Brad Penny gets high marks for daring a Marlins' batboy to do the Gallon Challenge for $500. The current Dodger, and former Marlin, gets even higher marks for his quote regarding the Marlins' subsequent six-game suspension of the poor kid: "It's kind of ridiculous that you get a 10-game suspension for steroids and a six-game suspension for milk." Yet another reason why the 10-day steroid suspension is a little light.
But shouldn't they lighten up a little? Why would the Marlins embarrass themselves like this? How can they sell themselves to their notoriously fickle fans as a good time when the employees aren't allowed to have a little fun? This is Gestapo tactics! Batboys are basically mascots; it's their job to goof around with the players. And they've cost the kid an awful lot of tip money... six games' worth of batboy tips is a huge amount of cash. It's bad enough that he failed the challenge (he went over the one hour time limit, despite holding the gallon down) but why add insult to injury? It'd be a nice F.U. to the Marlins if Penny paid the kid anyway, but it'd also cost this kid an important lesson in how the world works... big companies are capable of blowing any punishment out of proportion, so you basically can't do anything fun, ever.
Not that I wasn't rooting for the Nats already, but this is my official anti-Florida notice: I hope the Marlins drop like a rock.
But shouldn't they lighten up a little? Why would the Marlins embarrass themselves like this? How can they sell themselves to their notoriously fickle fans as a good time when the employees aren't allowed to have a little fun? This is Gestapo tactics! Batboys are basically mascots; it's their job to goof around with the players. And they've cost the kid an awful lot of tip money... six games' worth of batboy tips is a huge amount of cash. It's bad enough that he failed the challenge (he went over the one hour time limit, despite holding the gallon down) but why add insult to injury? It'd be a nice F.U. to the Marlins if Penny paid the kid anyway, but it'd also cost this kid an important lesson in how the world works... big companies are capable of blowing any punishment out of proportion, so you basically can't do anything fun, ever.
Not that I wasn't rooting for the Nats already, but this is my official anti-Florida notice: I hope the Marlins drop like a rock.
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