{"id":50990,"date":"2020-08-21T03:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/thom-brennamans-slur-was-wrong-but-so-is-selective-justice\/"},"modified":"2020-08-21T03:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T00:10:00","slug":"thom-brennamans-slur-was-wrong-but-so-is-selective-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thom-brennamans-slur-was-wrong-but-so-is-selective-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"#Thom Brennaman\u2019s slur was wrong but so is selective justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aef7c8f5be29\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aef7c8f5be29\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thom-brennamans-slur-was-wrong-but-so-is-selective-justice\/#Critics_swing_and_miss_by_slamming_Tatis_slam\" >Critics swing and miss by slamming Tatis\u2019 slam<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thom-brennamans-slur-was-wrong-but-so-is-selective-justice\/#Leagues_networks_pay_attention_NHL_gets_a_pass\" >Leagues, networks pay attention: NHL gets a pass<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Thom Brennaman\u2019s slur was wrong but so is selective justice<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        Who\u2019d a thunk it? In our exchanges, he\u2019d never even cussed. Can\u2019t say the same for myself.<\/p>\n<p>I know Fox and Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman long enough to be shocked that he\u2019d speak a slur for homosexuals \u2014 the F-word \u2014 even when he thought he was off the air, let alone while attached to a microphone.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if he\u2019ll receive the career death penalty, given that he was more likely trying to sound like a wise guy rather than a hate monger. Sometimes \u201cSome of my best friends are \u2026\u201d makes for legitimate mitigation.<\/p>\n<p>But we can rationalize anything. Bottom line: Brennaman should never have been inclined to speak such a slur.<\/p>\n<p>But I do know that even after Jay-Z wrote, recorded, performed and sold rap songs in which he trashed gays \u2014 and r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed far worse, including a steady reference to black men as the N-word and the vulgar sexual objectifications of women \u2014 Roger Goodell\u2019s NFL embraced him as its Minister of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Thus we do know that justice is selective, seldom reflecting the genuine, blindfolded kind.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia\u2019s former mayor, Michael Nutter, a black man, demanded the Eagles fire white receiver Riley Cooper for using the N-word, but had no problem with the Phillies signing Delmon Young after he attacked a bearded man because he thought he was Jewish.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Charlotte Hornets\u2019 first-season radio play-by-play man John Focke has been indefinitely suspended for tweeting on the fly from his kitchen table while watching a Utah-Denver <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hitting \u201csend\u201d without looking, he referenced the Nuggets as the plural of the N-word while quickly banging out \u201cJazz-Nuggets,\u201d a no-look message for the real-time reading edification of very few.<\/p>\n<p>Focke explained his was a careless cell phone mistake. And as the Charlotte Observer\u2019s Scott Fowler wrote, \u201cLook down at your own screen. The \u2018u\u2019 is next to the \u2018i,\u2019 the \u2018t\u2019 is next to the \u2018r.\u2019\u200a\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, as CBS\u2019 venerable Verne Lundquist has preached, the most dangerous word in our language has become \u201cSEND.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, for what logical reason would Focke have typed and sent such? Was he trying put an early end to his career or did he make a negligent technological error?<\/p>\n<p>This week I returned an email to a reader named \u201cPuggy,\u201d later to see that I referenced him as \u201cPiggy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of common sense, the suspension of Focke makes none, like ESPN\u2019s firing of tennis analyst Doug Adler for complimenting Venus Willliams\u2019 \u201cguerilla\u201d tactics, as if he suddenly and for no reason called her a gorilla.<\/p>\n<p>If the Hornets believe Focke\u2019s intentionally used that word, he must be fired as a racist \u2014 even if others in and associated with the NBA regularly use it.<\/p>\n<p>If it was what it sensibly appears to be \u2014 modern <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> turned on its creator like Frankenstein\u2019s monster \u2014 Focke must be forgiven, his career unstained by a speed-typing accident.