Comments on: More come forward to accuse Red Sox late clubhouse manager Donald Fitzpatrick of sexual abuse

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:51:17 +0000

The difference, as far as I can tell, regarding penn state, is that they had some indication as early as 1992 and the abuse continued for many years after. Either your naive and think penn state officials were ignorant of it or your cynical like me and believe they covered up the scandal. We have no evidence, that I know of, that the red sox had any inclination that this was happening during fitzpatrick’s employment.

By: gotampabay52

gotampabay52 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:08:22 +0000

So, the Red Sox did this kind of stuff before Penn State? Why do men prey on little boys, sad. Karma will get you……

By: The Rabbit

The Rabbit — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:59:04 +0000

The problem, cur, is that there is no way to tell if it’s the truth or a fabrication hoping for a lottery payout.
When there is a transit accident, there are generally more people claiming injuries than were on the bus. As sad and unfortunate as this situation is you just don’t actually know how many and which people were injured.
If some lawyer(s) would like to pursue a claim against the Yawkeys’ assets, good luck, but I don’t think the current Red Sox ownership should be held liable for anything that happened 40 years ago.

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:59:01 +0000

We’re there any accusations ever made to management/ownership while Fitzpatrick was still there? How can they be culpable if they didn’t know?

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:25:25 +0000

Sort of takes the PEDS/HOF sting away, doesn’t it? The likes of Yawkey make the HOF (“Character clause”? What Character Clause?) but don’t take an enhancer! No way!

Yawkey harmed baseball and set back his own franchise with his racist hiring policies and keeping the likes of Fitzpatrick around. I don’t believe the sins of Yawkey, though, should reflect poorly on the Sox of today. I find it enormously difficult to know what to say about this suit. Will it ease what this man went through? Will it correct any wrongs? I do not know. The whole business is just awful.

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:15:23 +0000

Nauseating, and all the more reason Tom Yawkey shouldn’t be in the Hall of Fame, for keeping a creep like Fitzpatrick employed and with access to young boys.

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:13:46 +0000

I hate bogus lawsuits. The molester is dead. The organization doesn’t even have the same management or ownership. There’s a reason that there are statute of limitations on civil litigation. I’m sorry that you were violated 40 years ago but the time to speak up was long ago.