[The Onion] Dying Kid In Houston Holding On Until Astros Develop Player Worth Meeting

strong kid

 

When the Astros call up Springer his death will be on them.

 

that was the kind of thing where the joke peaked at the title. the rest was just beating a dead horse.

 

I loved the whole article. The part with the chemo and the suffering is the best.

 

Yeah, I was very amused at the title....the rest was meh.

 

Terrible. Onion tries way too hard.

 

Actually, Chris Carter is on pace to hit 30 HR. I guess he has somebody to meet.

 

Good title, so so article

 

hard to shake hands when all you have are cast iron skillets

 

lol. Too funny.

 

The article neglects to mention that his cancer was caused by Bud Selig forcing to the Astros to switch to the American League.

 

Why are people so sensitive? Chron blog talking about this Onion article. Yes, I hope they didn't offend the parents of this fictional child.

http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2013/07/did-the-onion-go-too-far-with-astros-joke/

 

i think it was unnecessary to attach a specific disease to it, personally. that doesn't make it any more or less funny. they could have just said it was a terminally ill kid, and avoided offending parents who have gone through losing their small children to cancer.

 

So they were supposed to be worried about the sensitivities of people who have obviously never read their publication?

 

The article was way too direct and heavy handed. The quotes were sooooo mechanical.


This is probably my favorite Onion article ever:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/why-do-all-these-homosexuals-keep-sucking-my-****,10861/