The John Lackey divorce thing
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 26, 2011 4:50 PM CDT
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PrintI'm back from court, and wanted to say something about TMZ reporting that John Lackey has filed for divorce from his wife, who is battling cancer.
I wouldn't normally comment on this, but I saw a lot of stuff on Twitter ripping Lackey, talking about what a bad guy he is, etc.
I don't know what Lackey's situation is. Neither do you, most likely. All we know is what TMZ has reported, which is that he filed on 8/30, and even that hasn't been confirmed, from what I can tell.
That hasn't kept people from jumping to conclusions. Jeff Passan, in particular, has been on his high horse and whipping Lackey on Twitter. After ragging on him for a while, he then sent out this tweet:
JeffPassan Jeff PassanCan any divorce lawyers answer this: If it's a mutually agreed-upon divorce, couples usually file together, right?
The answer, as I (as a Texas divorce lawyer) told him on Twitter (and as Craig Calcaterra, among others, pointed out) is "no." Generally speaking, in Texas, someone files. Even if it it mutually agreed upon, even if both people want the divorce, even if there's no dispute on what they are going to do, cases are, in almost every case, filed by one party.
This hasn't stopped Passan from passing judgment, though:
JeffPassan Jeff Passan@mattaromando My opinion is based on the fact he filed for divorce while his wife is fighting cancer. I don't need tmz to tell me its wrong.
The fact that he filed doesn't mean he "left" her, as some have suggested. It doesn't mean he hasn't, either. It doesn't mean he wants the divorce and she doesn't. It doesn't mean she wants the divorce and he's filed because he's given up on making the marriage work.
Maybe Lackey is the bad guy here. Maybe he's acting horribly, and he deserves condemnation. If so, we'll know soon enough. But at this point, to say, as Passan does, that he knows it is wrong based on what scant information is out there is ignorant.
The fact that TMZ says it was filed using just initials, rather than names, and that it was filed almost a month ago but info is just now leaking, suggests to me, at first blush, that this may be something both parties are trying to do privately, with a minimal amount of both rancor and publicity. I could be wrong, of course. But my experience has been that, to date, they are conducting this like people who are trying to avoid exactly the sort of spectacle TMZ is trying to turn this in to. Divorces often get filed, after all, because both parties have reached a point where they realize that it is inevitable. There isn't always a "good guy" and a "bad guy," one party who is abandoning the other. Oftentimes, once someone files, both parties have decided that's the best course of action.
Again, that may not be the case here. I don't know. You don't know. Jeff Passan doesn't know. And that's why everyone should keep their damn mouths shut about this unless and until more information comes out. Because the bottom line is, we don't know what is going on with these folks. We don't know why a divorce was filed. We don't know that he "left" his wife, and we sure as hell don't have enough information to blanketly condemn Lackey for doing something that is "wrong."
But given that neither party has, to this point, felt it appropriate to alert the media, I think at the very least, the family is entitled to their privacy and should be spared value judgments.
UPDATE -- The Red Sox have released a statement:
"John Lackey is dealing with a deeply personal family issue, and it is one the Red Sox do not feel is appropriate for public debate. The Red Sox request that John and Krista’s privacy be respected.
The Red Sox will not have any further comment."
UPDATE -- Reading back through this, I realize that, as often happens, I got a little wound up. I want to be clear...I think Jeff Passan is a hell of a writer who does really good work. I have a lot of respect for him, and am quoting him and his tweets because those were the ones this morning that jumped out at me, not because I'm wanting to bash him.
UPDATE -- I don't follow Jon Heyman, so only a couple of minutes ago saw this tweet from earlier today:
@SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman
john lackey, divorcing cancer-stricken wife (via TMZ), complains about timing of text from media. poor baby.
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After trying to come up with a horseface joke for 5 minutes
I have nothing appropriate.
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by TxStCa on Sep 26, 2011 4:54 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Loud, sustained applause, Adam.
Someone needed to tell these people to shut up. You are just the right person to do it, with your knowledge of divorce law. Thank you.
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Agreed. This quote was quite smashing.
by lost in space on Sep 26, 2011 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Marriage Smashing FTMFW
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He must have a spouse who's been aflicted with cancer
and he knows exactly what one should do and how one should react. He has the answers and he looks down upon vermin like Lackey who won’t do the “right thing”.
by behindthebag on Sep 26, 2011 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Also, as to the cancer thing
It’s tragic that she has cancer, but that’s not a reason he should stay with her if they’re otherwise miserable.
by mtobo on Sep 26, 2011 5:01 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I agree
I don’t see why people think he’s a bad guy for getting a divorce. Sure, it’s horrible that she has cancer, but it’s not like he should be forced to stay with someone. He shouldn’t have to be stuck with a person he doesn’t want to be with, even if she happens to have cancer.
lol.. man... dont get too drunk... but dont get not drunk enough that its rape
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jul 29, 2011 6:44 PM CDT
Absolutely right.
