Comments on: Sun glare on the diamond? You might hear from our lawyer

By: Joe Bingham

Joe Bingham — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:45:19 +0000

I could get behind a class action against Uwe Boll… He should also be mentioned in the Geneva Conventions 2.0.

By: Barry Nordin

Barry Nordin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:04:16 +0000

So let me get this straight: Because ONE set of parents threatens a lawsuit over a nonsensical notion, ALL of the other parents are now positioned to sue because their kids cannot play baseball at a convenient time.
Did anyone think of telling the kid, because his parents are idiots, he can’t play at all, never mind giving in to benching him during home games?

By: EarlW

EarlW — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:06:02 +0000

The other parents should sue the pitcher’s parents due to the increased risk of travelling for their games.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:11:12 +0000

I don’t think they care about Precious Snowflake, I think they’re planning to retire off his MLB earnings.

Please don’t sue me if you pull a muscle laughing.

By: stfoley

stfoley — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:42:34 +0000

I think the parents should be forced to watch Uwe Boll movies for a week straight as punishment for this kind of snowflakism.

If they cared so much, why not just buy their snowflake some ridiculously strong sunglasses, possibly of the goggle variety?

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:12:41 +0000

That’s why they wear gloves

By: Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:07:59 +0000

Don’t you understand?!? This is all about protecting the children!!!

By: KRS

KRS — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:04:30 +0000

Bumper, doctors (to their credit) plaintiff’s lawyers (to their discredit) and others have been fighting off the forces of natural selection for generations.

Also, there’s this: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/32456

I doubt those forces have any remaining purchase in civilized society, with the exception of the sorts of outliers who make the Darwin Awards.

By: Bumper

Bumper — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:44:20 +0000

A more practical solution would be to bench the precious snowflake whenever they play at Rocky Miller Park or buy him a pair of sunglasses. He is probably trying to hide from the world right now anyway.

You know this kid is suffering a death of a thousand dirty looks and muttered epitaphs for having dumb jerks for parents.

Where’s Darwin when you really need him? Intelligent Design my hiney. There is nothing intelligent about these parents or the pansy risk managers.

By: nevins

nevins — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:42:54 +0000

The aerial view in google maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=isabella+st,+evanston,+il&sll=42.05666,-87.68661&sspn=0.598528,1.374664&ie=UTF8&ll=42.067901,-87.691348&spn=0.004675,0.01074&t=h&z=17) seems to show the pitcher facing northwest.
Since the setting sun would be toward the Southwest, it should safely be well out of the pitcher’s view.
These parents should be identified. Public censure has a way of straightening folks out.