Cole Hamels is a better person than you are

[LesClaypool]

I don't watch MLB and I have no idea who this guy is...but he's a baller for what he's just done. Kudos, Cole.

https://sports.yahoo.com/cole-hamels-donating-10-million-165859192.html

The house, which sits on a lake outside of Branson, Missouri, will be given to Camp Barnabas, a faith-based group that “helps individuals with special needs and chronic illnesses.” As the name suggests, the group provides camping experiences, so the acreage and home will either serve that end or, possibly, sold to help fund that end.

 

[seminole97]

 

[funksouljon]

Wow. Pretty cool. I would be happy with just the garage wing.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Is this where Ozark takes place?

I suppose this is one way to launder that dinero.

 

[Semiologist]

He's a better person because he can afford to give away a 10 mil house?!? By that logic, he's a better person than Jesus who, according to the Bible, never gave away a 10 mil house either.

But it is an awesome gesture by Cole Hamels!

 

[LesClaypool]

He's a better person because he can afford to give away a 10 mil house?!? By that logic, he's a better person than Jesus who, according to the Bible, never gave away a 10 mil house either.

But it is an awesome gesture by Cole Hamels!

Yeah, play semantics all you want.

He's a better person than you (and me...and just about everyone else) are. Sorry.

 

[QuaZ2002]

Yeah, play semantics all you want.

He's a better person than you (and me...and just about everyone else) are. Sorry.

What if he treats people poorly in his every day life and is a serial adulterer but still gave the house away? Is he still a better person? While I agree it’s an incredibly generous thing to do I have a feeling he’s not living in a 2 bedroom apartment in Texas.

 

[LesClaypool]

What if he treats people poorly in his every day life and is a serial adulterer but still gave the house away? Is he still a better person? While I agree it’s an incredibly generous thing to do I have a feeling he’s not living in a 2 bedroom apartment in Texas.

Keep making up reasons to believe a guy who just gave away a $10 mil house isn't a better person than you are.

 

[NoleLizards]

Hamels is living proof of what I said about LHP's in a recent thread. He's maybe slightly better than mediocre at his craft yet gets paid an exorbitant amount because southpaws are valued so highly in MLB.

 

[Semiologist]

Cole Hamels current contract is for $144 mil!!!!! 10 mil isn't even a tithe. Sorry Les, but I know people who give away a lot more percentage-wise of their money.
http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/texas-rangers/cole-hamels-639/

 

[mcgrawfsu]

Cole Hamels current contract is for $144 mil!!!!! 10 mil isn't even a tithe. Sorry Les, but I know people who give away a lot more percentage-wise of their money.
http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/texas-rangers/cole-hamels-639/

He likely will see less than half of that after taxes, agent fees, and a number of other things that come right off the top before he gets it.

 

[NoleLizards]

He likely will see less than half of that after taxes, agent fees, and a number of other things that come right off the top before he gets it.

At least he's in Texas (no state income tax).

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Keep making up reasons to believe a guy who just gave away a $10 mil house isn't a better person than you are.

i agree that this gesture was incredibly generous and something none of us could afford, however history is littered with men and women who've donated tremendous amounts of money but turned out to be awful people. drug lords, philanderers, rapists, tax evaders, corrupt politicians, murderers, dictators, etc...

that's not to say he's any of those but let's not conflate charity with being a good person.

a poor man with not a dime to his name can be a better person than any benevolent millionaire unless you simply measure ones goodness by their cash contributions.

 

[RunRonnieRun]

Cole Hamels current contract is for $144 mil!!!!! 10 mil isn't even a tithe. Sorry Les, but I know people who give away a lot more percentage-wise of their money.
http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/texas-rangers/cole-hamels-639/

It's 42% of one year's salary. Are you assuming this is his only charitable giving? Would you be OK with Les' statement if he gave away $10MM every year?

 

[funksouljon]

Hamels is living proof of what I said about LHP's in a recent thread. He's maybe slightly better than mediocre at his craft yet gets paid an exorbitant amount because southpaws are valued so highly in MLB.

Sure wish I had a pitching coach when I was little and had grown earlier. Oh, what could have been.

 

[funksouljon]

It's 42% of one year's salary. Are you assuming this is his only charitable giving? Would you be OK with Les' statement if he gave away $10MM every year?

Sometimes its just never enough. He was compared to Jesus in the first post. So......

 

[NoleLizards]

Sure wish I had a pitching coach when I was little and had grown earlier. Oh, what could have been.

