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Author:  jimmypasta [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:42 am ]
Post subject:  Is wife beating funny?
He should have said "Beat my meat".


Sports Xchange
10:35 p.m. CDT, June 19, 2014

Brad Ausmus learned a hard lesson this week: Watch everything you say, especially during a press conference.
The Detroit Tigers manager found himself embroiled in the first major controversy of his rookie managerial career when he made a tasteless joke during his postgame media session on Wednesday. Ausmus answered a question about his demeanor coming to the ballpark during the team's recent slide. He then responded to a follow-up question on what he does when he gets home by saying, "I beat my wife."

Ausmus immediately realized he made a mistake and apologized, but the remark set off a firestorm on social media and sports talk radio as well as angering groups that target domestic abuse. There were even those who felt he should be fired.

Neither the team nor the league announced any type of reprimand or punishment.

"In today's world, that's pretty standard," Ausmus said Thursday morning of the blowback. "Truth is, I wasn't trying to trivialize and marginalize the problem of domestic abuse or minimize how awful it is. People in this business know I wasn't trying to hurt anyone or offend anyone and if I did, I'm truly sorry for that because that's not what I was trying to do."

Ausmus also had some explaining to do when he got home.

"I talked my wife and daughters about it," he said. "My daughters are on Twitter all the time, so they see (the reaction). It hasn't been a fun 12 hours. I didn't sleep well."

Interestingly, the media outlets affiliated with the Tigers tried to squelch the controversy. Fox Sports Detroit edited out that portion of the press conference and refused to release it to other media outlets. WXYT-FM, which broadcasts the games, would not allow its on-air talent to play the tape of his comment.

Other TV outlets still found a way to show it, as the beat writer from the Oakland (Mich.) Press recorded the press conference on a camera phone and posted it to the newspaper's media site.

Ausmus did not have an issue with the comment being played, since he was in a public forum. It came toward the tail end of an unusually long press conference.

"You guys are there doing your job," he said. "I was well aware what was going on and I take full blame for it. I knew when (the words) left my mouth they were insensitive and in poor taste, which is why I apologized."

Ausmus downplayed any correlation between his frustration over his underachieving team and the flip remark. But he admits he's been losing sleep over its poor play.

"When I get in my car and drive home, I'm actually OK," he said. "I can fall asleep but I'll wake up at 5 o'clock in the morning and lie awake for two hours thinking about it. It's 5 o'clock, it's dark out and I'm still going over yesterday's game."
Author:  Rod [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:44 am ]
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Wife beating is funnier than that Gilly skit.
Author:  denisdman [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:46 am ]
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People shouldn't say anything anymore. Nothing is funny.
Author:  jimmypasta [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:47 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Wife beating is funnier than that Gilly skit.


I have watched (like most of us) hundreds of SNL skits which used to make me think somebody was on drugs when they wrote this. The only female I thought was on par with some of the guys was Cheri Oteri. I don't know what the hell happened to her.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:00 am ]
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people are stupid
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:03 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Wife beating is funnier than that Gilly skit.

The Holocaust was funnier than Gilly


That is the worst skit in the history of skits. I mean it broke through the depths of SNL hell
Author:  Don Tiny [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:14 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Wife beating is funnier than that Gilly skit.

denisdman wrote:
People shouldn't say anything anymore. Nothing is funny.

Hatchetman wrote:
people are stupid


Thanks for making my posts for me! :lol: :lol:
Author:  denisdman [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:18 am ]
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Don, those laughing smiley faces offend me. The eyes appear to be a a racist slur against Asians.
Author:  Don Tiny [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:20 am ]
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denisdman wrote:
Don, those laughing smiley faces offend me. The eyes appear to be a a racist slur against Asians.


Me so solly. :mrgreen:


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Author:  Brick [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:29 am ]
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I hate how in our PC world we can no longer laugh about violent crime.
Author:  Don Tiny [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:46 am ]
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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
I hate how in our PC world we can no longer laugh about violent crime.



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Author:  spmack [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:51 am ]
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Don Tiny wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
I hate how in our PC world we can no longer laugh about violent crime.



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:lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  Nas [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:34 am ]
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Don Tiny wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
I hate how in our PC world we can no longer laugh about violent crime.



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Is that a real game?
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