Tag Archives: Major League Baseball
The Real Meaning of Manny Being Manny
If anything was written in the Book of Fate, it was that Manny Ramirez, so completely lacking in respect for basic ethical values, was destined for trouble with the law. Continue reading
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Etiquette and manners, Sports, U.S. Society
An Ethics Lesson From the All-Star Game
It really is one of the most enduring sports deja vus—every year, sportswriters and fans engage in thousands upon thousands of words of complaint regarding baseball’s annual All-Star Game, the 2011 edition of which will occur tomorrow night in Phoenix. This year was no exception, and as is always the case, no consensus or conclusions were reached, except that everyone agrees that the game is mishandled, mismanaged, unfair and illogical in every possible way. Continue reading
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Manny Post Script: The Signature of a Jerk
Ramirez quit without telling his team, his coaches or his manager, without a statement to the Tampa Bay fans, and without saying the one thing that any decent human being in his situation has an absolute obligation to say. Continue reading
Filed under Etiquette and manners, Sports, Workplace
Manny Ramirez’s Perfect Exit
Manny Ramirez was an impressively talented baseball player with discipline of an untrained Irish Setter, and the selfishness of a six-year-old. Throughout his career, he was a textbook example of the management fallacy known as the star principle, in which an extremely talented individual is allowed to break the rules and defy an organization’s culture in direct proportion to his perceived value. Now, caught for a second time using banned drugs, he quit rather than face the music. Perfect. Continue reading
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Revisiting the Obligation vs. Charity Issue in Baseball Retirement Benfits
When the 1948-1979 players ask for charity and generosity, based on the fact that the industry can afford to change their eligibility to the post-1979 standards, and their having earned the gratitude of the current players through their Major League service and professional sacrifices, they have a cogent argument. The arguments that it is wrong to be generous to one group of players and not others, and that rightful acts for the benefit of others create an ethical obligation of compensation, are not valid. Continue reading
Obligation or Charity: Retired Baseball Player Pensions and Fairness
It is not unfair for players of the pre-1979 era to have to live with the conditions they agreed to when they played. Much of their argument sounds like mere jeolousy and envy, which is often expressed by the sentiment that it is unfair when life treats similar individuals disparately. Continue reading
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