"A.B. has an STD! Eww!"

[Inky_Wretch]

Fen, I've been to games at Busch and seen the text messages scrolling across the screen. They keep them scrolling even during the game itself. Depending on the timing of the post, most of the girl's classmates might have not seen it.

And yes, I think the mother has done a poor job of instilling confidence in her daughter if this incident breaks her. It's not like there was a photo of her on the scoreboard. Aside from her classmates, nobody at the stadium had a clue who the post was talking about ... if they even saw it.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I think judging the kid's mother -- to say nothing of the kid -- in this instance is about as morally obtuse as you can be.
Sorry, that's the way I feel.
This is one of those moments that winds up in paragraf 25 of a long feature when some 17-year old snuffs herself in the barn. Of course, nobody can ever figure out what made her do it.

 

[mike311gd]

What kind of weak-willed kid have you raised if a practical jokes causes them to miss the rest of the semester due to this!?!

Probably the same kind of weak-willed kid that misses a week of school because a picture of her missing the game-winning penalty kick in the state championship soccer game ran in the paper, scarring her for life. Her mom called us and said "We're actually considering home-schooling her the rest of the year because she's so traumatized by this." Of course, the mom had nothing to say when asked if she was traumatized by the dozens of pictures that ran in the previous months of her celebrating goals/wins.

Oh, **** all of that.
A piece of bullying in front of 45,000 people and the victim gets called "weak-willed"? And that compared to a picture in the newspaper of a game she freely particpated in?

I understand what you're saying, but A.) how many of those 45,000 people actually saw the message (I know I rarely read those things) and B.) how many of those 45,000 people actually knew who A.B. was?

It doesn't matter how many people saw the message; it's who saw the message. If the girl was publicly ridiculed by her peers because a message was flashed on a giant television screen at a ballpark, then she's won herself a case.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I freely admit the fact I don't have any children might be clouding my thinking on this.

 

[Double Down]

Other Busch Stadium text messages that didn't quite make it past the screener:

Ankiel's Pujols smells like HGH!

LaRussa's LaRight. Just ask him.

What the Falkenborg is wrong with our pitching?

They should call him So So Taguchi.

Rolen has attitude problems. And herpes.

Why won't Josh Hancock answer his cell phone?

 

[Chi City 81]

Why won't Josh Hancock answer his cell phone?

I'm going to Hell for laughing at that.

 

[poindexter]

Why won't Josh Hancock answer his cell phone?

OMG LOL

 

[Mystery_Meat]

For god's sake, someone post the morans photo. He was wearing a Cardinals shirt. And I'm on fail-infected dial-up today.

Also, maybe the AB is Anheiser Busch, and it was meant to say that AB causes STD, which is perfectly believable if you've had Michelob Ultra.

 

[Shaggy]

I actually, in a drunken haze, sent a text message to be displayed on the Busch Stadium scoreboard last summer. It cost me 4 bucks. I waited, and waited, then went and bought another beer. While I was in line, I got texted "Your message just appeared! Enjoy the game!"

****.

 

[mike311gd]

Why won't Josh Hancock answer his cell phone?

I'm going to Hell for laughing at that.

Now that was ****ing hilarious.

 

[slappy4428]

 

[sportschick]

For god's sake, someone post the morans photo. He was wearing a Cardinals shirt. And I'm on fail-infected dial-up today.

Also, maybe the AB is Anheiser Busch, and it was meant to say that AB causes STD, which is perfectly believable if you've had Michelob Ultra.

EDIT: Dammit Slappy!

 

[poindexter]

 

[Pi]

What if she really does have and STD?

 

[21]

How can those messages not be screened? Any schmuck can text 'I have a hard-on the size of Pujols bat' and it goes on the board? No one thought of this before??

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

21
I would pay cash money for that button.

 

[Write-brained]

How can those messages not be screened? Any schmuck can text 'I have a hard-on the size of Pujols bat' and it goes on the board? No one thought of this before??

You would think, but on the other hand it's the same exact (mostly laizze faire) way my paper polices the comments on our website.

The train of thought is if we don't edit the comment we can't be held liable for what it says. Kind of what YouTube pretends to do with other people's protected copyright (which we know is a load of crap because they do a pretty good job keeping porn out.)

 

[21]

21
I would pay cash money for that button.

Mailer/Breslin? I know! Find of the century. Mailer ran for NY mayor in '69 with Breslin as his running mate. You can buy the button at auction http://politics1.com/auction.htm

As far as I know, this has nothing to do with STD's but who knows, that's probably what they thought about Bernie Keric.

 

[forever_town]

I have no doubt a 17-year-old girl could beat the Cardinals.

The Cardinals have problems beating ANYBODY.

 

[RedSmithClone]

What kind of weak-willed kid have you raised if a practical jokes causes them to miss the rest of the semester due to this!?!

Practical joke?

I'm guessing that this is the work of a Queen Bee in the school who doesn't like this other girl because she's probably friends with the boy she liked and was jealous. It's not a practical joke - I am about 85 percent certain it is probably bullying.