Won't someone please think of the children?

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Signal to Noise found this 7/10/2007 on flyersfieldhouse.blogspot.com [flag]
I want to know whose idea it was to place young children in the outfield during the Home Run Derby. In my opinion, this has become the most interesting part of the Derby. 500-foot home runs? Seen it before. Call me when you hit 600. But children running amok while 80 MPH screamers are whizzing past their ears? That's about as close as it gets to televised utopia for a sardonic asshole such as ... [link]

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Cheap Shots #43: I Bet All-Star Bingo’s Better If You’re Drunk.
Published 7/10/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... There is a part of me that loves to see children get hit with things accidentally. I’m a bad person. [Flyers Fieldhouse] ...

All Star Game: Back ... Back ... Oh, Forget It
Published 7/10/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... . Most of the vitriol seems to be saved for Chris Berman, though we did appreciate Flyers Fieldhouse's take: Eventually, one of those kids in the outfield is gonna get killed. ...

Vladimir Guerrero has an unwieldy swing
Published 7/10/2007 by PostmanR at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... 2) This was going to be my main point of emphasis, but since Flyer’s Fieldhouse got to this before I did, I will direct you there. But yeah, I’m shocked none of the kids in the outfield got hurt last night. They seemed to misjudge damn near every ball. I’m pretty sure one time a ball landed between a kid’s leg on the fly. That’s dangerous, folks. ...

What a psycho
Published 7/10/2007 by Mike at the Pig Pen
... Why are we placing children in the outfield of the Home Run Derby to shag balls when line drives are whizzing by their head? [FlyersFieldhouse] ...

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