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Title: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: Fynn on September 05, 2014, 02:57:11 pm
Bogar the interim manager.  This job may have fallen in Bogar's lap.

http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com/2014/09/05/ron-washington-resigns/
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: Fynn on September 05, 2014, 03:03:37 pm
A minute late....cabrerra'ed again.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: ValpoCory on September 10, 2014, 10:44:41 pm
welp

" long-time Texas Rangers skipper Ron Washington’s sudden departure from the club was due to impending legal issues stemming from an alleged sexual assault of an Asian reporter. "

http://thescoopsports.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/ron-washington-departed-over-legal-issues/

Sorry if Cabrera'd
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: GreatBagwellsBeard on September 11, 2014, 08:44:35 am
Not Cabrera'd, but in case you're wondering, SI.com is reporting it too (http://fansided.com/2014/09/10/ron-washington-left-rangers-due-alleged-sexual-assault-legal-matter/).  Not just some rando with a Wordpress blog.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: NeilT on September 11, 2014, 08:56:44 am
welp

" long-time Texas Rangers skipper Ron Washington’s sudden departure from the club was due to impending legal issues stemming from an alleged sexual assault of an Asian reporter. "

http://thescoopsports.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/ron-washington-departed-over-legal-issues/

Sorry if Cabrera'd

Was it an Asian woman reporter, or an Asian man reporter?  Glad it wasn't a Khazakstanian reporter, 'cause that would have been hell to type.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: jbm on September 11, 2014, 09:06:59 am
It is an odd way to report an alleged crime.  The sentence should have ended after "sexual assault."
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 11, 2014, 09:19:19 am
It is an odd way to report an alleged crime.  The sentence should have ended after "sexual assault."

I suppose that was intended to indicate that the reporter was a visiting one, not a local one?
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: NeilT on September 11, 2014, 09:28:27 am
I suppose that was intended to indicate that the reporter was a visiting one, not a local one?

No telling.  There are Asian reporters everywhere these days.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 11, 2014, 09:30:04 am
No telling.  There are Asian reporters everywhere these days.

My point.  "Asian" was being used to describe geography not ethnicity.  Just a thought.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: NeilT on September 11, 2014, 09:31:50 am
My point.  "Asian" was being used to describe geography not ethnicity.  Just a thought.

Could be, but that would be like saying sexual offense of a European reporter.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: GreatBagwellsBeard on September 11, 2014, 09:40:54 am
Could be, but that would be like saying sexual offense of a European reporter.

I guess the Rangers have more Asian reporters in the clubhouse because of Darvish.  That could elevate the relevance of the adjective, because you're likely referring to a foreign national.  Which brings in some more thorny legal issues.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 11, 2014, 09:47:20 am
Could be, but that would be like saying sexual offense of a European reporter


More like saying "a British" or "a German" reporter, if it was meant to reference where the reporter was from.  At any rate, I agree it was an odd phrasing, but don't think it was necessarily meant to imply that sexual assault of one ethnicity is somehow different than that of another.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 11, 2014, 09:48:48 am
I guess the Rangers have more Asian reporters in the clubhouse because of Darvish.  That could elevate the relevance of the adjective, because you're likely referring to a foreign national.  Which brings in some more thorny legal issues.

Exactly.  I don't think it was meant to imply that sexual assault of someone of Asian descent is somehow better or worse than sexual assault of one who is not.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: NeilT on September 11, 2014, 09:49:13 am
I guess the Rangers have more Asian reporters in the clubhouse because of Darvish.  That could elevate the relevance of the adjective, because you're likely referring to a foreign national.  Which brings in some more thorny legal issues.

That may be right.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: Bench on September 11, 2014, 09:51:56 am
Was it an Asian woman reporter, or an Asian man reporter?  Glad it wasn't a Khazakstanian reporter, 'cause that would have been hell to type.

Wouldn't a Khazakstanian reporter be an Asian reporter?
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 11, 2014, 10:02:14 am
Wouldn't a Khazakstanian reporter be an Asian reporter?

Or what if the reporter was from Istanbul?  Heads would explode.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: das on September 11, 2014, 10:29:15 am
Or what if the reporter was from Istanbul?  Heads would explode.

Or at least be cut off.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: ValpoCory on September 11, 2014, 10:54:59 am
Not Cabrera'd, but in case you're wondering, SI.com is reporting it too (http://fansided.com/2014/09/10/ron-washington-left-rangers-due-alleged-sexual-assault-legal-matter/).  Not just some rando with a Wordpress blog.

In that article, SI referenced that rando, Jamie Kelly.

"Adam J. Morris from SB Nation writes:

    Kelly is a credible source, and this is consistent with the type of things that have been floating around out there the past few days. "
Title: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: geezerdonk on September 11, 2014, 11:22:28 am
I am thinking that it is a reporter covering the Hong Kong beat.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: ValpoCory on September 11, 2014, 11:23:38 am
I am thinking that it is a reporter covering the Hong Kong beat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM3uuypgvTc
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: Dark Star on September 11, 2014, 12:32:39 pm
Or what if the reporter was from Istanbul?  Heads would explode.

Easy enough.

"From which side of the Bosphorus do you hail, Mustafa?"
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: subnuclear on September 11, 2014, 12:32:59 pm
Seeing as the Rangers have both a prominent Japanese player (Darvish) and a prominent S. Korean player (Choo) it was probably someone from those two countries.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: Nate Colbert on September 18, 2014, 01:51:02 pm
Twitterverse had this from Washington's presser this afternoon:

Quote
“I was not true to my wife after 42 years. I broke her trust. I’m here today to own that mistake and to apologize to her.”
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: Bench on September 18, 2014, 04:43:20 pm
Twitterverse had this from Washington's presser this afternoon:


Honey, I vowed to sexually assault only you.  Please forgive me.
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 18, 2014, 08:02:20 pm
Did he mention if the other woman was, Asian?
Title: Re: Ron Washington resigns.
Post by: Bench on September 19, 2014, 02:55:53 pm
Did he mention if the other woman was, Asian?

A Kazakh, I believe.