20 people shot at Batman midnight screening.

[Barrister]

Did you do the same to the NBA and the NHL and the NFL when they had their strikes?

The 1994 MLB strike was different. First, it was the second such strike in four years. Second, they whined about making too little cash for a sport that isn't really a sport to begin with. I've PLAYED baseball, basketball, and football. Baseball is NOT the same level of physical endurance as NBA, NHL and NFL. Christ, if you can be 50 pounds overweight and still play the game, I'm sorry, but don't even try to compare yourselves to real athletes. It's not even close. So when these whiny-ass bitches go off about not making enough - as if $5mil isn't enough - for the second time in four year for a sport that isn't really a sport... yeah, not so much.

Mind you, I grew up a HUGE baseball fan. I LOVED baseball and went to pro games whenever and wherever I could. But I also recognize the limitations of the game, and the limitations of the players. The strike in 1994 pulled the rug out from under me forever on the sport. I still watch minor league games whenever I can, but I'm done with the Majors.

Lifting huge boulders over your head takes lots of endurance I guess by your defintion that is the greatest sport of them all.  Caber tossing?

And um 395 pound linemen are not fifty pounds overweight?  I guess it is normal to weigh that much?

And it was almost twenty years ago most of those guys you think are whiny bitches are no longer playing but I guess everybody who plays the game for all time is guilty by association?  I mean in a year or two we are going to have major leaguers who were BORN in 1994.

And if you are watching Minor League baseball why did you say you are done with baseball?  Last I checked they play baseball in the minor leagues.  And why did you say you have not seen a pro game since?  It would be really upsetting for those minor leaguers to go get their game checks and be informed they were amateurs this whole time. 

I don't specifically blame 1994.

But some time in the mid-90s, MLB took the path less travelled in professional sport - we don't care about competitive balance.  Big money is indeed allowed to dominate.

Honestly, my love of the Kansas City Royals is my oldest love in professional sports (though not necessarily the deepest).  If you go back through the family photographs, there was a span of 8-10 years in the 80s where I was never seen without my Royals hat.  And other than curling, it (or at least softball) is the one sport I have continued to play.

I would love to cheer on the Royals.  But  I need just the slightest hope that the game isn't stacked against thenm.

[jimmy olsen]

Anyone who's been watching coverage of this tragedy has likely seen this photo. It seems that his son has been confirmed dead. It was his 27th birthday.

[11B4V]

I carry my gasmask everywhere since UC Davis.

Yeah.  That's the reason.  It's certainly not a sexual thing.

You get the right mask and they make a great bong.

[jimmy olsen]

I carry my gasmask everywhere since UC Davis.

Yeah.  That's the reason.  It's certainly not a sexual thing.

You get the right mask and they make a great bong.

Something you know from collecting evidence no doubt, right officer?

[Queequeg]

Was she a Playmate in her free time?

Also, very sad.

[Martinus]

Anyone who's been watching coverage of this tragedy has likely seen this photo. It seems that his son has been confirmed dead. It was his 27th birthday.

Kudos, Tim, for posting the worst kind of emotional pornography under the guise of caring. You make me sick.

[jimmy olsen]

Fuck you, ya cunt. Don't tell me what I'm feeling or not!

[jimmy olsen]

Was she a Playmate in her free time?

Also, very sad.

Sports journalist

[Martinus]

Fuck you, ya cunt. Don't tell me what I'm feeling or not!

Pictures of grief-stricken relatives of victims, taken at their most vulnerable, serve no informational or public interest value. Their sole purpose is to titillate while invading someone's privacy and feeding on his or her dignity. They are pornography, pure and simple. If you do not understand that, you little miserable cretin, then I don't know what else to tell you.

[Caliga]

I'm sure Tim didn't mean any harm, but it is sickening that journalists think it's ok to take pics like that and publish them.

[The Brain]

I don't think it's a good idea to publish those pics.

[dps]

I'm sure Tim didn't mean any harm, but it is sickening that journalists think it's ok to take pics like that and publish them.

Part of the problem is that in many cases, the families of the victims actually not only allow it, but encourage it.

[CountDeMoney]

Part of the problem is that in many cases, the families of the victims actually not only allow it, but encourage it.

link?

[dps]

Part of the problem is that in many cases, the families of the victims actually not only allow it, but encourage it.

link?

If Time, Newsweek, and US News & World Report have articles from 1975-1990 archeived online, I'm sure you can find plenty of information about this on those sites.

[mongers]

Fuck you, ya cunt. Don't tell me what I'm feeling or not!

Pictures of grief-stricken relatives of victims, taken at their most vulnerable, serve no informational or public interest value. Their sole purpose is to titillate while invading someone's privacy and feeding on his or her dignity. They are pornography, pure and simple. If you do not understand that, you little miserable cretin, then I don't know what else to tell you.

A have to agree with you and Cal, it's intrusive emotional porn used to sell newsprint/stores. 

Though I don't agree with you attack on Tim; I think sometimes he just doesn't get 'it' just as many of us have blind spots on other issues.