He may be the biggest dick in the world who deserves all this scorn, or he may be a saint. But the lady has cancer and that’s hard enough, and what if the guy really IS just a regular Joe looking for a divorce?
I feel for Lackey. Maybe his pitching this season has something to do with it, it would sure as hell make sense.
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im thinking a certain
texas rangers blogger that isnt jamey newberg wants to represent one mr. lackey in his divorce
by studcrackers on Sep 26, 2011 5:07 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
who else did this? that john kerry guy?
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by I am Neftali Feliz on Sep 26, 2011 5:09 PM CDT reply actions
oh johnny edwards... thats right.
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by I am Neftali Feliz on Sep 26, 2011 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Edwards.
But he was cheating on his wife while she had cancer. I don’t think they divorced at that point.
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yeah thats right.
"God dammit TAG I swear to God if you keep this "It was a close play" shit up all night I will send you cookies made from my own shit" -River Fenix 8/26/2011
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by I am Neftali Feliz on Sep 26, 2011 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
John McCain did something similar
divorced his wife after she got badly disfigured in a car accident.
Newt Gingrich
Then cheated on the 2nd wife while impeaching CLinton for a BJ. WIll be SHOCKED if his 3rd marriage has any problems.
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This is the thing that drives me batty....
You have all these politicians talking about moral values, and then, they do stuff like this.
But then, the ones that DON’T do this sort of stuff, are either too stupid to actually be President or not enough of a leader to be one….
Maybe you need to be an asshole to be a “leader” in politics….
I think I hate Jeff Passan more than I do Lackey.
His tweets are unbelievably ridiculous. He’s figured out everything and passed judgement with almost zero substantiated facts.
I don't hate him
He’s a good writer and does good work. He’s reacting the way a lot of people have, and the way I might, if I didn’t have the background I do.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 26, 2011 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I just don't see how he and others can make such a stand on this issue
without having any sort of facts about it. He’s taken a rumor/TMZ story and completely decided how things are and how things should be. I can’t stand people that do that.
Can’t understand how people don’t realize that it’s okay to reserve judgement sometimes.
by behindthebag on Sep 26, 2011 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Good call Adam.
Divorces can suck. If people start running their mouths, it can suck even worse. Best thing is to keep mouths shut.
Some people responded to him on twitter about
jumping to conclusions about this and he’s just completely disregarding that aspect and making the whole situation black and white. There’s no gray area here for him.
by behindthebag on Sep 26, 2011 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Passan is a world class holier than thou butt-munch
He is also a good writer but an incredible tool on a wide range of sports issues.
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by future on Sep 26, 2011 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is basically when Twitter blurs the lines
Passan is a reporter so he’s supposed to investigate the facts and present a reasoned analysis/opinion. But twitter is often used to just throw out crap off top of someone’s head. So when a reporter provides some throw away tweet it’s looked at more critically.
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is it ok for me to still think Lackey is a douchebag
for completely different reasons?
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Sure
And it may come out that he was doing a John Edwards and being a slimebag and abandoning his wife in her time of need. Then we can rip him for that.
We don’t know that yet, though.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 26, 2011 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Was it intentional that you used the phrase "high horse" and "whipping Lackey" in the same sentence?
I hope it was.
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*phrases
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011, in response to me saying I would rather face the Thunder than the Grizzlies in the WCF.
Is there any real downside
to ripping Lackey as a douchebag even if it isn’t true?
by BedwetterBlanco on Sep 26, 2011 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
still would look better than Lackey
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I wish this were how the real world works
the family is entitled to their privacy and should be spared value judgments
This happens a lot when people get divorced
for some reason no matter the situation many people immediately assume that the husband must be the reason for the divorce. It’s stupid. To run around in this claiming you know Lackey is wrong is ridiculous.
Same situation with child support. I pay child support, some how in some peoples eyes that makes me a dead beat. I must have run out on my family and now I’m paying for it by paying child support. It’s the exact opposite, she emptied my bank account and ran off with two different guys…. but this state will hand custody to the mother without blinking. So now I get weekends and pay child support. I’m angry.
I needed AJM when I got divorced. I was told by a lawyer that unless I can prove my daughter’s life is in danger I would be wasting my time and money hiring him.
Bad Person Ranking....
1. The person who reports on the “news” that a baseball player is getting a divorce from his wife who has cancer… How does this relate to the team? Baseball? Do people need to know this? Haha, none of the above.
2. Couple who gets divorce because things aren’t working.
3. All the rest of us.
Seriously, if I was Passan’s editor, I would suspend him through the playoffs. Just give him a timeout.
