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CC Sabathia, Carlos Beltran, and the ugliest aspects of sports fandom

CC Sabathia announced he will miss the playoffs due to seeking help for his alcoholism. Carlos Beltran's wife just went into labor. The responses to this range from supportive to sickening. Let's look at the latter.

The cliched opening to what I'm about to write is the classic statement about how the word "fan" is short for "fanatic." Then, I'm supposed to give you the definition of that word, even though most people taking the time to read this obviously know what the word means. The reason I'm telling you this now is because if you are the type of fan who is criticizing CC Sabathia's decision to seek help for his alcohol addiction right before the playoffs, you should stop reading this right now because I am about to go into full-on rant mode and plan to point out what a horrible human being you are.