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St. Louis Cardinals acquire Nolan Arenado (Original Post) True Dough Jan 2021 OP
"Acquiring" people luv2fly Jan 2021 #1
Sports is full of potentially offensive terminology True Dough Jan 2021 #3
Brutal loss for the Rockies JDC Jan 2021 #2
I thought about Blackmon too True Dough Jan 2021 #4

luv2fly

(2,475 posts)
1. "Acquiring" people
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 11:03 PM
Jan 2021

Always sounds weird... turns them into property. I know it is a business and all, but it just seems like a dehumanizing term.

True Dough

(17,337 posts)
3. Sports is full of potentially offensive terminology
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 11:09 PM
Jan 2021

I try not to take it too literally.

Think of it as short for "acquire the services of..."

JDC

(10,135 posts)
2. Brutal loss for the Rockies
Fri Jan 29, 2021, 11:09 PM
Jan 2021

They have put out a horrible product for years. Great players come through here, get sick of losing and then go on to win championships w other teams. Countless examples.

Sickening for those of us in CO.

Charlie Blackman will be next.

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