Cubs Suspend Mark Grace For Calling His Ex-Wife A 'Dingbat' While Telling Terrible Story

ding·bat /'diNG?bat/ Learn to pronounce INFORMAL nounINFORMAL 1. NORTH AMERICAN•AUSTRALIAN/NZ a stupid or eccentric person. 2. a typographical device other than a letter or numeral (such as an asterisk), used to signal divisions in text or to replace letters in a euphemistically presented vulgar word.

I guess using an old Archie Bunker term is not PC and will cost you money these days. Free speech is a thing of the past, unless you are a democrat!

Sooooo, what exactly is the issue with this story? What’s wrong with calling someone a dingbat?

Will Clark >>> Mark Grace

Does dingbat have a meaning I’m not aware of? Why is this a story?

Is count still ok to use?

There's no saving Grace in that dingbat story.

Terrible story.

Archie Bunker couldn't be associated with Major League Baseball in 2020. Not that he would be missing anything.

Is dingbat racist?

Sounds like this network is run by a flock of dingbats.

This is the kinda outrage that makes people not give a crap about actual problems. "Dingbat" isn't a battle worth fighting.

Should have told the slump buster story

Grace May be a terrible storyteller, but that was a totally harmless story meant to fill up some airtime.

I kinda had a feeling this was gonna be an issue when I was watching the game. I mean they gave a lifetime ban to a fan playing the circle game

I think Gracie has been drinking again

So dingbat is a bad word? Would goofball be more acceptable?

That's worth a suspension?

Omg that's brutal to listen to