Really great piece, Andrew. This whole situation has been bungled from the start, but the decision to have this guy catch the first pitch is so gross. They could have just let him toil away as the 24th man after this, and let the story slowly die. It would be a shitty outcome, and the Blue Jays would be pretty cowardly to do it, but to now CENTER HIM on a night that's SOLE FOCUS should be on the LGBT+ community is beyond reproach.
I hope whoever is supposed to throw the first pitch throws it into the fucking outfield
Jun 9, 2023·edited Jun 9, 2023Liked by Andrew Stoeten
I feel like Bass is getting softball questions from the media and STILL flubbing the answers.
Questions I would have liked to see include, "You said the video aligns with your personal beliefs. Do you think gay/LGBTQ+ people are demonic? And what does that mean - do you literally think they are being controlled by demons, or perhaps are in fact demons themselves?", "Do you think it's evil to teach children that it's ok to be LGBTQ+?", "You have said your views are informed by your faith. How do you square the hateful rhetoric in the video you say aligns with your personal beliefs with Jesus' instruction to love your neighbour as yourself? Do you think calling people "evil" who are just trying to live their lives is an act of love?".
I guess on the bright side, Bass doesn’t think he’ll catch gay by touching the same baseball as someone from the “Pride community”.
I don’t expect him to change his well-entrenched beliefs overnight. But I totally agree that he has to at least try to be less obtuse here than to believe what he did wasn’t hurtful or harmful to people whose very existence has always been threatened. He’s clearly learned nothing, and beyond having a desire to keep his job, doesn’t seem interested in learning anything. The Jays should have DFA’d him from the hop.
Thank you for writing this article. Always enjoy your writing but this needed to be written.
The decision-making during this absolute fucking debacle looks like it was handled by a giant boardroom full of terrified idiots.
Holy Shit - Bass DFA'd !
https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1667217605990465550
Really great piece, Andrew. This whole situation has been bungled from the start, but the decision to have this guy catch the first pitch is so gross. They could have just let him toil away as the 24th man after this, and let the story slowly die. It would be a shitty outcome, and the Blue Jays would be pretty cowardly to do it, but to now CENTER HIM on a night that's SOLE FOCUS should be on the LGBT+ community is beyond reproach.
I hope whoever is supposed to throw the first pitch throws it into the fucking outfield
I feel like Bass is getting softball questions from the media and STILL flubbing the answers.
Questions I would have liked to see include, "You said the video aligns with your personal beliefs. Do you think gay/LGBTQ+ people are demonic? And what does that mean - do you literally think they are being controlled by demons, or perhaps are in fact demons themselves?", "Do you think it's evil to teach children that it's ok to be LGBTQ+?", "You have said your views are informed by your faith. How do you square the hateful rhetoric in the video you say aligns with your personal beliefs with Jesus' instruction to love your neighbour as yourself? Do you think calling people "evil" who are just trying to live their lives is an act of love?".
Great piece bud
I guess on the bright side, Bass doesn’t think he’ll catch gay by touching the same baseball as someone from the “Pride community”.
I don’t expect him to change his well-entrenched beliefs overnight. But I totally agree that he has to at least try to be less obtuse here than to believe what he did wasn’t hurtful or harmful to people whose very existence has always been threatened. He’s clearly learned nothing, and beyond having a desire to keep his job, doesn’t seem interested in learning anything. The Jays should have DFA’d him from the hop.