Comments on: On the Chapman conundrum

By: Paul Lentz

Paul Lentz — Mon, 16 May 2016 01:57:03 +0000

How many women celebrated/clapped in the audience when Martha Stewart made her first tv show upon her release from prison? Her decision to trade on insider information cost some poor sap money (who was not privy to what she knew). That makes her a THIEF! Yet to the women in her tv audience, she was a hero!

So please, save me your SELF RIGHTEOUS indignation when it comes to the applause that Chapman receive upon his return to Yankee Stadium. Yankee fans were welcoming Chapman because of his skill set on the mound NOT because he beat women! The bottom line is that as long as a person has value to the masses, their ‘crime’ will be overlooked by the masses.

By: Alexander Chapman

Alexander Chapman — Wed, 11 May 2016 13:38:57 +0000

This article is unfair to the parties involved. Unfortunate you feel this way.

By: Law Boy

Law Boy — Tue, 10 May 2016 21:12:07 +0000

I think you’re right. It’s a slippery slope. Reyes’ wife had bruises yet still decided against becoming a complaining witness against hiim. Chapman’s wife had no bruises and no charges were filed. Domestic violence is a heinous crime and should be punished severely, but if the victim ends up supporting the alleged victimizer it is very hard for third parties to make an accurate assessment of the facts.

By: Amos

Amos — Tue, 10 May 2016 21:06:35 +0000

Bare minimum, getting in an argument with your wife and then firing a gun a bunch of times is recognizable as pretty drastic intimidation to any reasonable person, right?

By: Sleeper2112

Sleeper2112 — Tue, 10 May 2016 17:03:25 +0000

While Chapman’s conduct certainly deserved criticism and punishment, from everything I’ve read about it, it doesn’t appear that there’s enough evidence to say that he’s guilty of domestic abuse.

Firing a gun in his garage was obviously reckless and dangerous, but it doesn’t look either law enforcement or MLB concluded that he physically abused his girlfriend.

Chapman could be a monster, and is perhaps worst actor in sports. There’s really not enough evidence to say he’s a domestic abuser, however.