When did this become the Obituary Forum?

[gaytorhater703]

theres like 8 different threads on just page 1.

[suave1477]

Its about paying respect to people who participated in the game we love and have always noted this on the forum for years

Especially the one time guys who made it up for one game in the 50's or the career long guy who spent 20 years in baseball. It was hard years ago for a player to make it up to the show then it is now, and for them even to make a cup of coffee says alot about a players caliber that they had, that we didnt or pursue.

They deserve the respect.

[CollectGU]

I find the idea of posting the names of relatively unknown athletes who passed ridiculuous. I do however find Joel's obscure obituary's posts comical as I believe that they are meant to poke fun at this silly forum practice and he succeeds with some of the ones he finds.....

[trsent]

I find the idea of posting the names of relatively unknown athletes who passed ridiculuous. I do however find Joel's obscure obituary's posts comical as I believe that they are meant to poke fun at this silly forum practice and he succeeds with some of the ones he finds.....

+1

That Joel guy has quite a sense of life.

[suave1477]

I find the idea of posting the names of relatively unknown athletes who passed ridiculuous. I do however find Joel's obscure obituary's posts comical as I believe that they are meant to poke fun at this silly forum practice and he succeeds with some of the ones he finds.....

Hmmmmmm gotcha so you feel unless they're Pujols or AROD they dont deserve any recognition. Very Nice.
A guy who tried his best and maybe made one appearance in his life doesn't deserve attention because hes not a superstar.

Well I hope his threads are not to poke fun because some of the people he has posted have been very interesting and people who have had some amazing accomplishments.

I am not gonna comment any further!!

[joelsabi]

Hopefully, the post is to honor the player no matter how obscure. I think all of us can relate in some form or another to players who we have seen on a baseball card, who was on our favorite team, who were able to fulfull their childhood dream to make it to THE SHOW, who have the same birthday as us, who were a part of baseball history...

to poke fun at the dead is pure low class, imho. i hope that is not the case.

if you dont like them, just continue to read only the thread title and move on.

[both-teams-played-hard]

Every life is precious and every unknown player's career should be honored.
With that said, I am against the entire general sports discussion forum (although I participate now, and will in the future).
Game used, folks. Game used!

[slab0meat]

I find the idea of posting the names of relatively unknown athletes who passed ridiculuous. I do however find Joel's obscure obituary's posts comical as I believe that they are meant to poke fun at this silly forum practice and he succeeds with some of the ones he finds.....

+1

to poke fun at the dead is pure low class, imho. i hope that is not the case.

So.. despite what you supposedly read, which clearly states he's poking fun at the practice itself, and Joel confirming it, you somehow still have it up for debate as to whether he's poking fun at dead people? Seriously?


And based on suave1477's logic, and both-teams-played-hard, and whoever else, there should be threads about every single person who made it in professional baseball? Doesn't matter how unknown the guy is, "honor" everyone. Why are you saying just baseball though? Shouldn't every sport have this honor? And why just men? And why just at the very top professional level?

[flaco1801]

If you dont like to read an obituary form a poster than just keep moving....there are plenty of other posts you might like better, maybe something like Whats worth more....or should i wash or leave the slimey smell from a gamer...

[suave1477]

So.. despite what you supposedly read, which clearly states he's poking fun at the practice itself, and Joel confirming it, you somehow still have it up for debate as to whether he's poking fun at dead people? Seriously?


And based on suave1477's logic, and both-teams-played-hard, and whoever else, there should be threads about every single person who made it in professional baseball? Doesn't matter how unknown the guy is, "honor" everyone. Why are you saying just baseball though? Shouldn't every sport have this honor? And why just men? And why just at the very top professional level?

Yes I am responding to Slab, since he is bringing up a different angle to the debate and so he can understand where I am coming from.

There doesnt have to be a thread about every single player but if someone happens to pop up in the news somewhere and or I happen to notice it somewhere that someone passed, I dont think there is anything wrong with giving that athlete recognition. There have been plenty of players that I missed and never posted about.

I am not saying this practice should be specifically to baseball. Baseball just happens to be the sport I follow. If someone else here wishes to post about other sports athletes thats fine with me.

Why just men? If you read back about 2 weeks ago I posted about one of the most iconic females in womens baseball who passed away.

As far as the top professional level because usually thats the one that would get the most attention to the media. If for some reason, someone at the minor league level passed and I happened to know it or it was brought to my attention I would have no problem posting it.


They point is to pay tribute to people who did make it to the top tier level of sports as this is what our hobby is, game used of the sports we love.

A member here posted they disagree with the sports discussion forum. Again with out Baseball, we wouldnt have bats and Jerseys to collect!!