Wil Cordero was released by the Red Sox in 1997 after his DV arrest. Of course, he was arrested on June 11 and wasn't let go until after the season concluded, but hey, they did sit him down for a whole week following the arrest. At least he was gone before he pleaded guilty. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
To that end, I’ve worked with Greater Boston Legal Services in the past, both fundraising and pro bono referrals. Haven’t worked directly with https://www.transitionhouse.org, but know someone there and have heard good things as well.
Thanks for the links, I was just thinking about places I could donate when he makes appearances this year and Transition House looks perfect. Let's make this a thing in the gamethreads.
Glad to help. GBLS is the local gold standard for the legal side of DV and lots of other pro bono issues, but I agree that Transition House’s more immediate and holistic mission seems like a great fit for donations (and my WAG is that they’re probably nowhere near as well funded, from a donation perspective).
Thanks for this. What a terrific, productive alternative to offer, thanks to @Fishy1 as well.
Here’s a different season ender, no Altuve, same smirk.
Like the thought of making a donation to help survivors of domestic abuse vs. discussing Chapman. We can at least help with the former. For over 20 years I’ve been donating to The Friendship Center in Helena, Mt. I don‘t live in Helena any longer but protecting women and children from abuse is as worthwhile a cause as there is and I still support TFC annually.
It changed over time, he is incredible when he is on, but he is also very frustrating. He is an insanely talented athlete, he supposedly beat Billy Hamilton in a match race when they were Reds teammates. One frustrating thing is that even though he is a one inning guy, he almost never comes out of the pen throwing his top velocity, it takes him 8 or 10 pitches to get there, and that velocity varies from game to game. Also like I said somewhere already, sometimes he has no chance of throwing a strike and so you always need someone ready behind him, which is not always so easy mid-season.
Pirate's uniform aside, there's also what looks to be some semblance of part of a Red Sox jersey behind Chapman.
I do strangely want to know the story here. It’s such a shit job on multiple levels that it’s almost more likely the wrong copy was used.
