Didn’t Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart die as a result of DRUNK DRIVING?? I would guess this photo doesn’t sit too well with his family or the lone survivor or MADD or anyone on the planet with a brain.
Yet, the dipshit Angels are actually DEFENDING themselves against valid criticism of their collective insensitivity.
“We wanted to celebrate with him like he was here,” reliever Kevin Jepsen, whose locker is a few stalls away from Adenhart’s, said Tuesday. “If he was still here with us, we’d be pouring beer on him just like everybody else in here.
“It had nothing to do with the drunk-driving accident. We were just celebrating and wanted to make him a part of it.”
BUUUUT, he’s NOT there because of ONE REASON. Alcohol. Well OK, two reasons. Alcohol and stupidity. And you honor his memory by dousing his jersey in the very substance that is mostly responsible for his NOT BEING THERE? Seems pretty much like combining alcohol and stupidity again.
Said third baseman Chone Figgins: “He's our teammate. We’re allowed to do what we want.”
Did your jaw just hit the floor?
See? THAT is the problem with major league baseball players. They think they are “allowed” to do whatever they please, at virtually all times. Most of these guys barely knew Nick Adenhart. His FAMILY gets to make decisions regarding his memory and legacy.
Luckily, World Series winning manager Mike Sciocia would surely be the voice of reason:
“You have to understand these players and the tribute, what it really means when you pour champagne on somebody,” Scioscia said. “That’s the tribute, not the fact that it was alcohol. It’s like getting a whipped-cream pie in the face after an interview. It’s part of the tribute…I think it was very sincere, very real and I know it was meaningful to us.”
Oh wait, that’s not better at all. That’s actually much, much worse.
YOU have to understand, Mike, that people in a civil(ish) society, don’t have to understand what idiot ballplayers think and do in a situation. Major League ballplayers are, for the most part, jugheads. They think with their dicks most of the time and the rest of the time let emotion rule their behavior. Sure, there are a few thoughtful, introspective guys per team, but they are increasingly in the minority.
Scioscia is a buckethead who barely got out of high school and is a baseball lifer, so it unfortunately shouldn’t surprise you that he is defending this truly antisocial, inconsiderate behavior. But it does surprise us.
Pouring alcohol on a guy’s jersey who died as a result of drunk driving IS NOT COOL. With anyone. Period.
Get it? Now apologize for your thoughtlessness and carry on with losing to the Red Sox. (latimes)
