Bucky wrote:RT, but I bet your kids know not to use those words when talking to their teacher, right?

It wasn't too long ago that "sucks" and "blows" were heavy duty curses. Now they're everyday words. I don't have a problem with any words. But we live in a society and there's a decorum. I want my kid to learn that decorum- and if that changes, so be it, I'm not going to get pigheaded about the "old" way. But That Word is still on the wrong side of that line.

Is what Chase did really the same though? He basically used it to express his happiness over an extremely rare event.

I just think it's unfortunate there's more emphasis put on the actual words than the intent. Nothing about what Utley was expressing was a bad thing. One could politely say something racist or something of that nature without using any words that are considered bad.

Also, I think it's been at least 25+ years since sucks and blows have been heavy duty curses, but maybe that's the time frame you meant.

chase utley said the same thing that i've been repeating to myself for the past 48 hours. i think it's just starting to sink in for them too. the philadelphia phillies are world champions. world fucking champions. just tell the kids they can only use it during championship celebrations in philly.

pacino wrote:

VoxOrion wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:The more you curse, the more likely you are to succeed in political consulting.

Probably marketing and any other money-making profession, too.

FYP

You're such a cool hippie.

VoxOrion wrote:It's just not a good idea to get into the habit of being a foulmouth. It will limit you in most opportunities.

That said, this is completely different.

Tenure means you can drop an f bomb.

I think that's a lot like a long term contract.

i enjoyed it

jerseyhoya wrote:Pretty sure Werth was the drunkest Phillie today.

I swear he was eating pretzels when he was introduced at the Bank!

great , when philly doesnt a title for another 25 years , it will be the curse of chase utley

i hope he never says a word about it when asked, and then does the same line when they win their next title.

chase is strange. someone start a topic.

this was one of the best moments of the day. i can understand why some people might be upset about it, but that seems so out of touch to me. it was, as someone mentioned, a representation of how we've all felt the past few days. when he said it, the stadium exploded, everyone i was with loved it, and i expected to see it on a t-shirt when i got home.

i get the whole "don't be a foulmouth" attitude, but expletives are like tabasco sauce for your language. too much will hurt you, but when used properly, it's dynamite.

It would have been funnier had Charlie Manuel said it...

Barry Jive wrote:this was one of the best moments of the day. i can understand why some people might be upset about it, but that seems so out of touch to me. it was, as someone mentioned, a representation of how we've all felt the past few days. when he said it, the stadium exploded, everyone i was with loved it, and i expected to see it on a t-shirt when i got home.

i get the whole "don't be a foulmouth" attitude, but expletives are like tabasco sauce for your language. too much will hurt you, but when used properly, it's dynamite.

Exactly, probably the loudest roar from the crowd was after this

I can understand why some parents would be mad, but all in all this type of language and the extense it was used (1 time) could be heard pretty much anywhere these days.... whether it be at school, by friends or randomly in public....

The circumstance in which he used it couldn't have been more perfect for total forgiveness in my opinion... I don't blame chase, I blame the alcohol

Uncle Milty wrote:I expect a personal apology.

I'm f***ing sorry.

I bet the team dared him to do it again after what happened at the All Star game.

MLB.com has a story up on the subject

Utley's response to the whole thing?

"They said they wanted short and sweet," Utley said. "That was short and sweet."

maybe not sweet, but it got the job done.

Somebody has a "what are going to do, fire me?" attitude

From that same MLB article, from Charlie:

"Chase is good, real good," Manuel said. "That's a common word anymore. ... That's not that bad, is it?"

I loved everything about it. I replayed the dvr recording over and over.

the terrorist have won

Bucky wrote:RT, but I bet your kids know not to use those words when talking to their teacher, right?

Bucky, if your son says "World Fucking Series" to my wife, I'll make sure he's not punished, and I'll even see if he can be rewarded.