Could care less if he's a bad guy. Just win ball games. As I've said for the millionth time now, a lot of jocks are assholes and treat women like shit. If you have such a moral dilemma about it then don't watch sports. Sports radio/talk fucking blows now.

So stupid.

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I'm using the fact he wasn't arrested as justification there was no threat of violence toward her and she was not in danger when he was shooting the gun. I'm not saying he is a good guy, but whats the alternative, he can't play baseball ever again? He lost it and vented his frustration in the garage. The police on seen saw it the same way and said he didn't pose a threat to her.

Buy me a couple drinks, and I will let it slide.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

The unrealistic standard isn't new at all. It's just been shifted over time. We've always thought athletes should give up more money and better opportunity and show "loyalty" and prioritize winning over all other virtues. We've always held them to unrealistic standards. Now it seems like more of the public than ever before has accepted the fact that taking more money doesn't make an athlete a bad guy, so we shifted our unrealistic standard to having them never be able to commit a crime without shaming them for it.

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Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

This fake liberal outrage is a bad sports thought. This idea of everyone should be up in arms because a player did something wrong is misguided. Ray Lewis was either a murderer or an accomplice to murder. They didn't stop Ravens fans from enjoying his on-field performance. Bill Clinton committed adultery in the Oval Office and was accused, but never convicted of rape or attempted rape and that didn't stop him from having 8 years in the White House.

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I have no idea what your point is. Darren Sharper was a terrible human being, but that didn't stop him from having a hell of a career!

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I take it you never saw the OJ documentary.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

because other than Chapman, every one else under the employ of the Cubs is a morally sound person

PITCHES JUST FINE

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Is Chapman an ex-con?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Mentioning good character as an attribute you seek in your employees should never be frowned upon.

A person should always seek to associate themselves with good people.

Even if limited supply has resulted in you having to employ a "bad person" does not mean you should stop seeking good character people

Should he be?

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Yup .he's here to win a world series not date your daughter or babysit your kids.

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Most gun owners have wild uncontrollable tempers. Thankfully he didn't kill anyone.

If he helps the Cubs win a WS I'll feel bad about it for like 5 seconds after many months of celebration

The point is that high profile people get away with stuff if they are good at their jobs. Telling people that they can't enjoy their team because the guy they signed is not a good guy is sucking the fun out of being a sports fan.

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Noticed Darko was posting and had time to kill this afternoon?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

That asswipe Bernstein loves Woody Allen, who the fuck is he to criticize anybody.

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You don't often hear...
"Yea, the gun guy calmed everybody down"

So your quote wasn't trolling? You actually believe that?

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Seems like a reasonable thought based on decades of data and thousands of cases.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

There's like 100 million gun owners in the country. Whatever the number is, please show the data that would suggest that over 50% of them have uncontrollable tempers. It's a ridiculous thing to say even with allowing for hyperbole. The vast majority of gun owners are normal people with normal self control.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

The problem is there are no good people who throw 105 mph fastballs.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Wanting to own a gun signifies to me that they are planning on needing to do something wild in the future.

I can count using a quad amputee's fingers and toes how many times I thought "I could really use a gun in this likely situation. That would help this likely situation immensely."

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

It's simple. If you can get talent that is also has great character, that's ideal. If you can't, talent wins out. This is indisputable. I doubt any fan base would be happy if their team's roster was filled with perfect citizens with no athleticism (i.e. Bernie "King Jew" Sanders)

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Well, now you're just talking about feelings. I thought you wanted to use data and thousands of cases to prove the statement was reasonable. But either way I would disagree with that. You've been to the Darkside Estates. If you felt uncomfortable there that is probably a you problem, not a gun problem.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Shots fired at Denis.

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Sounds like a wild uncontrolled temper.

Thousands of stories involving guns being a part of the problem.

Maybe three stories where the result was "this gun / these guns wielded by this very rational man sure saved our bacon!"

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Thousands of cases out of 100+ million gun owners certainly supports my claim, not Bryan's.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul