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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
What the hell are you rambling about? I never criticized the umpire's decision. Quit attributing remarks to me which someone else made. Jeez, you're great at that! Saying that I made "accusations." Man, get a grip and a clue while you're at it!
All I was saying is that nobody deserves to get punched in the face, no matter what was said. And I also take exception with the faction who is saying that just because Pierzynski is an a-hole, that he deserved what he got (punched, not ejected. I never criticized the ejection). That is not logical, it is emotional. I also pointed out that Barrett got ran over for being in Pierzynski's way, which was clean and legal.
Nowhere in any of my posts on this subject did I say that A.J. should not be kicked out of the game. I said that the blame lies squarely with Barrett, and that outside of Cubs fans, the rest of the world agrees with me.
Now, quit putting words in my mouth.
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Steve,
No one is talking about the validity of whether the punch was justified or not. We have been talking about why an ejection was made on AJ. Not sure this ever was a moral discussion about why someone should get punched in the face and how this relates to athletes and everyone else. If that is the case I can think of a lot of reasons someone gets punched in the face. Yes, some words would provoke an every day person far removed from athletics. You also defended the position that AJ should not have been thrown out from what I could decipher from what you were responding to and what you said. I was not talking about morals. I was talking about the reason why a decision was made to eject both players.
BTW, I am a Cardinals fan and I hate everything about the Cubs. So for me this has nothing to do with the teams involved and I have become a fan of the Sox in my stay in Chicago. I am not looking at this issue as a fan; I am looking at this issue as an umpire. This could have been Albert Pujois that got jacked up and I would still feel the same way. If you were not defending the position of AJ not being thrown out, why were you so quick to talk about what happens on a football field as it related to my post? The whole point of my post was to agree that there might have been justification for AJ being thrown out that none of us knows for sure, nothing more, nothing less.
Peace