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Originally Posted by G1911
I collect him but I’m not sure why Juan Marichal gets a pass for, at best, assault and battery on film or, if he wasn’t a famous ball player, attempted homicide considering the other things being brought up.
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I've seen a couple of rationalizations for it. Both make me wince.
Marichal is such a gentleman who just lost his cool. Some people seem to think that when someone is often polite and smiles, this makes homicidal behavior more acceptable. The best part about this is that in one recent interview (while exhibiting those exact gentlemanly characteristics), Marichal basically still says today that his actions were not in the wrong.
And, Roseboro forgave him for it. As if Roseboro's personal decision there has anything to do with how awful the incident still was.