Angels fire Mickey Callaway, placed on MLB Ineligible List through 2022

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, failos said:

Well it's a smear campaign

Again, what are you talking about?  The Jared Porter story first broke 2 weeks ago. Cohen fired him immediately.  And as far as I know, the rumors about Callaway first popped up publicly over the weekend, before the Athletic's story yesterday.  So are you now claiming that Cohen is trying to "smear" Moreno for his "no" vote on Cohen by somehow leading people to the Callaway stuff?  Or to draw attention away from Porter?  Legitimately confused, and think you're just talking tinfoil-hat-craziness at this point.  All this does is actually focus MORE attention on the Mets, given that they also hired Callaway.

[Tank]

8 minutes ago, failos said:

Those twins are @Stradling and @RendZone

they're not asian-y enough.

[Tank]

2 minutes ago, ScottT said:

It's amazing how quickly some need for people to be fired in such instances.  Maybe storming the Big A offices with pitchforks will speed up the process.

silly boy.

 

pitchforks only work correctly if accompanied by torches, which you neglected to mention.

[failos]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Again, what are you talking about?  The Jared Porter story first broke 2 weeks ago. Cohen fired him immediately.  And as far as I know, the rumors about Callaway first popped up publicly over the weekend, before the Athletic's story yesterday.  So are you now claiming that Cohen is trying to "smear" Moreno for his "no" vote on Cohen by somehow leading people to the Callaway stuff?  Or to draw attention away from Porter?  Legitimately confused, and think you're just talking tinfoil-hat-craziness at this point.  All this does is actually focus MORE attention on the Mets, given that they also hired Callaway.

you're the one who brought up Porter not me. We talking bout Callaway, breh.

[failos]

2 minutes ago, Tank said:

they're not asian-y enough.

Carson separated them like a fortune cookie

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, failos said:

you're the one who brought up Porter not me. We talking bout Callaway, breh.

Right--and I brought up that to say that it's sort of crazy to claim that this is a smear campaign.  You didn't address that at all; you just repeated that it's a smear campaign with zero evidence.

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, Tank said:

they're not asian-y enough.

Of course they are...

 

 

from the waist down.

 

(allegedly)

[T.G.]

Two great threads in two days.  2021 rocks!

[Second Base]

Maybe I'm mistaken, but why is this called sexual assault when not a single victim was assaulted? In fact, every victim never reported it to their bosses but instead gossiped to a reporter. 

I can see sexual harassment, but I see no reason why people are calling this assault when not a single woman was forced to have sex with him or even deal with him at all. 

I'm not saying it's BS, I'm saying that there's something that isn't adding up here, and that the Angels are absolutely right to investigate this before making any kind of decision.

Edited February 2, 2021 by Second Base

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Of course they are...

 

 

from the waist down.

 

(allegedly)

Now this is a smear campaign. 

[T.G.]

@failos is a very under-rated troll.  Some of you have no idea that he's set the hook and reeling you in.

[Stradling]

Gossiped 

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Maybe I'm mistaken, but why is this called sexual assault when not a single victim was assaulted? In fact, every victim never reported it to their noses but instead gossiped to a reporter. 

I can see sexual harassment, but I see no reason why people are calling this assault when not a single woman was forced to have sex with him or even deal with him at all. 

I'm not saying it's BS, I'm saying that there's something that isn't adding up here, and that the Angels are absolutely right to investigate this before making any kind of decision.

I've only seen one person in this thread refer to it as assault.  It's not: it's harassment.

EDIT: ...though I pretty much disagree with everything you said in the post about this not adding up, etc.

Edited February 2, 2021 by jsnpritchett

[failos]

7 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Right--and I brought up that to say that it's sort of crazy to claim that this is a smear campaign.  You didn't address that at all; you just repeated that it's a smear campaign with zero evidence.

 

Smear campaigns only work on the gullible/naive like yourself.

[Hubs]

26 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Again, what are you talking about?  The Jared Porter story first broke 2 weeks ago. Cohen fired him immediately.  And as far as I know, the rumors about Callaway first popped up publicly over the weekend, before the Athletic's story yesterday.  So are you now claiming that Cohen is trying to "smear" Moreno for his "no" vote on Cohen by somehow leading people to the Callaway stuff?  Or to draw attention away from Porter?  Legitimately confused, and think you're just talking tinfoil-hat-craziness at this point.  All this does is actually focus MORE attention on the Mets, given that they also hired Callaway.

He actually took two days after it broke to fire him. And people complained it was too slow. I say do your investigation, call him to get his side of the allegations, and then if it’s warranted as it seems to be, then fire him. I also say, that this is not acceptable behavior, but some of it seemed like flirting, inappropriately flirting but didn’t rise to harassment, until I read the part about him peacocking a reporter, that uncalled for and he should be fired if it’s true.

[jsnpritchett]

12 minutes ago, Hubs said:

He actually took two days after it broke to fire him. And people complained it was too slow. I say do your investigation, call him to get his side of the allegations, and then if it’s warranted as it seems to be, then fire him. I also say, that this is not acceptable behavior, but some of it seemed like flirting, inappropriately flirting but didn’t rise to harassment, until I read the part about him peacocking a reporter, that uncalled for and he should be fired if it’s true.

The ESPN story went live on the evening of Jan. 18. 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30737248/ny-mets-gm-jared-porter-acknowledges-sending-explicit-images-female-reporter-worked-chicago-cubs

The Mets fired him the morning of the 19th. 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30741273/new-york-mets-fire-gm-jared-porter-wake-report-sent-explicit-texts-images

EDIT: Also, yes, I was technically incorrect to use the word "immediately" to describe the Mets' firing of Porter.  How about, "as soon as reasonably possible?"  Point is, they didn't really wait.  The evidence was clear, they reviewed the evidence overnight, and fired him first thing the next morning.  Assuming the evidence in the Callaway situation is similarly readily available and clear, I expect he'll be let go very soon, as well.

Edited February 2, 2021 by jsnpritchett

[yk9001]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

No, you report it when it happens. 

LOL. Lou mansplaining sexual harassment procedures.  Jesus Fucking Christ.

[Make Angels Great Again]

lol, mansplaining must be the faggiest word in the English language.

[ScottT]

Kinda sexist, too

[ten ocho recon scout]

Im too lazy to research myself. Can anyone give me the cliffs notes on what exactly calloway did?

I saw the sleep naked text. Was that the main thing or is there more to it?

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

I had my first cup of coffee in about 9 months.

 

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Im too lazy to research myself. Can anyone give me the cliffs notes on what exactly calloway did?

I saw the sleep naked text. Was that the main thing or is there more to it?

Here's a summary of it that doesn't require a subscription to The Athletic:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/02/angels-pitching-coach-mickey-callaway-accused-of-lewd-behavior.html

[Make Angels Great Again]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

No, I think #PizzaGate is.

 

Sick burn bro.

[yk9001]

"Stop the steal"

[Taylor]

Just now, Make Angels Great Again said:

 

Sick burn bro.

I agree.