2012 MLB Regular Season Running Thread

http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-san-francisco-giants/giants-talk/A-public-apology-to-Melky-Cabrera?blockID=747609

On July 28, CSN's Andrew Baggarly wrote "A Public Apology To Melky Cabrera" for asking him about the rumors and tweeting his denial, which in Baggarly's mind at the time gave rise to the rumors. His reporting today says that at the time he asked the question, Cabrera absolutely knew about the test.

Tough situation all around and kind of a case study of the perils a reporter faces in the new world.

 

Is new media really part of this? Had it been the lead of a San Francisco Chronicle baseball notebook, the same rumors would have spread among fans. Social media and the Internet amplified it, but this set of circumstances has been happening, frequently in political reporting, since journalism began.

It's the case of a reporter trusting a liar and retracting a correct report.

 

The way I read it, people were Tweeting him with questions, so it was on his feed and his followers potentially could see it. So instead of just being between him and a fan, it was between him and a fan and his followers and presumably everyone who might have picked up on it.

Definitely a new-media problem, yes.

 

Swisher rarely plays 1B but someone should tell him to put his foot on the edge of the base not the middle.

 

Swisher just wanted Jetes to make another play. Yanks beat Rangers again.

 

Who said it was?

 

I blame all of organized baseball.

 

How come?

 

One thing I'm sure of: Between Bonds, Guillermo Mota and Cabrera, there's something strange going on in the Giants' clubhouse. They winked and nodded at Bonds when he was filling the park pursuing Aaron, but could they be so naive to let it happen two more times?

Under the current CBA, how much monitoring of players can the clubs do?

 

Bonds has been gone for five years.

 

When you say there is no misfortune, to me, that is holding the Giants responsible as well for what Cabrera did.

 

Oh, stop being obtuse.

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Misfortune: /misˈfôrCHən/
Noun:

Bad luck.
An unfortunate condition or event.
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Which of these would you say describes Cabrera's actions, or the effects of his actions on the organization?

Misfortune would be an injury or some other event outside of anyone's control. A player willingly taking an illegal substance and breaking a known league rule is not "misfortune."

I'll give you two examples from my own team's history. A rainout wiping out Phil Niekro's Game 1 shutout for the Braves in the 1982 NLCS was misfortune. That's unfortunate. Otis Nixon failing a cocaine test and being suspended for the postseason as the Braves were fighting for the 1991 pennant was not misfortune. That was stupidity.

Of course the Giants are not responsible for what Cabrera did. But he represents his employer, as we all do. Should Cabrera's team not suffer any negative consequences for his actions, either?