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Bill Bradley is an All-American, Olympic Gold Medalist, two-time NBA champion (N.Y. Nicks), NBA All-Star, NBA Hall of Famer, and also Rhodes Scholar and U.S. Senator. Chris Dudley is not only merely a point of trivia but also a poor sportsman: after getting dunked on (i.e., posterized) by Shaquille O'Neal in the NBA Playoffs, he proceeded to throw the ball at O'Neal's back as he was walking away. Dudley got charged with a technical foul and probably should have been fined for unsportsmanlike behavior. (Not to mention his cheap shot missed its target, just like more than half of his career free throws.)

Chris Young out of Princeton pitches for the Padres but he was offered a contract with the Sacramento Kings to play in the NBA.

Chris Young is also a poor sportsman. On June 16 2007, Chris Young threw a pitch that hit Chicago Cubs All-Star first baseman Derrek Lee on the back of the upper left arm. The day before the fracas, Alfonso Soriano homered off David Wells, and the Padres believed Soriano showed poor sportsmanship by admiring and celebrating his home run. The pitch nicked Lee's left hand near his surgically repaired wrist. When Lee began walking towards first base, both he and Young exchanged words, and a bench-clearing altercation ensued. Both Young and Lee were ejected from the game. On June 18, Young and Lee were suspended five games each for their roles in the brawl.

To say Chris Young is a poor sportsman is to say that every pitcher who has intentionally hit a batter is a poor sportsman.

Which is clearly not true.

I disagree, the very act of intentionally hitting a batter with a pitched ball is against the rules of baseball and can be quite dangerous, even deadly on occasion.

That is why the punishment for such an act is ejection and possible suspension and fines. The unethical nature of the act also often leads to bench clearing brawls....hardly "sportsmanlike."