Comments on: Todd's Ball again http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: michael http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20981 michael Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:31:33 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20981 Yikes! He just equated Bonds taking some steroids to Ty Cobb, one of the, if not THE most infamously, hate filled, racist baseball players in history! O.O Yikes! He just equated Bonds taking some steroids to Ty Cobb, one of the, if not THE most infamously, hate filled, racist baseball players in history! O.O

]]> By: Charles Skaggs http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20980 Charles Skaggs Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:11:55 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20980 Doola, perhaps McFarlane does donate to charities and perhaps he doesn't, but yes, if he's willing to spend millions on a frickin' baseball, then he has a seriously screwed-up sense of priorities. All he's doing is selfishly indulging himself on a vanity item to sit on his mantlepiece or wherever because he can, instead of using that very same money to benefit people in need and society as a whole. And no, McFarlane's not alone in this regard. There are plenty of celebrities and sports figures that are paid far too much money than they know what to do with. Doola, perhaps McFarlane does donate to charities and perhaps he doesn’t, but yes, if he’s willing to spend millions on a frickin’ baseball, then he has a seriously screwed-up sense of priorities. All he’s doing is selfishly indulging himself on a vanity item to sit on his mantlepiece or wherever because he can, instead of using that very same money to benefit people in need and society as a whole.

And no, McFarlane’s not alone in this regard. There are plenty of celebrities and sports figures that are paid far too much money than they know what to do with.

]]> By: Doola! http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20978 Doola! Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:47:12 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20978 I hate to be put in the position of defending Todd &*#$ing McFarlane, but c'mon, Charles. Do you know the first thing about what McFarlane donates to charities? Me neither. Maybe he has an Uncle Scrooge-style Money Bin and never gives a dime. Maybe he's an enormous but very private philanthropist. Nobody really knows but him and his accountant. Or do you have the same absurd knee-jerk reaction to anyone wealthy who doesn't give every last cent to cancer research? I hate to be put in the position of defending Todd &*#$ing McFarlane, but c’mon, Charles. Do you know the first thing about what McFarlane donates to charities? Me neither. Maybe he has an Uncle Scrooge-style Money Bin and never gives a dime. Maybe he’s an enormous but very private philanthropist. Nobody really knows but him and his accountant.

Or do you have the same absurd knee-jerk reaction to anyone wealthy who doesn’t give every last cent to cancer research?

]]> By: Patrick Dean http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20977 Patrick Dean Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:09:41 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20977 I CAN HAS FMUS BASEBLL???? I CAN HAS FMUS BASEBLL????

]]> By: Charles Skaggs http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20976 Charles Skaggs Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:48:36 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2007/08/08/todds-ball-again/#comment-20976 Nice to know Todd McFarlane is still spending his fortune in a truly worthwhile way instead of, you know, donating it to feed and clothe the homeless, help fund research to cure cancer and other illnesses, or to provide aid to victims of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. But hey, a fist-sized ball of cork, rubber, twine and leather that was hit by an obnoxious jerk that cheats by mutating his body with steroids and using an elbow device to keep his swing consistent is what really matters in life, isn't it? Nice to know Todd McFarlane is still spending his fortune in a truly worthwhile way instead of, you know, donating it to feed and clothe the homeless, help fund research to cure cancer and other illnesses, or to provide aid to victims of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.

But hey, a fist-sized ball of cork, rubber, twine and leather that was hit by an obnoxious jerk that cheats by mutating his body with steroids and using an elbow device to keep his swing consistent is what really matters in life, isn’t it?

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