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It's hard to believe what birdbrains some of these guys are. And to say things like these in a time of such heightened sensitivity and so many cancel culture disasters.
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It's hard to believe what birdbrains some of these guys are. And to say things like these in a time of such heightened sensitivity and so many cancel culture disasters.

 

With how PR sensitive most teams are, how in the world is this guy leading anything? Weird.

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@GeoffBakerTIMES

BREAKING: The Mariners and former high performance director Lorena Martin in recent months quietly resolved her wrongful termination case.

 

@craigcalcaterra

This case involved accusations that Mariners' top brass used racist comments about foreign-born Mariners players. Feel like "the day after the defendants created a fantastic plaintiff's exhibit" is a good day to settle it!

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What exactly did he say? I skimmed the transcript and couldn't find anything too obscene, albeit I had a textbook reading about tax laws for corporations vs partnerships open on another tab
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What exactly did he say? I skimmed the transcript and couldn't find anything too obscene, albeit I had a textbook reading about tax laws for corporations vs partnerships open on another tab

I think the lesson is that anything can be a cancel-able offense at this time.

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Glad you're not a teacher.

 

Its sad that you cant answer his question...and sadder that you think teachers should be outraged over someone stating a fact-his English isnt very good. WOW...what a world we live in. You hate this guy but I'll bet youre fine with The REmDog.

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What exactly did he say? I skimmed the transcript and couldn't find anything too obscene, albeit I had a textbook reading about tax laws for corporations vs partnerships open on another tab

 

Im with you...I expected something outrageous....and its "his English isnt very good"..oh my God..hang him!!!

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Im with you...I expected something outrageous....and its "his English isnt very good"..oh my God..hang him!!!

 

"I'm tired of paying his interpreter" was not a real smart way to address the language issue LOL

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I'm with Bill Maher on the cancellation thing. Instead of just cancelling people left and right as a response, why not use it as an educational experience and make something positive out of it.
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I'm with Bill Maher on the cancellation thing. Instead of just cancelling people left and right as a response, why not use it as an educational experience and make something positive out of it.

 

Fretting for some rich ******* who got fired is a very weird look. MLB is very PR heavy. If you're dumb enough say some guys in your org are overpaid, have big personalities and need interpreters, you probably need to not be a spokesperson for the organization.

 

Part of his job is to communicate to the public. He sucked at it and got fired. That's not "he got cancelled." HE GOT HIS ASS FIRED FOR BEING A DUMBASS.

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Agreed...but was it even worthy of someone posting a thread about it here???

 

Harmony, a Mariners fan, posted about it and even put it in the right forum.

 

I don't see the problem.

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Fretting for some rich ******* who got fired is a very weird look. MLB is very PR heavy. If you're dumb enough say some guys in your org are overpaid, have big personalities and need interpreters, you probably need to not be a spokesperson for the organization.

 

Part of his job is to communicate to the public. He sucked at it and got fired. That's not "he got cancelled." HE GOT HIS ASS FIRED FOR BEING A DUMBASS.

 

Yeah, but to me it's also one offense. Unless there's a pattern of behavior behind it.

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Yeah, but to me it's also one offense. Unless there's a pattern of behavior behind it.

 

With how casual he was about everything, I doubt it was just him having a bad day.

 

Even if you take the interpreter comments out of it, having a guy at the top of the organization kinda rip into some of the players is just not a good look. It's why guys like Bloom deflect and don't speak directly to certain issues. There is no benefit to be gained by saying a guy is overpaid or underhandedly question a guy's personality.

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Agreed. For some reason they're hanging Callaway out to dry instead of firing him. I'm guessing the firing comes eventually.

 

Maybe they did the calculus and thought it was easier to let the story fade into the background and have Mickey walk out the back door rather than pull the bandaid off and bring it front and center to the media?

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Maybe they did the calculus and thought it was easier to let the story fade into the background and have Mickey walk out the back door rather than pull the bandaid off and bring it front and center to the media?

 

Agreed. And nice job with the mélange of metaphors. :cool:

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Its sad that you cant answer his question...and sadder that you think teachers should be outraged over someone stating a fact-his English isnt very good. WOW...what a world we live in. You hate this guy but I'll bet youre fine with The REmDog.

 

What question are you talking about?

 

Who is "Remdog?" Jerry Remy? I'm not a fan of his and never was, except as a player.

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What question are you talking about?

 

Who is "Remdog?" Jerry Remy? I'm not a fan of his and never was, except as a player.

 

So you aren't the biggest Red Sox fan then?

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I'm with Bill Maher on the cancellation thing. Instead of just cancelling people left and right as a response, why not use it as an educational experience and make something positive out of it.

 

I don't disagree. Goes back to the whole idea of remembering and recognizing the mistakes of past generations so that we don't repeat them again.

 

 

As MVP said, though, not sure that logic really applies here

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Fretting for some rich ******* who got fired is a very weird look. MLB is very PR heavy. If you're dumb enough say some guys in your org are overpaid, have big personalities and need interpreters, you probably need to not be a spokesperson for the organization.

 

Part of his job is to communicate to the public. He sucked at it and got fired. That's not "he got cancelled." HE GOT HIS ASS FIRED FOR BEING A DUMBASS.

 

That's all there is too it, and I'd have thought those who think our culture has become too namby pamby would have seen this for what it is.

 

The guy exposed the owners to big trouble, right before negotiations open. The union has been arguing all along that owners intentionally hold back star prospects to gain another year of service. The owners have denied this over and over. They can't do that anymore, because Mathers exposed them all.

 

I'm glad he said what he said. He spoke the truth, and the truth, these days can be very toxic.

 

Telling the truth is a fireable offense, in these times. We shouldn't be surprised or shocked.

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