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Yunel Escobar -- What did his eyeblack say?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Point of Order, Sep 18, 2012.

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  1. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    I didn't see a thread on this, so if there's one already shoot me. None of the mainstream news I've seen on this has actually said what the eyeblack said -- just a lot of dancing around it. But if what Outsports is saying is right I don't see how he's going to be able to get around it. It has the feel of incredibly stupid clubhouse hijinks. Sad.

    http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/09/17/yunel-escobar-of-toronto-blue-jays-uses-gay-slur-maricon-in-eye-black/

    And previously on Escobar's face: No Penis

    http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2012/09/18/did-yunel-escobar-previously-write-no-penis-on-his-eye-black/
     
    Point of Order, Sep 18, 2012
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  2. ifilus

    ifilus Well-Known Member

     
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    ifilus, Sep 18, 2012
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  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Who was the White Sox player who scrawled, "You're gay" in the dirt a year or two ago? Gordon Beckham?

    EDIT: Yep. Gordon Beckham. "Getz is gay."
     
    Dick Whitman, Sep 18, 2012
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  4. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    This disaster of a Jays season can't end soon enough for me. Escobar will apparently answer for this stupidity at 3:30. I suspect after that we will see plenty of Adeiny Hechavarria and Omar Vizquel at short for the rest of the season.
     
    Huggy, Sep 18, 2012
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  5. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    Shi Davidi, who covers the Blue Jays for Sportsnet is tweeting that Escobar will be suspended for three games
     
    Beef03, Sep 18, 2012
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  6. Gehrig

    Gehrig Active Member

    Looks like he got suspended by the team for three games.

    Nothing confirmed yet, though.
     
    Gehrig, Sep 18, 2012
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  7. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    Also tweeted that his salary for those three games will be donated to GLAAD and you can play
     
    Beef03, Sep 18, 2012
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  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I hear he's getting three games.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 18, 2012
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  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    The three games is rough, but surely the Chick-Fil-A endorsement deal will soften that financial blow a little bit.
     
    Dick Whitman, Sep 18, 2012
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  10. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    I suspect any other Rogers employee who did something stupid like this while representing the organization would be terminated immediately.

    Stephen Brunt speaks for a lot of Jays' fans:

    http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2012/09/18/stpehen_brunt_yunel_escobar_controversey_column/
     
    Huggy, Sep 18, 2012
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  11. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    In other - more positive - news involving the Jays and the gay community, the Toronto Standard (not familiar with this publication) says Brett Lawrie has apparently become a huge favourite of Toronto's large gay population.

    http://torontostandard.com/sports/how-blue-jay-brett-lawrie-became-an-inadvertent-gay-icon
     
    Huggy, Sep 18, 2012
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  12. Norrin Radd

    Norrin Radd New Member

    Wow, there games in a 162-game season?

    That punishment certainly has teeth.
     
    Norrin Radd, Sep 18, 2012
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