So what do you think the text said?
Just asking questions about the divorce or actually making a vulgar comment about it?
I'd guess
It was telling him that there was a story about to break about him getting a divorce, and did he want to comment/confirm/deny.
I have no idea, but that’s what would seem to make sense.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 26, 2011 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
I guess that’s all it was. It seems odd that he would have flipped his shit over that. I can’t imagine he thought he could keep his divorce private forever.
Well said, AJM.
We don’t know the inside problems of their marriage so we shouldn’t speculate.
Is Lackey a bad guy? Maybe, but we shouldn’t judge him for this. We don’t know what marital problems there were.
Lackey is a douche
Regardless of the who/what/why in this divorce thing. Knowing his douchness, I’m seriously doubting the truth behind this divorce will be kind to him, but I don’t really care either. Professional athlete is not a job where your personal life is fair game.
Real great timing on his part though from a P.R. standpoint. Can’t wait till the off-season to file for divorce?
Baseball's hard, guys. I mean, it really is. You can love it but, believe me, it don't always love you back. It's kind of like dating a German chick, you know?
You assume it was up to him..
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by Bface on Sep 26, 2011 5:51 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Maybe his wife is so busy with other things, like cancer, for example, that she asked him to have his lawyers take care of the filing.
And said she’d rather it be done sooner than later.
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Maybe he just doesn't want to catch her cancer.
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by iorange555 on Sep 26, 2011 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
Hes a pitcher not a catcher
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by Bface on Sep 26, 2011 5:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
We don't know that do we...
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by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 26, 2011 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions
So he gave cancer to her?
What a douche.
by macromorgan on Sep 26, 2011 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Is there possibly another issue at play?
I was really young when this happened but we had these family friends where the husband had MS or MD. Near the end, the husband couldn’t function and shortly before he died, they put him in a nursing home and the couple got a divorce. I know for sure that there was no ulterior motive in her getting the divorce – she never remarried or dated other people. But I always assumed there was some financial issue that probably drove the divorce.
Wouldn't the MLB insurance policy
cover spouses/immediate family? MLB insurance has to be pretty kick ass.
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by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 26, 2011 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
reason why I’m thinking my scenario probably doesn’t apply. The wife above was really poor and Lackey definitely is not that.
I remember reading an Article about Texas Rangers who'd only appeared in 1 game as a Ranger
In the Rangers Program a few years back and there was some scrub middle infielder who got called up and got in 1 game, but he was obviously on the 25 man for some of the year.
The article went on to say that they really proved beneficial as he and his wife just had a child with several problems, but he was on the roster for 1 day and MLB insurance kicked and saved the family immensely $$ wise.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Dear Rangers, Make me forget about 2010.......
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 26, 2011 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Ramon Manon maybe...
He was a pitcher though
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Dear Rangers, Make me forget about 2010.......
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 26, 2011 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, Colby Lewis mentioned how big a factorbinsurance was when he came back to mlb...
His wife has something where the policy is a huge help.
Was offered similar coin in Japan but they didn’t have insurance there.
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by Ryin A on Sep 26, 2011 6:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I believe Medicaid has means testing
so to be eligible she would have to get $0.00 from their divorce. So the choice is multi-millions or medicaid.
Probably a $ thing
Put him on Medicaid rather than drain the family’s bank accounts.
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I don't know about Mass..or where he filed.
But how AJM described it is exactly how of works in CT. It doesn’t matter if this is a “no contest” divorce or not, one person must file suit for divorce against the other.
It doesn’t matter if they’re both there at the courthouse when initially filed, the other person must be legally served with said suit. It’s always going to be plaintiff filing suit against dependent. If the defendent has no issues with said divorce, then no contest paperwork is filed.
This still takes several months.
This is all, once again, another example of the public jumping to conclusions against a celebrity’s personal life..when no one should give a flying fuck. It’s also proffered how men are unfairly judged on the surface in situations like this.
I left me ex wife and I filed for divorce. The reasons for this were deeply personal and only 2 people in my life know the whole story. Because it was I that left and it was I that filed, I was automatically labeled the bad guy.
It really sucked.
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by Brandon Worley on Sep 26, 2011 5:58 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
He filed in Texas
but he had a prenup.
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Dear Rangers, Make me forget about 2010.......
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 26, 2011 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Pft...
Who’s worse, the guy divorcing his wife with cancer, or a lawyer?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
what about a cancerous lawyer
divorcing a healthy wife?
by studcrackers on Sep 26, 2011 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Do people just put two and two together with the initials and the assets listed?
Are assets even listed in the initial filings?
No
Pleadings generally don’t list assets.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 26, 2011 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I doubt it
I assume someone leaked it.
