He was basically a sitting duck until the New York Yankees traded for him and the whole story went away.
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A trade was voided because the Dodgers didn't want that PR mess. I've written about how terrible Hope Solo, Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice are on the site before, but lets not forget about Aroldis Chapman's domestic violence charge that was recently dropped. Kids are supposed to look up to these people. The athletes that are involved in these incidents are pretty famous too. And yes, football is the main culprit, but it's spilling over into other pro sports. In the last two years, we've had far too many incidents involving violent behavior coming from pro athletes. But, we as a society, feel like it's okay to give professional athletes a pass and that is very disturbing.
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That's insane! If any regular Joe did this at their job, they'd be fired immediately, no questions asked. With the news coming out last week that Blake Griffin will miss the majority of the regular season after punching the Clippers equipment manager, repeatedly, and breaking his shooting hand, I ask everyone today, why do we let athletes get away with heinous acts like this? Why did Blake Griffin feel the need to punch this guy so many times, in the face, to the point of injuring himself? And why are their people out their defending him? I heard Charles Barkley, my all time favorite basketball player, on Bill Simmons podcast recently say that "this stuff happens all the time" and that we "shouldn't overreact to this news".