RJM posted:CaCO3Girl posted:I'm indifferent to whether Heimlich gets a shot. His irresponsibility of failing to file put him at the mercy of other people's (baseball) decision making. Baseball goes on regardless of whether he ever plays again. Hall of Farmers retire and the game goes on. No one player is bigger than the game.
That's such wrong thinking. Maybe subconsciously deflecting blame to "baseball" instead of accepting one might be to blame for that kid not playing. I saw an article that's headline was something like "MLB renders a verdict". No, they didn't. A certain segment of society did and baseball is reacting to it. Sure there may be some owners who wouldn't consider having the kid on the team due to their moral compass, but others would take him in a moment if not for fear of public backlash. The worst thing is a majority, say 90%, could be in favor of the kid playing, but if the 10% is vocal enough they'll rule the day. What owner wants a demonstration in front of their stadium, even if it's only twenty people.
Anyway, if you've ever voiced opposition to this kid playing because his punishment didn't meet your moral standard then you (and others like you) are keeping him out of baseball.