Gordon Beckham's Faux Pas

Via Telander of the Sun-Times. Gordon Beckham wrote some inappropriate comments in the infield dirt to his old buddy Chris Getz during last Monday's game versus the Royals. Apparently, that's not really who he is, and he doesn't use slurs.

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I'll forgive you if you hit better.

AJ Pierzynski: You have to want to catch.

by 2ndHalfAdjustments on Jul 10, 2011 1:26 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs

You're gay.

"That might be how you roll at Camp Anawanna, Budnick. But where I come from, we only salute Old Glory." -moroots on May 23rd

by South Side Expat on Jul 10, 2011 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Not cool of him and he should know better

by 815Sox on Jul 10, 2011 5:17 PM CDT reply actions

ever since my best friend came out to me on the first day of summer

i’ve pretty much stopped using it

I'd just as soon never hear another word from that fluttering asswheel. - RWShow

by blackoutsox on Jul 10, 2011 5:55 PM CDT reply actions

June 21st?

by 25or6to4 on Jul 10, 2011 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions

naw a month before that

I'd just as soon never hear another word from that fluttering asswheel. - RWShow

by blackoutsox on Jul 10, 2011 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions

I stopped using it a while back because I realized I sounded like a 12 year old boy.

Saying, “That’s gay” all the time. Then I took a 3 credit hour cultural diversity class and stopped saying things like that altogether. The me of about 5+ years ago probably would’ve done the same thing he did and laughed about it. I think that’s kinda the point. Grow up, man.

"You go up there, against a dog-ass line up AND pitcher, and you don’t do a fucking thing with it. They whip your silly, sorry, saggy ass AGAIN, and you look like fucking bottom-ass, bitch-ass chumps doing it." - 2HA

by Shoeless In SC on Jul 12, 2011 9:22 AM CDT reply actions

Fer Chrissakes.

by winningugly on Jul 13, 2011 9:23 AM CDT reply actions

he shouldve wrote

it getz better

"Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches" Jim Bouton

by Grinder Rule #42 on Jul 13, 2011 10:46 AM CDT reply actions 9 recs

I never really used the word as a negative thing

Did not feel right, even when I was a kid. Some of my friends (obviously the ones who are not gay) still say it and they sound like they are 13. I don’t even make a comment about it, they are the ones who sound like idiots.

My godmother is a lesbian with a partner of 10+ years and adopted kids and my parents have gay friends so I was exposed to homosexuality early and it was never “weird” to me.

Anyways, I’d imagine its use as a word with a negative connotation is gone within 10 years.

by 815Sox on Jul 14, 2011 9:44 AM CDT reply actions

Not if my generation can help it.

I keed, I keed.

by winningugly on Jul 14, 2011 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

Louis CK had a good joke about this subject.

NSFW link

Andy Sisco has spent the last four years in a hospital bed with liquid fire shooting through his veins and small-town malcontent Jim Margalus has nothing to offer him but scorn. ~ big_fun

by e-gus on Jul 14, 2011 11:45 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs