# Do they show replays of disgraced players?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-show-replays-of-disgraced-players/995146>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** football-nfl, baseball-mlb\
**Created:** [December 26, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-show-replays-of-disgraced-players/995146 "2023-12-26T03:48:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-show-replays-of-disgraced-players/995146/21 "2023-12-30T21:51:45Z")

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> [@mixdenny](#):
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> Wait, a guy I never heard of has seventy fucking five bats in the Hall of Fame? How many bats do they have in total? Can I have a Ted Williams bat?

Yes, it is strangely unusual if you follow baseball even casually not to have heard of Sammy Sosa. Did you follow ball in the late 90s? His homerun rivlary with Mark McGwire in 1998 was legendary, with McGwire hitting 70 and Sosa finishing with 66. This was before Bonds started peaking. Ken Griffey Jr., and Rafael Palmeiro were (some of) the other big sluggers of that era.

As a sidenote, Sammy Sosa was apparently known enough that in Hungary (where I lived from '98-'03), there was a local punk band named after him (and not a band of ex-pats, but local Hungarians.)

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-show-replays-of-disgraced-players/995146/22 "2023-12-31T21:52:29Z")

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Ray Rice, former Baltimore Ravens star running back and caught-on-video wife-beater is being honored by the team today, a decade after his career came to a sudden and inglorious end.

Rice has taken responsibility for his actions and worked to turn his life around, but the team’s action is still highly controversial.

> **[Baltimore Ravens stir controversy for honoring Ray Rice decade after domestic...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/baltimore-ravens-stir-controversy-honoring-ray-rice-decade-domestic-vi-rcna131762)**
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> Ray Rice, a former Ravens running back whose domestic violence incident ended his career in 2014 , will be recognized Sunday as a “Legend of the Game.”

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-show-replays-of-disgraced-players/995146/23 "2024-01-04T22:53:53Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Yes, it is strangely unusual if you follow baseball even casually not to have heard of Sammy Sosa. Did you follow ball in the late 90s? His homerun rivlary with Mark McGwire in 1998 was legendary,

Not much of a fan. I knew of McGuire and some “other guy”.

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