Said in the other thread if I'd ever had a boy I would have groomed him to be left-handed from birth.

 

[Semiologist]

It's 42% of one year's salary. Are you assuming this is his only charitable giving? Would you be OK with Les' statement if he gave away $10MM every year?

I have no problem with Cole Hamels. As a matter of fact, I believe everyone who can give to charity should give. And Cole has certainly stepped up!
It's the statement that he's a "better person" in the title that I take umbrage to. As a blanket statement to everyone who reads that title, I can't imagine all of them are inferior. You can twist the words to see fit however you want to believe but it's still faulty logic.

 

[mcgrawfsu]

Said in the other thread if I'd ever had a boy I would have groomed him to be left-handed from birth.

I have a friend whose kid is 14, throws 80+, and a lefty. funny thing is up until his 12 year old season of LL, we didn't know if he was a lefty or righty. He was absolutely terrible. Funny how things can change after a couple years of puberty

 

[NoleLizards]

I have a friend whose kid is 14, throws 80+, and a lefty. funny thing is up until his 12 year old season of LL, we didn't know if he was a lefty or righty. He was absolutely terrible. Funny how things can change after a couple years of puberty

If you have a daughter, get her involved with that kid ASAP !

 

[RunRonnieRun]

I have a friend whose kid is 14, throws 80+, and a lefty. funny thing is up until his 12 year old season of LL, we didn't know if he was a lefty or righty. He was absolutely terrible. Funny how things can change after a couple years of puberty

That kid's gonna be rich.

 

[seminole97]

While I agree it’s an incredibly generous thing to do I have a feeling he’s not living in a 2 bedroom apartment in Texas.

Of course not, that’s not what better people do.

 

[OrlandNole]

That place is better suited for a school of wizardry than a camp for special needs kids.

 

[cfbfan23]

The house looks like something a rich Bransonite would want to build.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Keep making up reasons to believe a guy who just gave away a $10 mil house isn't a better person than you are.

I hear that he's incredibly generous with his money, but that he also kills vagrants and treats puppies badly. I do none of those things. Advantage: Me

 

[SoddyNole]

Ohh nice build a house for special needs kids and have steps in the front entrance. This guy is obviously a sadist.

 

[TennNole17]

He's certainly a better individual than Cole Trickle.

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

Cole Hamels current contract is for $144 mil!!!!! 10 mil isn't even a tithe. Sorry Les, but I know people who give away a lot more percentage-wise of their money.
http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/texas-rangers/cole-hamels-639/

Disagree. It's about the amount, not the percentage. Rich people are naturally better people than you poors.

 

[LesClaypool]

Disagree. It's about the amount, not the percentage. Rich people are naturally better people than you poors.

Exactly...I don't care if you tithe 10% of your income to the church. That $500 bucks doesn't do nearly the damage that Hamels' $10 mil house will do.

 

[DFSNOLE]

Exactly...I don't care if you tithe 10% of your income to the church. That $500 bucks doesn't do nearly the damage that Hamels' $10 mil house will do.

You both need to review Mark 12: 41-44

 

[LesClaypool]

You both need to review Mark 12: 41-44

I'm sure there are plenty more than just that one that I need to read.

 

[DFSNOLE]

I'm sure there are plenty more than just that one that I need to read.

Yes but that parable is directly related to your comment.

 

[EconSean]

Will he pay the property tax each year, or will the charity be saddled with that?

 

[DFSNOLE]

Will he pay the property tax each year, or will the charity be saddled with that?

Not sure how it works in Missouri but in Florida, there are no property taxes on lands owned by churches.

 

[GoNolesTX]

And he snagged his wife from Survivor. Hope he remembers how to throw strikes this year, the past two years have been painful.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

And he snagged his wife from Survivor. Hope he remembers how to throw strikes this year, the past two years have been painful.

Homegirl has eyes like a cult member

 

[RangerNole]

That is cool and kudos to him; but there is one person on this board he is not better than. Care to guess who???

 

[F4Gary]

Guess he needed to get his donation done this year and not next year.

 

[1handsomenole]

Curious if the hostility towards the donor's gift would change if the thread title simply stated, "Cole Hamels is a Good Person"?

 

[seminole97]

Homegirl has eyes like a cult member

Honestly, those eyes are amazing. I’m just going to assume contacts.
The picture above with the ribcage and bolt-ons.... ugh.