Comments on: Cubs owner Joe Ricketts sued for sexual harrassment

By: purdueman

purdueman — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:18:47 +0000

Being a rich “good old boy”, I bet that if an out of court settlement isn’t reached in order to hush up the details, we’ll find that he likely chased her around a desk in the office too! ;-(

By: mythoughts4now

mythoughts4now — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:23:49 +0000

Woman to woman, this is sad!!! Seriously, what a horrible way to go after a successful hard working man and his organization, which was establish to help others! The “Patrica’s” of the world make it difficult for the rest of us hard working woman to be taken seriously -save it for real sexual harassment! I bet your mothers are NOT impressed!

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:16:27 +0000

Look at the bright side. . . the Cubs have three in KC starting tomorrow. Glad to hear you’re not being flooded, evacuated, etc.

By: purdueman

purdueman — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:34:23 +0000

PERVERT! So very Cubbie though too!

By: cur68

cur68 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:32:14 +0000

Jeez royalsfan’, that’s a lot of people out of their homes. Let’s hope the monsoons give you a pass. You’d miss baseball if you had to relocate.

By: madaozeki

madaozeki — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:56:50 +0000

This is not a man making a pass at a woman in a bar. This is a man in a position of power over 2 women making blatant sexual comments directly to them in the workplace. This created a hostile work environment that made the women uncomfortable coming to work, so they filed a complaint. As a result, they were fired.

In other words, you fail.

By: royalsfaninfargo

royalsfaninfargo — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:40:01 +0000

The flood is almost exclusively in the NW part of the state. That area has received between 15-20 inches of rain over the last 7 weeks. Minot is the major area of concern. 10,000 people have been ordered to be evacuated in a city of a little over 30,000 people. Fargo’s flooding usually occurs in March or April.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:10:14 +0000

Is the flooding up in North Dakota affecting you? Or is it basically centralized in the northwestern parts?

By: royalsfaninfargo

royalsfaninfargo — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:04:43 +0000

Someone should sue the Cubs for harassing the game of baseball with their play this season.

By: SmackSaw

SmackSaw — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:11:27 +0000

The suit alleges the COO often commented about Davis’ legs and cleavage and once putted a golf ball into Duncan’s office, saying “I’m trying to get into your hole.”

That joke. Like I stated before, stupid is strong with you.

By: halladaysbicepts

halladaysbicepts — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:05:09 +0000

Yeah, give (2) thumbs down to that comment, regardless of whether or not you like my opinions. Class at it’s best.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:00:04 +0000

The putting one:

The suit alleges the COO often commented about Davis’ legs and cleavage and once putted a golf ball into Duncan’s office, saying “I’m trying to get into your hole.”

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:59:18 +0000

Just mentioning it because your comment made it seem like it was the other way around.

But there are plenty of “bad men” around, so if he did do it, I hope he gets nailed for it. If not, the plaintiffs should be held liable for court costs for a frivolous lawsuit.

As far as civil remedies on his part, my uneducated guess is that they probably don’t have much—though I emphasize that I have no idea about their positions in life.

By: halladaysbicepts

halladaysbicepts — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:55:48 +0000

What joke are you even talking about, SmackSaw?

By: halladaysbicepts

halladaysbicepts — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:46:10 +0000

Hair, I got that. Still, not a major story because nothing has been proven and still may be a spitefull employee. The stupid people want to believe that the “bad man” is responsible for the firing and not the women’s “ineptitude” to do her job.

By: halladaysbicepts

halladaysbicepts — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:42:28 +0000

You know what, on another note, since this is a NBC sports owned blog, what gives with showing a group of children pledging alligence to the flag before the U.S. open and “under God” was ommited? This should have been addressed by all NBC blogs on this site because it was a disgrace to the country. Pathetic.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:38:17 +0000

The women are claiming that they were fired AFTER they complained of sexual harassment—not the other way around.

By: SmackSaw

SmackSaw — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:33:37 +0000

What an idiot. The joke wasn’t even funny.

By: goldensombrero3000

goldensombrero3000 — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:23:10 +0000

Hopefully the Cubs will add this to their history of campy lore. They are good at that.

By: halladaysbicepts

halladaysbicepts — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:22:04 +0000

Oh, so horrible. A man made a pass at a woman, and it’s immediatly sexual harrassment because she was fired, or maybe because she wasn’t a good employee? Sick media crap.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:21:55 +0000

Is Jack McCoy going to represent him?

By: kopy

kopy — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:15:53 +0000

Admittedly, I’ve laughed at many inappropriate jokes before. However, that putting euphemism is a stretch at best, and a total dud.