The ironic and challenging part of this is that it’s moral indignation related to soneone else’s expression of moral indignation. everyone acts as if the moral values they happen to hold are the only ones others should hold, the only ones that have absolute justification, but everything is much less certain. we all stand in shifty moral footing.

So because Murphy said something in an interview years ago he’s an inhuman monster? You take the moral high ground on a guy because of that? You don’t know him personally, you know nothing about him except an interview you read. You don’t know if he’s changed, you don’t know if he’s grown.

If you’re going to do a piece like this then go talk to his friends, family, people he has had run ins with, former teammates, coaches. You tell me to do research, when you’ve done precisely zero. You think he’s a a terrible guy? Do an investigative piece instead of spouting your hatred for one thing that he has said.

Please let me know when Cole Hamels says the same hateful stuff and I’ll change my tone about that trade, but if you do one ounce of research you’ll see that I praised that pickup highly.

Also, this isn’t even really about baseball, and if you only want to hear the front office’s opinions about their own moves, then why do you still read this site?

And why does every writer take the moral high ground with stuff like this? I suppose you’ve lived a perfect life. And Murphy doesn’t deserve to work because you think he hates gay people. Quit being so sensitive, good lord. Not even one piece of optimism about this trade? Probably thought the same of Hamels deal.

Here’s something indisputable, Theo and Jed know more about baseball than you do. I know that hurts, sorry.