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A baseball coach doesn't have to have an opinion on this outside of his lineup. Still, he said he would have one on the verdict, not the accusation.

And that is really what pisses leftists off. They want to pin you into a corner and when your opinion is not compassionate enough, prepare to have it used against you for the rest of your days. It's a power play. It's been going on for more than 40 years but has reached a fever pitch with our new addiction to outrage.

Maddon essentially echoed the most important aspect of the rule of law that has existed for thousands of years in different forms. The onus is on the accuser to prove something. It makes it inherently difficult for a reason, and it is that difficulty that second and third wave feminists have been using for decades to chip away at the concept of presumption of innocence. Believe all women is ridiculous. It's incredibly dangerous and incredibly stupid now that we have the internet and social media. It is in fact counter productive, as is often the case with the far-left.

They should be impressing upon the increasingly fragile people we raise to go to the authorities immediately. That it won't be easy because it can't be. The accused has certain rights and you would want them if the roles were reversed. The media should report on the facts of the accusation and then wait for a verdict.

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"Mattress technology has come a long way"

- Dan Bernstein, 2016

I thought Maddon explained himself perfectly. He is not involved in the investigation. His opinion does not matter. Reading between the lines, its him trying to distance himself so the team or management doesn't appear to be doing anything to sway a decision.
Also, how can his opinion on the post possibly matter when its a loaded question anyways, where only one answer is considered acceptable? if he had come out and said "yep. read it. didn't think too much about it." hes going to get destroyed. they tried backing him into a corner and he outmaneuvered them by not giving in.

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'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.

I agree. His initial answer was perfectly fine.

Then Bernstein sighed and awkwardly pressed him some more. Maddon's second answer was perfectly fine, and he was understandably starting to get irritated.

Then McKnight sighed, tripped all over himself as usual, and pressed him even more. Maddon understandably became very irritated and exasperated with them beating this to death and trying to force his hand.

Bernstein, McKnight, Parkins, and Mac are harping on Maddon and Rizzo saying "It was a blog post." and how that minimizes the accuser's words as if that means that are condoning domestic violence. Waiting to hear the results of an investigation does not mean you condone what someone has been accused of.

Did this station (or at least Bernstein since the other three weren't there, but they still know what happened) learn nothing from the Patrick Kane situation? It certainly seemed to me that several people at that station, Bernstein included, were desperately hoping Kane was guilty and it all turned out to be bullshit.

Maddon and Rizzo have their causes. Not everyone can be outraged or worked up about every wrong in the world. If someone donates to cancer research, it doesn’t mean they don’t care about AIDS.

These SJW’s want everyone to feel the same level of anger to these situations. Of course DV is wrong, but I am still going to watch the Cubs game. Sorry.

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Evidently not. My strongest memory of them and the Kane thing was Bernsie's go to yell anytime someone mentioned the accuser might be wrong, mistaken or even lying. "YOU CAN'T SAY THAT!" "YOU MUST BELIEVE HER!"

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Today Dan said "the Cubs are leaking oil" to which Connor replied "sure, they're leaking oil, but there's a lot of oil in that tanker." I will admit here that I am the polar opposite of a Car Guy, but I'm pretty sure "leaking oil" as an idiom refers to a car being in such a dire state of disrepair that something that absolutely should not be happening to the car is happening. I don't think the comparison was to the Exxon Valdez.

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Well the Cubs and the Exxon Valdez are both captained by drunks.

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I imagine if he ever gets caught calling someone a espic or nibber on tape he'll do just that.

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I listened to his rambling and I couldnt figure out what the hell the question was. The fact that Joe gave an answer at all and didnt ask what the question was, like Theo did was amazing. Then I listened to the replay of the question on Lauerence's show. I dont think he asked a god damn question. Why the hell would they replay that? In my opinion that interview was a complete embarrassment to the station. I would burn that tape. Not replay it.

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Mulli is Howard Stern in his prime compared to Haugh.

