# Look, out in left field-- an atavistic idiot. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469 "2003-08-29T17:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/41 "2003-08-30T18:45:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > [B **Chimera** , at least Mike Piazza and Billy Beane are gay; as for the rest, I don’t really know. \*\* While i’m certain there are a bunch of gay sports players, including baseballers, that we don’t know about, i would hold off on calling any individual gay unless you know what you’re talking about. Piazza maintains that he is straight, and in the absence of solid evidence to the contrary i think he should be believed. Not that it would matter to me either way what his sexual preference is. And, as long as he does his job, it shouldn’t matter to anyone else either. But unsubstantiated assertions do no-one any good. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/42 "2003-08-30T19:07:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chimera \* > \*\*Besides, we all know that Baseball went completely gay back in 1977. \*\* Was that before or after the steel industy? ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/43 "2003-08-30T19:11:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \* > \*\*What is he saving it for? A rainy day? \*\* You obviously haven’t heard of the Jesus of Nazareth Mutual Fund. “Saving Your Money (And Your Soul) Since 1431”. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/44 "2003-08-30T19:20:48Z")
From that site: > [@](#): > > A LETTER FROM AN INTOLERANT, **NARROW-MINDED** HOMOSEXUAL[sub] bolding mine[/sub] A case of acute irony if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/45 "2003-08-30T19:41:48Z")
How exactly is this atavistic? ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/46 "2003-08-30T19:53:34Z")
GI Joe was just a joke; I am so dense. He was starting to scare me. Are the many others out there? ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/47 "2003-08-30T20:56:03Z")
Some people are a bit too obsessed about what other people do with their genitals. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/48 "2003-08-30T20:58:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mhendo \* > \*\*Oh, and by the away, it seems that our friend **G.I. Joe** , after he was banned, re-enrolled under the name **Gastrointestinal Joseph** (very droll). > > And this **G.I. Joe, Mk. II** only lasted 13 posts, including [this gem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3914900#post3914900): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally posted by Gastrointestinal Joseph > > All Iraq needs is for some gays to get in there and redecorate the place. Once they spread gayness in Iraq, the men there will be so busy doin’ the butt bongo that they won’t have time for violence. > > and [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3914943#post3914943): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally posted by Gastrointestinal Joseph > > I think the pledge should read like this: > > > > “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Straights of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all, and no homosexuality.” > > Can anyone say one-trick pony? Let’s hope he’s had his fun and stays away from now on. \*\* You know, all his version of the PoA needed was a reference to circumcision, and it would have been perfect.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/49 "2003-08-30T22:39:26Z")
> [@](#): > > **Snooopy** : How exactly is this atavistic? Well, apart from [advocating the reinstatement of criminal laws against “sodomy,”](http://www.protestgayday.com/gravemistake.cfm) despite civilization’s having progressed beyond that… It seems reasonable to me to assume that someone who is philosophically [opposed to the very _concept_ of evolution](http://www.protestgayday.com/monkeymorality.cfm) really can’t _help_ manifesting atavism. Doesn’t it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/50 "2003-08-31T14:48:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mhendo \* > \*\*While i’m certain there are a bunch of gay sports players, including baseballers, that we don’t know about, i would hold off on calling any individual gay unless you know what you’re talking about. > > Piazza maintains that he is straight, and in the absence of solid evidence to the contrary i think he should be believed. > > Not that it would matter to me either way what his sexual preference is. And, as long as he does his job, it shouldn’t matter to anyone else either. But unsubstantiated assertions do no-one any good. \*\* That was a joke that baseball followers were supposed to get - I was poking fun at Mike Piazza for vehemently declaring his extreme straightness, and Billy Beane has come out as a gay man since he finished playing. I don’t give one tiny little rat’s hiney whether ball players are gay or straight (well, more accurately, I don’t care if _anyone_ is gay or straight, except my husband). As for doing no one any good, it gave my husband an huge laugh to read my post, and that’s always a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/51 "2003-08-31T14:53:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > \*\*That was a joke that baseball followers were supposed to get - I was poking fun at Mike Piazza for vehemently declaring his extreme straightness, and Billy Beane has come out as a gay man since he finished playing. I don’t give one tiny little rat’s hiney whether ball players are gay or straight (well, more accurately, I don’t care if _anyone_ is gay or straight, except my husband). As for doing no one any good, it gave my husband an huge laugh to read my post, and that’s always a good thing. \*\* Fair enough. I thought you were being serious. Also, for the record, it did seem that Piazza’s declaration of his straightness was a little too, ah, enthusiastic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/52 "2003-08-31T15:02:01Z")
Oh my goodness, I’m never being serious. I thought everyone knew that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469/53 "2003-08-31T15:19:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > \*\*Oh my goodness, I’m never being serious. I thought everyone knew that. 😃 \*\* I also failed to note your location. I don’t think i’ve ever yet met a serious person from Calgary. 🙂 Oh, one exception: 1994 NHL playoffs, when the mighty Vancouver Canucks came from 3-1 down to beat the Flames in the second overtime period of game 7. There were plenty of long faces in Calgary that night. Of course, Vancouver residents took the Stanley Cup loss later that season much better, restricting themselves to rioting in the streets. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-out-in-left-field-an-atavistic-idiot/198469.md?page=2)