<\/p>\n<p>Only the unreasonable and illogical would be left to believe otherwise, that out of the blue, Focke, a freshly hired NBA radio man, decided to call the Nuggets a group racial slur. By the way, who suspended or fired the Rev. Jesse Jackson for calling NYC \u201cHymie Town\u201d?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Critics_swing_and_miss_by_slamming_Tatis_slam\"><\/span>Critics swing and miss by slamming Tatis\u2019 slam<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Know what I\u2019m going to buy you for your birthday? Something we all could use: a standing eight count. You know, enough time to clear your head to determine whether you should continue or stop having your brains scrambled.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, the Padres\u2019 Fernando Tatis committed an unfamiliar sin. With his team up on Texas, 10-3 in the eighth, he hit a grand slam against Juan Nicasio on a 3-0 count.<\/p>\n<p>Among lesser options, he chose to swing. Being an old, white, grumpy, get-off-my-lawn sports columnist, I was supposed to join players and media in being appalled. What seemed a reasonable time for Tatis to be swinging, apparently violated an unwritten code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>MLB players, managers and media don\u2019t seem to have a problem with The Game\u2019s chronic self-ruin by the absence of proven winning fundamentals \u2014 the bunt, hitting the other way to defeat shifts, the removal of home-plate posing that often result in off-the-wall \u201chome run\u201d singles and optional running to first base even in World <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> games.<\/p>\n<p>But what Tatis did was inexcusable?<\/p>\n<p>You want appalling? Wednesday on SNY\u2019s Mets-Marlins slog-a-thon, the Mets up 1-0 early, New York\u2019s hustling but often self-deluded lefty \u201cslugger\u201d Brandon Nimmo worked a 2-0 count \u2014 against a shift toward first base. That\u2019s right, the shift was on even for a happy-to-hit-the-ball sprayer.<\/p>\n<p>With the third base side of the infield abandoned, a bunt or a slap in that direction would at least be worth a single. But Nimmo didn\u2019t even give it a shot. He struck out, looking. Now that\u2019s appalling.<\/p>\n<p>But what would surely stoke the incredulity of Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez didn\u2019t provoke a word.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday night one could choose between Rays-Yankees on YES \u2014 4-2, Rays; 12 total hits, 26 strikeouts nine pitchers in 3:15 \u2014 and Mets-Marlins \u2014 5-3, Mets; a total of 20 strikeouts against 10 pitchers in 3:15.<\/p>\n<p>Both games and telecasts had much in common: They were desultory, new-standard home-run-or-strikeouts drags with half-inning breaks dominated by commercials for vulnerable fools in their early 20s to bet on MLB games.<\/p>\n<p>All two-strike pitches were attacked with vicious, damn-the-circumstances swings. Exhibit A: Rays catcher Mike Zunino hit a home run \u2014 and struck out in his other three at-bats.<\/p>\n<p>On YES, Michael Kay again emphasized launch angles, exit velocities and home run distances as new baseball essentials.<\/p>\n<p>Kay also lamented the injury to DJ LeMahieu, the best Yankees\u2019 hitter. Currently batting .411, he\u2019s tough to defend as he hits to all fields. But perhaps lost on Kay &#038; Co., he doesn\u2019t register on exit velo, launch angle and HR distance charts. He\u2019s good, but no Gary Sanchez!<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, the Cubs beat the Cardinals, 6-3; nine pitchers, 26 strikeouts, 13 walks. The 8\u200a\u00bd-inning game ran 4:09. Thursday\u2019s 10-5, 3:25 Rays win over the Yanks included 12 pitchers. Sanctuary!<\/p>\n<p>But the week\u2019s big story was shame on Fernando Tatis for doing dirt to The Game.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Leagues_networks_pay_attention_NHL_gets_a_pass\"><\/span>Leagues, networks pay attention: NHL gets a pass<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With TV and marketing strategists still mindlessly rewarding the biggest me-first artists as the preferred representatives of sports \u2014 women\u2019s sports, too, as per Megan Rapinoe \u2014 the NHL can\u2019t seem to help itself. It remains a team-first sport.<\/p>\n<p>When the Islanders\u2019 Mathew Barzal first-timed a shot past Capitals goalie Braden Holtby on Tuesday, on MSG a TV camera couldn\u2019t help but show Barzal immediately point toward defenseman Nick Leddy, who\u2019d fed him the puck.<\/p>\n<p>Barzal then could be seen to holler, \u201cWhat a bleepin\u2019 pass, baby!\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to watch Movies or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/20\/thom-brennamans-slur-was-wrong-but-so-is-selective-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Thom Brennaman\u2019s slur was wrong but so is selective justice&#8221; Who\u2019d a thunk it? 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