The thing that I wish would happen is this: he comes out and says, "Yeah, I was in that room. I was stupid. I was drunk. I was young and heady with the idea that I was special because I could hit a baseball. I don't know what Baldwin did because I was in the bathroom doing other stupid shit, but I know what the girl said, I offered (according to Kapler this is true) to apologize, and now 5 years later, I look back and see the harm that was done to this young woman, to this girl, that we took advantage of a kid who had a terrible life experience to that point, and I want people to see now that this is an issue. I regret that night. I regret it and I want to be a better person than I was that night. I want to help clubs see that their "men" (again, as Kapler put it) don't always know the right thing to do and they need to spend more time helping us figure it out. We're put on a pedestal from a young age, and we think we're immortal and special and that our actions have no consequences. But they do. They had consequences on that young woman."
The issue, RR, is that he WAS there, he DOES know what happened for the entire time he wasn't in the bathroom, and he DOES know what Baldwin was accused of. He is guilty of being there, participating in some way in dumbassery that led to an exploited kid being further exploited and sexually assaulted. Maybe he didn't know she was a runaway 17 year old with a wretched history, but he found that out and he sure as hell knows it now. So, where is the contrition now? Where is the attempt to make a difference now? He should fucking OWN his part in it, whatever it was, because that is what human beings should do. He could make a crappy situation better, he really could. And the Red Sox could have decided to be maybe the 1st club that says, you know what? We don't want this kid unless he clears that night up, owns it and participates in activities now that will help make a positive difference in lives of other people in similar situations to that girl. But they didn't because it's a business first and foremost; money is more important than humanity. And he won't ever own up tp his part that night because - why should he? No one holds him responsible for his part in it. He had a part in it. The whole thing just disgusts me, to be honest.