Does anyone get the feeling that Joe knows a little bit more about this situation and more about this woman than he is letting on? I think it was Rizzo too that had some comments that seemed as if they knew something more. I mean, I'm sure they know more. I think this is one fight these guys should sit out. But this is what they do, they create controversy.

No I don't get that feeling at all.

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Trying to get a manager to bad mouth a player, while praising the GM is hardly "challenging management". What was the point of the exchange? To have Maddon agree with him on the laughable thought that victims must always be believed and it's too traumatic to expect them to speak to investigators? Let's return to Star Chambers and trial by combat then.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Definitely agree with you on Mac, and it's disappointing. It was weird Parkins almost made it seem that the violence is okay. He said something about being drunk and some inaudibles as he caught himself almost saying the fighting is expected. People get mad and say shit and try to hurt you which ever way they can. Parkins is telling me he never got into a fight and said something he regrets? It's ridiculous. Also, doesn't everyone in the video look Hispanic?

How stupid and pandering is it to say if someone says something racist then it's fine to be violent? Some drunk people got in a fight. It's not a referendum on society.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I dislike Bernstein, the Cubs and Maddon so this is very difficult for me to assess.

Still, "I am the HIPAA king, I can do anything" should understand why an executive would be evasive in publicly speaking about a private personnel matter. I assume Joe read the post or at the very least is fully apprised of its contents and does have an opinion about it and that opinion isn't that he is cool with domestic violence. He is just in a situation where he has about 3-4 competing interests, is trying to walk a thin line and worded things poorly.

He will recollect his thoughts and have a better response in the future.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Im betting the guy screaming out BEANERS is not Hispanic

Maddon's interview yesterday was downright cringeworthy. The fact he basically said that he doesn't care about her side of the story makes him look like an insensitive jerk.

He could have and should have simply said something to the effect of; "Yes I have read the blog post. I didn't like what I read. That said, I am not going to comment further until MLB completes their investigation and we all have the results. I'm here to answer any baseball questions you may have." Then its done and over with.

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STRETCH...GET ON BACK THERE

Maddon said that what she wrote doesn't matter at this point. That's a pretty shitty thing to say.

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I’m not going to be swayed one way or another by reading this. I really have no interest in reading this. I’m more interested in waiting for the investigation to finalize itself, and then I’ll read what’s going and what had been said once it’s been vetted properly. Anybody can write anything they want these days with social media, blogging, etc. So I’m just going to wait for it to play its course, and then I’ll try to disseminate the information based on both sides, MLB itself, along with the players’ union and getting together with Addison and his former wife, and then I’ll read the information to try to form my own opinions at that point.

Seems pretty reasonable.

It's strange that the station seems to be doing their darndest to make this a huge issue across all of their shows (not counting Les). Nothing is different today if Maddon said he did read the blog post.

Except for the "anybody can write anything" bit, I Agree.


As I said, this was a shitty and unnecessary thing to say. It sort of marginalizes her, but also does not paint Joe in a very favorable light IMO.

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Yes, it does.

There used to be a time when people waited for the facts before making a decision.

Not anymore.

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Where is that quote from? Seems a bit out of context.

It appears to be from the same story that you posted your quote from; https://670thescore.radio.com/cubs-joe- ... on-russell

I happen to think that the bold part is just a shitty thing to say, and that it trivializes the Ex's blog post. It is ok if we disagree.

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No, mine was from a Yahoo story.


I happen to think that the bold part is just a shitty thing to say, and that it trivializes the Ex's blog post. It is ok if we disagree.[/quote]

Ok with all the context it makes more sense. The entire sentiment is "let it play out"


You're reaching on this one, Frank.

Not at all.

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Sure you are. That's why you had to take the quote so far out of context it wasnt even a proper sentence.

Anyway, you hate the Cubs. Understood.

I say again, not at all. The manager of a player who is currently on leave/suspension from MLB stated that her blog post has nothing to do with anything. That is a flat out crappy thing to say at this point. That is not a reach.

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