Reds' Jonny Gomes Thrilled By Adam Wainwright News

Finally someone who comes out and says it like it is.

Nearly every fan of the Cubs, Brewers, and Reds were happy when this news broke and Gomes should be equally as happy.

It’s too bad he voiced his pleasure in front of the press, but there is no reason for outrage.

Are happy that you don’t have to face Peyton Manning or not, you keep your mouth shut and act respectful. If Johnny Gomes suffered a season ending surgery in Spring, then I don’t think he take a liking to others mocking the situation.

The harm has already been done; nothing Gomes says or does will change that. All that’s left is to celebrate – not the harm, which is relatively inconsequential in Wainwright’s big scheme – but the gain to his team’s chances this season.

Gomes is a bit silly and thoughtless regarding the context… but he is NOT wishing anyone harm. And his celebration is itself harmless. I doubt Wainwright would take too much offense; perhaps roll his eyes and make a point of beaning the guy in 2012 for speaking out in public.

… for when someone at Busch Stadium takes a dump in Dusty’s dugout.

I think some of you are too worked up. I don’t find this offensive at all. If something serious had happened, that would suck, and I doubt Gomes would behave the same way. But a baseball player getting a baseball injury? Come on.

Also, I don’t understand the point of pretending to feel one way when everyoneinthewholewideworld would know you were just putting on. Getting worked up about this is making a mountain out of a ditch.

Hal McCoy could learn to show just a bit more discretion. He amped up the whole Brandon Phillips silliness over hating the Cardinals last season and now this. Yes, he’s quite good, but this kind of reporting makes him sound more like a hall monitor than the Hall of Fame reporter he is. Players should be able to hang out in the clubhouse without worrying about Hal McCoy tattling every stupid thing they say to the world.

i mean…is anyone even allowed to say ANYTHING remotely controversial anymore that doesn’t have to have some sort of uplifting politically correct cliche attached to it? the guy plays for the reds and the cardinals best pitcher went down. is he REALLY supposed to show up in his locker room and mournfully say “guys, let’s just thank the good lord jesus that it isnt one of us. as we are all in the brotherhood of ballplayers, this injury affects each and every one of us, and i shan’t stand by should one of you miscreants deign to make light of the situation.”

you know…in britain when someone says something “off-colour,” the butt of the joke has a chuckle an everyone moves on.

No outrage, just an observation that it’s a no class move. But “no class” seems to be more and more common amongst baseball players nowadays. Baseball still has the perception of being a “gentleman’s sport”, rightly or wrongly. We like the stories where the veteran baseball player mentors his up-and-coming young rival – should we instead look at it with a cynical eye and say “Ha! We know he hates the kid, he should just come out and admit it!”?

It’s been a long time since I played organized sports, but I disliked this sort of behavior even back then. There’s a difference between being aware that an event improved your chances versus rejoicing in the misfortune of another human being.

Politically correct has nothing to do with this. Normative, socially adjusted adults have a filter between their brain and mouth so that not everything they think and feel is verbalized. All of us use this filter a hundred times a day.

Expressing pleasure at someone else’s pain and misfortune is impolite and inappropriate at best, mean-spirited at worst. And the fact that he gains by another’s misfortune does make his crude comments any more excusable. I can’t see any reason why we can’t expect decent, normative behavior, even from baseball players.