Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] Law and Disorder on the playing field....

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey this guy wasn't swinging at a whiffle ball. He made a good pass with the
bat. Evidently he didn't (doesn't) have brains to be part of a joke.
Remember these guys are Professional Athletes, IQ's are not a requirement.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Snoopy the Celtics Beagle" <snoopy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Celticsstuffgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] Law and Disorder on the playing field....


> At 09:51 AM 7/11/03 -0400, Shawn Niles wrote:
> >You are WAY off base here Snoopy. He certainly had no intent to hurt the
> >girl. Who knows if he even knew it was a girl in there? Regardless, it
was a
> >funny stunt they were doing and he tried to make a joke. He didn't even
hit
> >her that hard. The only reason she fell is because the costume was so
dang
> >heavy that her center of gravity was way off. Assault and battery??
Gimme a
> >break.
>
> I never said he intended to hurt her.  But there's no way you can say it
> was an "accident" either.  He deliberately struck her with the bat.  What
> he intended isn't an issue.  It's what he DID.  Maybe it was a joke.  I'm
> willing to give him the benefit of the doubt there.  Still doesn't change
> that it was incredibly poor judgement on his part.  And in fairness, the
> young woman did accept his apology--and, I'm told, an autographed bat.
:>)
>
> >He didn't do anything that most of us probably haven't done at one time
or
> >another while joking around. I was swimming with some buddies of mine the
> >other day and I *gasp* pushed one into the pool!! Can you imagine such a
> >thing?? Maybe my friend should have called the cops and had me arrested
for
> >assault. After all, he could have hit his knee on the side of the pool
and
> >scraped it!! Can you imagine the insanity?!?!?
>
> Ummm...yes.  That sort of thing HAS HAPPENED.  (incidentally, he could
also
> have hit his head and been seriously hurt--that's been known to happen,
> too) But there's a difference.  You and your buddies are horsing around
and
> so someone probably expects to end up in the pool sooner or later.  She
was
> running a race wearing a costume with limited peripheral vision, and got
> clonked on the head by a guy she doesn't even know as she passes by
> him.  Frankly, I'm thrilled it wasn't more serious.  I just think it's not
> unreasonable to ask an adult to think before swinging his bat.
>
> I know that we're approaching this from different points of
> view.  Hopefully, we'll have more fun things to talk about with the NBA
> action heating up once more.
>
> Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
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