Absolutely Horrible Experience With MLB.com AUCTIONS

[treant985]

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Back to the OP about dealing with mlb.com--one person mentioned sending a complaint to the Better Business Bureau. I heartily recommend this course for your bent line-up card. I've used it to deal with several companies that sent me dysfunctional equipment or incorrect bills and then gave me the run-around. In pretty much every case, a simple complaint to the BBB website (it might take 10-15 min to fill everything out but it's worth it) got it resolved quickly and very satisfactorily. I believe that the BBB sends a letter to the company saying they've received a complaint, so it's something that gets forwarded to the people at the company who actually know what they're doing.

If nothing else, it might make it more likely that mlb.com will send lineups in better-protected coverings in the future.

[frikativ54]

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Trust me worst ones are the old timers that are bench coaches now.

Wow - Do they say racial slurs, or just ignore you? I'd think that a lot of the young ones would be nicer, though. But I come from a tolerant place, so I was surprised when I met some people at my first college that had bigoted views towards blacks and Jews. I sure hope that they treat you better, as the old-timers retire.

[platinum1]

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That sucks to hear how racist some athletes still are. I thought we had gotten beyond that...

Trust me worst ones are the old timers that are bench coaches now.

[frikativ54]

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Frik has previously stated he caught a ball that was meant for a kid and kept it.

So your positive you don't get balls or other items because of your looks and weight? You sure it isn't due to your age?

I smell a sense of entitlement with a hint of victimization.

Yes, I agree with you now, this thread should probably die a natural death, since we're finished talking about MLB.com Auctions. But before that, I would like to say that when I was 18, I did a lot of things that I would not do now. When I got the ball, that was back in 2003. It was probably intended for the kid in front of me, but it's not like I grabbed it out of his hands. Nonetheless, I have learned a lot since then, and I don't do anything like that now. You guys have made me realize that I was being selfish. So - I hope you know that's not a regular habit of mine.

That sucks to hear how racist some athletes still are. I thought we had gotten beyond that...

[sylbry]

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I seen players toss balls to little KIDS. I have seen games where adults have knocked kids out of the way just to get a baseball that was for that kid.

Frik has previously stated he caught a ball that was meant for a kid and kept it.

So your positive you don't get balls or other items because of your looks and weight? You sure it isn't due to your age?

I smell a sense of entitlement with a hint of victimization.

[ham1963]

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I normally do not waste my time and comment on these types of threads but I do take a point in statement that you frikativ54 made "I just had that happen to me this Friday evening. And it really hurts. I watch 90% of the Astros' games, I know baseball inside-and-out, yet I have a medical condition that needs to be treated with medicine that causes obesity. I also have another medical condition, made worse by the first medicine, that causes my face to break out and me to be even heavier. Why can't a true fan like me get equal respect at ballgames, and actually walk away with a souvenir?"
Most of the ballgames that I have been to Reds, Braves, Royals and Louisville Bats I seen players toss balls to little KIDS. I have seen games where adults have knocked kids out of the way just to get a baseball that was for that kid.

[godwulf]

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I was in a line to see Scott Hairston, when he played for the Diamondbacks, and the 20-ish, somewhat anorexic blond girl immediately ahead of me had Hairston signing a pair of very brief, purple DBacks thong underwear, and then having (what appeared to be) her mother take a photo of her, him, and the underwear.

As they were walking away, and Hairston was still shaking his head over the whole thing, I said, "Don't worry, Scotty...I'm not gonna ask you to sign my underwear." He laughed and said, I'm glad, 'cause I'm afraid I'd have to say no."

Ya see, us middle-aged White guys know the pain of rejection, too.

[platinum1]

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Why - because somebody is actually speaking up for women's rights, while the men on the board are acting with the usual silence of the privileged sex?

You have the right speak your mind about anything you want but this is not the forum to do it.But I can relate with you about players discriminating against people of color or the way they look. I have had this happend to me many many times when a White player just tells me he wont sign for me but signs multiples for the White guys around me . I just look at it ths way he's the ignorant one not me and continue to have a good time collecting autographs.

[orioles03]

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No Frik -

This thread should stop because you made your point about MLB auctions, and got the advice you needed. Most of us here know you are a passionate collector...

But the stuff about discrimination, etc. should be discussed in a different forum. You have the ability to ignore what others post.

i agree it should be stoped .i was just asked a question about what happens to the small lineup cards after the game i gave him an honest answer .i started when i was 16 being a bat boy i was a teenager young a stupid .i dont think i said anything wrong i just did what was normal anyone would do the same thing. again i not sure how this got so carried away i was just answering a question .sorry if you took offense to my previous post
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orioles03@verizon.net

[camarokids]

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Frik has a valid point on several fronts.

All the little girls growing up nowadays are brainwashed from a very young age about how they should look and what to wear and so on.

[bigtruck260]

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No Frik -

This thread should stop because you made your point about MLB auctions, and got the advice you needed. Most of us here know you are a passionate collector...

But the stuff about discrimination, etc. should be discussed in a different forum. You have the ability to ignore what others post.

[frikativ54]

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I think is time to close this thread ASAP

Why - because somebody is actually speaking up for women's rights, while the men on the board are acting with the usual silence of the privileged sex?

[platinum1]

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I think is time to close this thread ASAP

[frikativ54]

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So, you should write each and every major league baseball club about this discrimination stating that the players, managers, clubhouse attendants, etc. are all more inclined to give a line-up card to a pretty girl than to someone who is not a pretty girl.

Maybe it will change all the prejudice in the world.

Are you being sarcastic? Seems like it, because I honestly don't think that it would do a thing. Discrimination against heavier and less pretty women is ingrained in our culture, and I don't see anything in the future changing this.

[trsent]

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It has everything to do with the previous poster's comments. I needn't keep personal information to myself when it illustrates a larger point; there is a societal assumption that overweight people are that way because they choose to be so. This is hardly the case. When it comes to discrimination at MLB ballparks, I think that my personal experiences are relevant. The whole point is this, in case it wasn't clear to you before: It is frustrating to go to an MLB stadium trying to get a lineup card (or any other game-used item) when you are passed up just because of the way you look. This thread is about lineup cards, and my story is fully relevant to this topic.

So, you should write each and every major league baseball club about this discrimination stating that the players, managers, clubhouse attendants, etc. are all more inclined to give a line-up card to a pretty girl than to someone who is not a pretty girl.

Maybe it will change all the prejudice in the world.