Given that it was TMZ that reported it, and given that the details are sparse, if I were to bet, I’d say it was some low-level functionary at the courthouse or with a delivery service that offered them a copy of the pleading for some sum of money.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 26, 2011 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Interesting
But it is a public pleading.
Apparently the Parker-Longoria divorce was filed (and leaked) in the same way.
The thing I’ve seen about “anonymous” filings using initials – if you know the parties at all, you can usually figure out who they are talking about. You would know better about divorce filings but I’m wondering if there aren’t some clues that narrow it down to a baseball player (or even athlete) where someone can then connect some dots back to Lackey.
The initials always seemed odd to me – that actually helps quite a bit in identifying someone.
These are great points.
I immediately jumped to “douchebag” which I shouldn’t have done. I don’t know the whole story, and it’s not any of my business anyway.
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nice reference.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Dear Rangers, Make me forget about 2010.......
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 26, 2011 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't really understand why you are backtracking on your criticism of Passan
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@joetarring You’re right on unknown details. Would any of them mitigate it for you? On principle, are you OK w/men leaving women w/cancer?
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@joetarring I believe when someone files for divorce he/she petitions to legally separate from spouse, right? Sounds abandonish to me.
That is a completely immature response to have. Has he ever been married or divorced? Had a wife with cancer? From what I gather from his twitter, he hasn’t backed down at all from any of the original sentiments. He might be a fine writer but it doesn’t surprise me at all that it can’t prevent him from being a giant cock. And the more respectable people that call him out for it the better.
Yup. I can think of 2-3 reasons why this would not be "abandonish" just off the top of my head.
I don’t understand why Passan doesn’t just stop. I understand that AJM doesn’t want to single him out, but I now think less of Passan due to this.
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Has he ever been in a boardroom?
Has he ever been in a knife fight? Had a buddy die in his arms?
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by benmor78 on Sep 26, 2011 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
That sure gives a man some perspective
"In fact, most of these free-swinging Padres couldn’t hit Dock’s funky palm ball. I threw it often. But by then, also, the first acid distractions entered: the TV flickered; the cracks in the wall started to move; the hand soap started to breathe — those sorts of things. Plus I was drawn to the outdoor garden between innings. Rain was near, I sensed." - A.J. Daulerio
Looks like Hoss disagrees
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Looks like you got out in front of this one.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Dear Rangers, Make me forget about 2010.......
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 26, 2011 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
People automatically passing judgement on divorces as being a terrible thing...
Bit of a sore subject with me.
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Lets give the dude the benefit of the doubt for a minute. Until the whole story comes out. If shes a crazy physco B that tried to kill him one night….well cancer be damned he should divorce her.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Dear Rangers, Make me forget about 2010.......
by matthewbschultz83 on Sep 26, 2011 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't typically read the OT threads.
Different from this thread, then.
by Black Francis on Sep 26, 2011 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
re HEYMAN (hey man, that's not cool ...)
He was enough of a dick to quip “[Manny] has had more honeymoons than Liz Taylor” less than a week after her death. Heyman, that’s not cool …
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ITA Adam, Unless you're in the Lackey's household, I'd find it really irresponsible the judgements being passed around..
How he’s perceived wouldn’t win him many points from the media but unless you know the entire story, I just don’t think it’s right the kind of insults being thrown around. This is something highly personal and sensitive the media and journalists especially ought to stay out of it.
I get the specs and gossip from the net but baseball journalists like the above actually saying something? Wow just wow who are you to comment on someone’s divorce without knowing all the facts?
Yes she has cancer but what makes you think she didnt want the divorce as well? What if the reason one wasn’t filed all this time was because of said cancer?
Or the cancer gave her perspective...
and she said “Life is too short to be married to John Lackey.”
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I can't believe I forgot this until now
My friend’s parents were unhappy forever, and when his mom got cancer she moved out. Eventually divorced.
My mom’s friend has cancer with only a couple months to live, and refuses to retire even though she has a golden parachute.
People react to things different ways.
by Black Francis on Sep 26, 2011 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions
hey guys, Lackey despiser here
Krista Lackey got diagnosed before Thanksgiving 2010. She underwent a double mastectomy earlier this year and is still undergoing chemotherapy.
She’s very early 30’s…I wish HER the best. Horseface can go jump into the Bahstan Habah
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HE filed, not her. I know it's all speculation at this point, but his timing is what looks bad
I hope it IS a situation that she initiated. However, since they got married in November, he may have gotten it going in case there’s a special 3 yr point in the pre-nup where there is a higher tier pay off to her.
I still cant stand him.
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Read the blog post above
Him filing does not indicate who initiated the divorce. Just wait and see to be angry.
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