Red Sox pedophile scandal

[sakata_catching]

Warning: this is a really tough read.

http://tinyurl.com/85unn52

A sad, sordid chapter in baseball history that appears to have been swept under the rug, only now seeing the light of day due to painful similarities to events in State College.

[O's are Legends]

How could Yawkey keep this horrible clubhouse manager employed all those years? From what was written, it's really unfortunate none of the players knew what was really going on. Along with the Penn state scandal there is so much evil in this world. This was posted on Yahoo sports last Thursday and nobody else has picked up on this story yet?

I really hope Ogletree can keep moving forward in his life as well as those kids from the Penn state football camp.

[sakata_catching]

How could Yawkey keep this horrible clubhouse manager employed all those years?

That's unanswerable' date=' of course, but I don't know how you can even approach the question without considering the Yawkeys' legacy of racism — which tainted the Red Sox organization for decades — balanced against who Fitzpatrick's victims were.

From what was written, it's really unfortunate none of the players knew what was really going on.

While no one appeared to have a Mike McQueary moment, this quote

Players for years had told young boys -- especially African-Americans -- to stay away from Fitzpatrick.

would indicate that some players recognized that something was seriously amiss.

EDIT: see CrimsonTribe's correction below.

[CrimsonTribe]

While no one appeared to have a Mike McQueary moment, this quote

The article says that someone did:

Two sources, who asked not to be identified, said a Red Sox player caught Fitzpatrick sodomizing a boy in the shower, much like then-Penn State graduate assistant Mike McQueary did Sandusky. The player reported the incident to the team but not police. Fitzpatrick kept his job anyway.

[srock]

The article says that someone did:

How can someone walk in to find such an act happening and it not end with the assailant in the hospital? I would think blind rage would kick in.

I guess its hard to say what shock will do to someone in such a moment.

[OFFNY]

Warning: this is a really tough read.

http://tinyurl.com/85unn52

A sad, sordid chapter in baseball history that appears to have been swept under the rug, only now seeing the light of day due to painful similarities to events in State College.

Good find, Lenn. Much appreciated.