Tag Archives: Major League Baseball
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
Filed under Business & Commercial, Daily Life, Professions, Race, Sports, U.S. Society
Tony C., Chaos, and the Ethics of Blame
Did a smoke bomb cause the beaning of Tony Conigliaro? Does a butterfly in the rain forest cause a hurricane in Des Moines? Continue reading
Integrity, Lost Perfection, and the Midget at the Bat
Whether it is the vaudeville slapstick of Eddie Gaedel, with 1/8 on the back of his uniform, coming up to the plate, or Armando Galarraga losing his perfect game to a good umpire’s worst moment, it happened, and the integrity of the game of baseball requires that it be accepted, and final. The task ahead should be to make certain it never happens again. Continue reading
Of Cheating, Loopholes, Fairness and Golf
Can you cheat in golf without breaking the rules? Continue reading
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Agent Scott Boras’s Conflicts Surface Again
I believe player agent Scott Boras has serious conflicts of interest as both anagent and as a lawyer.Maybe my small cry in the wilderness is beginning to have some effect. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Law & Law Enforcement, Sports
Ethics Hero Emeritus: Lester Rodney (1911-2009)
Any man or woman with values and principles can make a difference in society, simply by keeping an important idea alive. Lester Rodney’s life is proof of that. Continue reading
Filed under Ethics Heroes, History, Journalism & Media, Sports, U.S. Society
Tiger Woods Ethics, Part I: Betrayal’s Not for Heroes
Tiger Woods is a professional role model and hero, and heroes can’t be scoundrels, phonies and jerks, in public, or in private. Continue reading
Ethics Dunces: NBC and the Today Show
NBC has announced that the couple that crashed the White House dinner, thus breaching national security as well as basic standards of honesty and manners, will appear on the Today Show. Continue reading
