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Chicago: HS baseball game forfeited due to "worried parents".

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by YankeeFan, Apr 28, 2013.

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  1. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The school with the nervous parent is named for Walter Payton:

    Principle says it wasn't about race, and blames the media for suggesting such a thing:

     
    YankeeFan, Apr 28, 2013
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  2. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    CM Punk weeps.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Apr 28, 2013
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  3. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Wait, guns are good, aren't they? Regulate that militia!
     
    Riptide, Apr 28, 2013
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  4. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Aside from the race and class issues, let it not be forgotten that baseball parents are motherfuckers on par with wrestling and cheerleading these days.
     
    LongTimeListener, Apr 28, 2013
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  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Kids these days are so soft. Why, in Babe Ruth's time, they learned to play baseball in orphanages.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Apr 28, 2013
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  6. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Would love to know why this objection wasn't raised earlier - like when the season schedule was released. Something's fishy here.
     
    Armchair_QB, Apr 28, 2013
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  7. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    In a related story, Payton Prep has canceled an appearance in a San Francisco tournament for fear of catching teh gay.
     
    dooley_womack1, Apr 28, 2013
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  8. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Brings new meaning to a player having a rifle for an arm ...
     
    HanSenSE, Apr 29, 2013
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  9. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    This ... with softball parents gaining ground.
     
    HanSenSE, Apr 29, 2013
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  10. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Rifle? Hell, they say he's got a cannon ...
     
    Riptide, Apr 29, 2013
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  11. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

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    "Isn't that just like a baseball parent? Brings a bat to a gunfight."
     
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    Batman, Apr 29, 2013
    #11
  12. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    This would have never happened at Pervis Ellison College Prep.
     
    Mystery Meat II, Apr 29, 2013
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