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Title: Racism in Baseball
Post by: careless hal on April 30, 2015, 03:14:20 AM: The broadcasters for the K.C. Royals used the term "Chinese home run" on a foul ball. The Chinese find this very offensive. To their credit, they did not March on the stadium and set it ablaze. Both those guys should be fired.
Title: Re: Racism in Baseball
Post by: Bungalow Bill on April 30, 2015, 04:14:19 AM: Firing them would be silly, And idiotic, Its not a racist comment. nothing wrong with some humor tossed in. I saw it and had no problem at all with it. Your sensitivity is foolish

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Title: Re: Racism in Baseball
Post by: Gazoo on April 30, 2015, 10:32:58 AM: Quote from: careless hal on April 30, 2015, 03:14:20 AM
The broadcasters for the K.C. Royals used the term "Chinese home run" on a foul ball. The Chinese find this very offensive. To their credit, they did not March on the stadium and set it ablaze. Both those guys should be fired.
How many Chinese even watch MLB and if they do how many even know what it means ?
Title: Re: Racism in Baseball
Post by: old and slow on April 30, 2015, 12:17:25 PM: Bill, I think you missed the sarcasm in Hal's post.

On another note, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts apologized for using the therm dago-t in an interview. He said he didn't mean to offend Italian-Americans.

As an Italian-American myself, i was not at all offended. If anything, I was offended by the idea that Italians are that sensitive to take offense to the name of a tee shirt.

Am I wrong? What do you Italians on here think?
Title: Re: Racism in Baseball
Post by: tonyb147 on April 30, 2015, 02:15:34 PM: Quote from: old and slow on April 30, 2015, 12:17:25 PM

Am I wrong? What do you Italians on here think?

Q: Why are so many eye-talians named Tony?

A: Cuza when day useta put em onda boat, they useta stamp TO NY ona dare foura head
TO NY is ah short for TO New York

idunno
Title: Re: Racism in Baseball
Post by: LVGaryD on April 30, 2015, 02:26:46 PM: Chinese home run is a very offensive term. Those announcers are lotten plicks. nononono
Title: Re: Racism in Baseball
Post by: The Skipper on April 30, 2015, 05:58:23 PM: Quote from: tonyb147 on April 30, 2015, 02:15:34 PM
Q: Why are so many eye-talians named Tony?

A: Cuza when day useta put em onda boat, they useta stamp TO NY ona dare foura head
TO NY is ah short for TO New York

idunno

For some reason you reminded me of this. https://tbi69.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/video-the-italian-carpool-lane/
Title: Re: Racism in Baseball
Post by: The Skipper on April 30, 2015, 06:00:42 PM: Yeah when I was a kid I loved Brazil Nuts but we didn't call them that then. noway
Title: Re: Racism in Baseball
Post by: old and slow on April 30, 2015, 07:54:02 PM: Quote from: The Skipper on April 30, 2015, 06:00:42 PM
Yeah when I was a kid I loved Brazil Nuts but we didn't call them that then. noway
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