FOX News Defends Trump's Defense of Nazis/White Supremacists/Bigotry

[pr126]

Apropos, sins of the fathers...

Some demand reparations for slavery.
Not many slave holders are in the US today. And even fewer slaves. Why reparations?

[Mike Cl]

Alas, some do ... but then also apply that to the Damn Yankees.  White Sox fans are OK however.

The Yankees are Damn Yankees 'cause they win, win, win--and the other teams are jealous!  The White Sox descended from the Black Sox (and Shoeless Joe was banished forever) and should forever hang their heads in shame!!

[SGOS]

Chicago has two professional baseball teams.  Over all, the Cubs have established themselves as the most loveable underdogs in baseball.  Everyone knows who the Cubs are.  The White Sox are generally know as being better than the Cubs, but that's about a "meh" as you can get.   Almost, everyone is better than the Cubs.  So the White Sox don't get much attention.  They are just "The Other Team from Chicago."

[Mike Cl]

For baseball historians, the Cubs was one of the first super teams.  The White Sox were playing catchup, but then they were entangled with the 1919 WS fix mess and were labeled the Black Sox.  Several players were banned from baseball for life and Shoeless Joe Jackson would have been in the hall of fame, except for his part in the fix.

[SGOS]

Now that you mention it, I do seem to recall the White Sox were previously the Black Sox, but that was before even my parent's time.  I don't remember anything about a scandal.

[Mike Cl]

Now that you mention it, I do seem to recall the White Sox were previously the Black Sox, but that was before even my parent's time.  I don't remember anything about a scandal.

Not surprising--it happened in 1919.

[Baruch]

Apropos, sins of the fathers...

Some demand reparations for slavery.
Not many slave holders are in the US today. And even fewer slaves. Why reparations?

Socialism plus identity politics.  The US can't die soon enough.

[Baruch]

The Yankees are Damn Yankees 'cause they win, win, win--and the other teams are jealous!  The White Sox descended from the Black Sox (and Shoeless Joe was banished forever) and should forever hang their heads in shame!!

I believe in Field of Dreams, and I ain't even a baseball fan.  There is redemption, but only for ghosts in corn fields ;-))

[Mike Cl]

I believe in Field of Dreams, and I ain't even a baseball fan.  There is redemption, but only for ghosts in corn fields ;-))

Yeah--I believe in the Field of Dreams, too.  It's the only 'belief' I have.

[Cavebear]

Alas, some do ... but then also apply that to the Damn Yankees.  White Sox fans are OK however.

I've always been conflicted about the Yankees.  I watch Ken Burns' 'Baseball' frequently, and the Yankees deserved their older fame.  But I was also a hopeless Senators fan for years and (thank "god") a Nationals fan now. 

We have a chance this year and I would love a Washington/New York World Series...  Politics vs Finance, LOL!

[Mike Cl]

I've always been conflicted about the Yankees.  I watch Ken Burns' 'Baseball' frequently, and the Yankees deserved their older fame.  But I was also a hopeless Senators fan for years and (thank "god") a Nationals fan now. 

We have a chance this year and I would love a Washington/New York World Series...  Politics vs Finance, LOL!

As in all things, I'm a bit of an odd-ball when it comes to.................well, just about everything.  No different with the Yankees.  I first loved them because they were the underdog and overcame huge odds to win out.  I began my love of baseball while in Alabama and since I was from Oregon, was labeled a Yankee.  Had no idea what that meant, then.  So, since the Yanks were in the WS, and lost, I identified with them.  The following year they were in the WS again and won, even tho they had been down 1 to 3.  I did identify with them--so, even to this day, a win for the Yankees is a defeat for the rebels--a sort of 'fuck you' to Alabama.  And who could not love Mantle, Ford and Berra!!!  Especially Berra!!

[Cavebear]

As in all things, I'm a bit of an odd-ball when it comes to.................well, just about everything.  No different with the Yankees.  I first loved them because they were the underdog and overcame huge odds to win out.  I began my love of baseball while in Alabama and since I was from Oregon, was labeled a Yankee.  Had no idea what that meant, then.  So, since the Yanks were in the WS, and lost, I identified with them.  The following year they were in the WS again and won, even tho they had been down 1 to 3.  I did identify with them--so, even to this day, a win for the Yankees is a defeat for the rebels--a sort of 'fuck you' to Alabama.  And who could not love Mantle, Ford and Berra!!!  Especially Berra!!

I came to love the Yankees in the early 60s when they were losing. So it wasn't that they were winning. But yeah. Berra.  "When you come to a fork in the road, take it"!

[pr126]

 "When you come to a fork in the road, take it"!
I think a spoon is more useful.

[Cavebear]

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it"!
I think a spoon is more useful.

Call it a spork, then.  But he didn't say half those things he said...

[Baruch]

Yeah--I believe in the Field of Dreams, too.  It's the only 'belief' I have.

So you annoy corn farmers by wandering their fields? ;-)