Grapefruits Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 WTF? How stupid can he be? Can someone also clarify what he meant when he said the phrase has a different meaning in Spanish? Surprised he was only suspended 3 games for "just a joke" ------------------------------------------------------------------- MLB Star I'm SORRY For Anti-Gay Message Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar has just apologized for displaying a homophobic message ON HIS FACE during a recent game ... telling his fans, "honestly, I’m sorry." 29-year-old Escobar was hit with a 3 game suspension for decorating his eye black patches with the Spanish word for f**got" -- which he wore during Saturday's game against Boston (below). Moments ago, Escobar addressed the media ... and explained, "I feel bad, I’m leaving my team for something I didn’t intend to do. I have nothing against the gay community and honestly I’m sorry." He claimed, "It was just a joke and it wasn’t directed to anyone in particular." Escobar says the phrase has a different meaning in Spanish ... but when asked to clarify what it meant to him or why he wrote it ... he couldn't come up with a real answer. Escobar will forfeit his salary for the games he will miss -- with portions of the money reportedly going to GLAAD ... a powerful gay rights organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I would hardly call Escobar an "MLB Star", but I'm glad he apologized. He made a mistake, he sincerely apologized for it, and he's donating his money as a result. He's made a mistake, and is making up for it. Time for everyone and the MLB to forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Apparently is more of a common curse amongst Latino ball players (or maybe Latino in general) and not so derogatory as it translates. Still stupid though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 He claimed, "It was just a joke and it wasn’t directed to anyone in particular." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rounoush Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I would hardly call Escobar an "MLB Star", but I'm glad he apologized. He made a mistake, he sincerely apologized for it, and he's donating his money as a result. He's made a mistake, and is making up for it. Time for everyone and the MLB to forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Escobar is still awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 This brings up an even bigger problem. If Escobar's defence is that Latino players use that phrase all the time and it isn't meant to offend, well that's even worse because there are all these campaigns to end schoolyard bullying and we're trying to teach kids that using those words as insults is not right, and now an MLB player; an ADULT MLB player is using it frequently!? I found him demeanour to be quite sad. I understand that he couldn't make his statement or answer questions in English because he's not proficient in the language, but he didn't seem at all regretful. Regretful of getting in trouble maybe, but not about actually making an offensive statement. At least something good is being done with his lost salary. Maybe if he joins forces with You Can Play it'll teach him and others around him a lesson as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Since when is Escobar an MLB star? He's at the back end of the batting order, on the BLUE JAYS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Since when is Escobar an MLB star? He's at the back end of the batting order, on the BLUE JAYS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostViking Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I did something similar to this once, not on national TV mind you. I remember after the Auger/Burrows incident I made up a sig to make fun of the incident. I remember taking Augers face and making the background look all pink and girly and it was great, I just needed an insult to add into the sig. I tried finding a good acronym for a.s.s. and couldn't find one, but then thought of Freely Assasinating the Game's integrity or something dumb like that (which if we use very large first letters, says f.a.g.). Now, don't get me wrong, I fully was intending to insult Auger, just not gay people, at all. I remember uploading the new sig and looking at it the next day going wow how offensive would that be to a gay person. Honestly I didn't even think of it at the time, I needed an insulting word that I could think up an acronym and that worked. I think that's a side effect of actually not hating groups of people, you don't even think about it. To be perfectly honest I was pretty embarrassed about who might have seen it, but in the end I felt very proud of myself for making a pink, girly, sig with f.a.g. in giant letters, and not even the faintest idea that this might hurt a gay person's feelings crept into my mind. It was as if my mind rejected all idea of hate in the world and simply didn't care to think about such things, it made me feel pretty good to be honest. Sadly, there are people who do think about such things, I have no idea why, but they do. I know nothing of baseball, even less of whoever this MLB guy is, but it is *possible* he really didn't mean anything by it, I can't be mad at him, I did the same thing myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Romo Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Haha Escobar a star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudson bay rules Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Haven't watched a single game since they traded away doc. Just another incident off millionaires behaving badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackAttack-9 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I had high hopes for Yunel, as did the Jays staff. He's shown that he's a bit of a parader and overly cocky.. Between him and Lawrie... HOLY HELL. Hechevarria is the SS of the future anyway, There's a story behind this that we aren't getting. Not that I have anything against ????!!! Sorry ????. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackAttack-9 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Haven't watched a single game since they traded away doc. Just another incident off millionaires behaving badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Discounting him as an MLB star because he's on the Blue Jays is ignorant. He's certainly not a star, but the Jays have several stars including Bautista, Encarnacion, Morrow, Lawrie to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsyukian Dangle Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I would hardly call Escobar an "MLB Star", but I'm glad he apologized. He made a mistake, he sincerely apologized for it, and he's donating his money as a result. He's made a mistake, and is making up for it. Time for everyone and the MLB to forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazmanian Devil Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I don't even associate that word with gay people when I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magikal Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 The real problem is people still associate the words f*g and f****t with homosexuals. The word, like gay, has changed it's meaning so many times over the course of history, and if you haven't noticed, it's happening again. Homophobia is becoming less tolerated across the globe day by day, especially in the Western world. These words are used similar to way the word idiot is used these days. It's an insult sure, but I think it's becoming less and less used to describe homosexuals. If homosexuals really want to break free from these slang words then they themselves also have to stop taking offence to the word and should stop associating themselves with it. For crying out loud less than 100 years ago the word 'gay' had nothing to do with one's sexual orientation. If other words can change their meaning.....if those two words have already changed their meaning several times in history, then it can, and will, happen again. FOR EXAMPLE : In my eyes, the guy who likes other guys, is a homosexual. The guy who runs a red light while doing 90 in suburb, risking lives, is a f*g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masamune Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 The real problem is people still associate the words f*g and f****t with homosexuals. The word, like gay, has changed it's meaning so many times over the course of history, and if you haven't noticed, it's happening again. Homophobia is becoming less tolerated across the globe day by day, especially in the Western world. These words are used similar to way the word idiot is used these days. It's an insult sure, but I think it's becoming less and less used to describe homosexuals. If homosexuals really want to break free from these slang words then they themselves also have to stop taking offence to the word and should stop associating themselves with it. For crying out loud less than 100 years ago the word 'gay' had nothing to do with one's sexual orientation. If other words can change their meaning.....if those two words have already changed their meaning several times in history, then it can, and will, happen again. FOR EXAMPLE : In my eyes, the guy who likes other guys, is a homosexual. The guy who runs a red light while doing 90 in suburb, risking lives, is a f*g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 What about if / when Drabek becomes elite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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