Blogcritics Comments on Sol Campbell Is Off-Target With Abuse Complaint http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:17:16 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software Comment by Matthew T. Sussman on Sol Campbell Is Off-Target With Abuse Complaint http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/04/184101.php#comment-685359 Oh, I know it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhRFQiQM8CY">happens</a>... 685359@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:17:16 EST Comment by Dr Dreadful on Sol Campbell Is Off-Target With Abuse Complaint http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/04/184101.php#comment-685286 <I>Thing is, athletes can't respond to fans. It's not sportsmanlike.</I> Ah, but sometimes, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba-8t9BCI5A">they do</a>... 685286@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Jan 2008 01:41:35 EST Comment by Matthew T. Sussman on Sol Campbell Is Off-Target With Abuse Complaint http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/04/184101.php#comment-685285 Yeah, the verbal abuse from the fans can't be any worse than the trash talk on the field. Thing is, athletes can't respond to fans. It's not sportsmanlike. In the US, baseball bullpens usually warm up right next to the stands. The players warm up to pitch in the late innings, when fans are fully liquored up. That interaction is always hilarious, but once in a blue moon <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1881073">dangerous</a>. 685285@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Jan 2008 01:30:42 EST