are really unfair. The two sweetest dogs I have ever known are both pit bulls.
You choose the kids. And the kids should choose you. If that's not the way it goes, chances are you are a sh!t father anyway, and maybe it's best you are in a different country.
Which is exactly what the kids will think when they get old enough to reflect upon this time in their lives and the decision their father made. Of course they'll have the advantage of knowing their father the man, without the obstacle of being bogged down in fanboy.
I hope you don't have any children, because judging from this post, chances are you would be a sh!t father.
I dunno. On the one hand, I like pit bulls. I volunteer at an urban animal shelter, so I've met and worked with many, many pit bulls, and some of them are incredibly sweet dogs. Friendly, eager to please, affectionate, etc. On the other hand, they are freakishly strong for their size, and have a tremendously powerful bite compared to other dog breeds. The statistics are not kind to pit bulls; they're wildly over-represented in both dog attacks and dog attacks resulting in human fatalities. I suppose it's possible that they're no more aggressive than other dogs, but simply cause more damage when they do lose it and attack people. As people who are supposed to care about facts and data, it's hard to ignore the numbers that show pit bulls really are much more dangerous than other dogs by a massive margin. Not saying I support such bans, but there are some legitimate arguments there.
And Mark Buehrle's leaving his with a five and three year old, 12 hours away. Let's all applaud his mastery as a father!!!!!!
That's pretty much equivalent to loading one bullet into a gun with 15 chambers and then shooting his kids in the head.
Hell hath no fury like a fanboy scorned.
I hope you don't have any children, because judging from this post, chances are you would be a sh!t father.
I do! One awesome daughter. The idea of being away from her so as not to disturb the family relationship with Fido is so ridiculous I don't know what to say. Nothing is more important than actually being there for your kids.
I think you have to look at the context of who owns them. A lot of jackasses who have no business having a dog have a pit bull out of some sense of misguided machismo. (My favorite story about this is when I was sitting in the waiting room at the ASPCA hospital and these two young kids came in with a pit bull but they didn't have the money to pay the bill. Well, that's not what's funny--what was funny is that one of the geniuses was wearing a Michael Vick jersey. Hey let's go hit up the SPCA for free care for our dog, but wait a minute, let's make sure I look like a complete douche before we go.) I think instead of a ban you should have to license your pit bull, prove it has been spayed or neutered, and have a brief interview with animal control so that they know you're not a jackass.
When I see some super-macho dude walking around with a dog hasn't been been fixed and obviously hasn't been well-trained and that has a spiked metal collar, the dog is inevitably a pit bull. I think that a lot of the statistics about pit bulls being dangerous come because people who want dangerous dogs or who want to look like a thug get pit bulls.
EDIT: Coke to Shooty.
As has been pointed out, by the requirements of his job, Buehrle is not going to be around much anyway. He is missing very little time that he would actually be spending with his kids and in exchange, they get to keep the family pet. The fact that you believe this makes Buehrle a bad father says more about you than it does about him.
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