Teh One Who Knocks
11-04-2016, 01:49 PM
By Emily Zanotti - Heat Street
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Last night’s World Series game seven broke all sorts of baseball records — not just the Cubs 108 year dry spell (go Cubbies!). The tiebreaker drew around 40 million viewers, making it the most watched baseball game in more than a decade.
But some viewers new to the game were a little confused by unfamiliar baseball traditions. For some social justice warriors on Twitter, that meant a full-on panic as fans in the Cleveland stands started keeping track of strikeouts.
Wait what? #WorldSeries #kkk #clevelandagainsttheworld #CubsvsIndians pic.twitter.com/LB63VDyhNQ
— The Saltiest Cracker (@LerChristopher) November 3, 2016
The “K” “K” “K,” of course, is a running tally of strikeouts, which are marked with a backwards or forwards “K” on paper scorecards. The Indians fans were simply keeping track — in big, TV-sized letters — of how many times their pitchers struck out Cubs batters.
Unfortunately, it turns out, SJWs assume racism everywhere.
Wondering why Fox would show the KKK sign with Chapman pitching in bottom of the 8th? Seriously! #WorldSeriesGame7 #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/mRX6FLEEUQ
— Marcel Middleton (@GrindIt2UFindIt) November 3, 2016
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">anybody else catch that KKK sign at the World Series game?</p>— PotassiYUMM (@Imani_zamasing) <a href="https://twitter.com/Imani_zamasing/status/794016518875054081">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wait, What's That KKK Sign Doing at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldSeries?src=hash">#WorldSeries</a>?<a href="https://t.co/T6r5zodoMN">https://t.co/T6r5zodoMN</a> (VIDEO) <a href="https://t.co/tiIiLAE3Nj">https://t.co/tiIiLAE3Nj</a></p>— Weiner screw Hillary (@thomassfl) <a href="https://twitter.com/thomassfl/status/794021331478183936">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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The signs even managed to fool a Mediaite reporter.
Of course, baseball fans were quick to point out the obvious mistake.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/thomassfl">@thomassfl</a> That's the number of strikeouts by the pitcher in the game. Lmao have you ever watched a baseball game in your life?</p>— Kevin Kaveh Ehsani♌️ (@KavehtheGreat08) <a href="https://twitter.com/KavehtheGreat08/status/794131381110484992">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Imani_zamasing">@Imani_zamasing</a> jesus christ in baseball a K is a strike out. they hang a K every strikeout. stop being offended by EVERYTHING.</p>— Chris Kraemer (@kraemer_chris) <a href="https://twitter.com/kraemer_chris/status/794033091727818752">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Unfortunately for the baseball fans, some of their corrections simply resulted in further outrage — over “mansplaining.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is so 2016<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feminism?src=hash">#feminism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/socialjustice?src=hash">#socialjustice</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sjworld?src=hash">#sjworld</a> <a href="https://t.co/anyVh8ALub">pic.twitter.com/anyVh8ALub</a></p>— Your Sarcastic Wench (@CathyYoung63) <a href="https://twitter.com/CathyYoung63/status/794069160523431936">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Awkward.
Even more awkward? The Mediaite author changed his article — and removed his byline.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My favorite part of the <a href="https://twitter.com/Mediaite">@Mediaite</a> KKK facepalm is how the author disappeared his byline in the update. <a href="https://t.co/Hru0sBcm6W">pic.twitter.com/Hru0sBcm6W</a></p>— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/794031477600251904">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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https://i.imgur.com/LO3MlC0h.jpg
Last night’s World Series game seven broke all sorts of baseball records — not just the Cubs 108 year dry spell (go Cubbies!). The tiebreaker drew around 40 million viewers, making it the most watched baseball game in more than a decade.
But some viewers new to the game were a little confused by unfamiliar baseball traditions. For some social justice warriors on Twitter, that meant a full-on panic as fans in the Cleveland stands started keeping track of strikeouts.
Wait what? #WorldSeries #kkk #clevelandagainsttheworld #CubsvsIndians pic.twitter.com/LB63VDyhNQ
— The Saltiest Cracker (@LerChristopher) November 3, 2016
The “K” “K” “K,” of course, is a running tally of strikeouts, which are marked with a backwards or forwards “K” on paper scorecards. The Indians fans were simply keeping track — in big, TV-sized letters — of how many times their pitchers struck out Cubs batters.
Unfortunately, it turns out, SJWs assume racism everywhere.
Wondering why Fox would show the KKK sign with Chapman pitching in bottom of the 8th? Seriously! #WorldSeriesGame7 #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/mRX6FLEEUQ
— Marcel Middleton (@GrindIt2UFindIt) November 3, 2016
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">anybody else catch that KKK sign at the World Series game?</p>— PotassiYUMM (@Imani_zamasing) <a href="https://twitter.com/Imani_zamasing/status/794016518875054081">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wait, What's That KKK Sign Doing at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldSeries?src=hash">#WorldSeries</a>?<a href="https://t.co/T6r5zodoMN">https://t.co/T6r5zodoMN</a> (VIDEO) <a href="https://t.co/tiIiLAE3Nj">https://t.co/tiIiLAE3Nj</a></p>— Weiner screw Hillary (@thomassfl) <a href="https://twitter.com/thomassfl/status/794021331478183936">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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The signs even managed to fool a Mediaite reporter.
Of course, baseball fans were quick to point out the obvious mistake.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/thomassfl">@thomassfl</a> That's the number of strikeouts by the pitcher in the game. Lmao have you ever watched a baseball game in your life?</p>— Kevin Kaveh Ehsani♌️ (@KavehtheGreat08) <a href="https://twitter.com/KavehtheGreat08/status/794131381110484992">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Imani_zamasing">@Imani_zamasing</a> jesus christ in baseball a K is a strike out. they hang a K every strikeout. stop being offended by EVERYTHING.</p>— Chris Kraemer (@kraemer_chris) <a href="https://twitter.com/kraemer_chris/status/794033091727818752">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Unfortunately for the baseball fans, some of their corrections simply resulted in further outrage — over “mansplaining.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is so 2016<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/feminism?src=hash">#feminism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/socialjustice?src=hash">#socialjustice</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sjworld?src=hash">#sjworld</a> <a href="https://t.co/anyVh8ALub">pic.twitter.com/anyVh8ALub</a></p>— Your Sarcastic Wench (@CathyYoung63) <a href="https://twitter.com/CathyYoung63/status/794069160523431936">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Awkward.
Even more awkward? The Mediaite author changed his article — and removed his byline.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My favorite part of the <a href="https://twitter.com/Mediaite">@Mediaite</a> KKK facepalm is how the author disappeared his byline in the update. <a href="https://t.co/Hru0sBcm6W">pic.twitter.com/Hru0sBcm6W</a></p>— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/794031477600251904">November 3, 2016</a></blockquote>
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