Ron Washington resigns.

[Fynn]

Bogar the interim manager.  This job may have fallen in Bogar's lap.

http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com/2014/09/05/ron-washington-resigns/

[Fynn]

A minute late....cabrerra'ed again.

[ValpoCory]

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

[GreatBagwellsBeard]

Not Cabrera'd, but in case you're wondering, SI.com is reporting it too.  Not just some rando with a Wordpress blog.

[NeilT]

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.

[jbm]

It is an odd way to report an alleged crime.  The sentence should have ended after "sexual assault."

[HudsonHawk]

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?

[NeilT]

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.

[HudsonHawk]

No telling.  There are Asian reporters everywhere these days.

My point.  "Asian" was being used to describe geography not ethnicity.  Just a thought.

[NeilT]

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.

[GreatBagwellsBeard]

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.

[HudsonHawk]

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.

[HudsonHawk]

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.

[NeilT]

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.

[Bench]

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?

[HudsonHawk]

Wouldn't a Khazakstanian reporter be an Asian reporter?

Or what if the reporter was from Istanbul?  Heads would explode.

[das]

Or what if the reporter was from Istanbul?  Heads would explode.

Or at least be cut off.

[ValpoCory]

Not Cabrera'd, but in case you're wondering, SI.com is reporting it too.  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. "

[geezerdonk]

I am thinking that it is a reporter covering the Hong Kong beat.

[ValpoCory]

I am thinking that it is a reporter covering the Hong Kong beat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM3uuypgvTc

[Dark Star]

Or what if the reporter was from Istanbul?  Heads would explode.

Easy enough.

"From which side of the Bosphorus do you hail, Mustafa?"

[subnuclear]

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.

[Nate Colbert]

Twitterverse had this from Washington's presser this afternoon:

“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.”

[Bench]

Twitterverse had this from Washington's presser this afternoon:

Honey, I vowed to sexually assault only you.  Please forgive me.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Did he mention if the other woman was, Asian?

[Bench]

Did he mention if the other woman was, Asian?

A Kazakh, I believe.