Actual hate.

Points:

Heimlich was cited for two counts. One in 2009-2010 and one in 2011. That might mean that Heimlich may have only been charged with two separate occurrences with general dates rather than multiple occurrences within those dates. Also, he only pleaded guilty to one count, the 2011 count. He admitted sexual contact but that might not mean that he admitted what the six-year-old alleged.

Heimlich was sentenced to two years' of sex offender treatment and probation.

Heimlich was cited for failing to comply with the law on April 3, 2017. That charge was dropped on May 17, 2017. The Sheriff's Department stated that they were trying to enforce a law that they had not previously enforced. As I posted earlier, the foregoing information may mean that (1) Heimlich complied with the law; (2) Heimlich was unaware of the law; or (3) Heimlich was aware of the law but that Benton County did not enforce such law, so he did not comply for that reason. Also, in all probability, if Heimlich were playing for a Florida, a Florida State, an LSU, or a Vanderbilt, in my opinion, Benton County drops the citation, scrubs the computer, and this allegation does not see the light of day until after the final out in Omaha.

My takeaway:

There is a lot of conjecture here. On balance, though, I think that we can all agree that people should not sexually assault on another. I think that we can also agree that a fifteen-year-old should not be sexually assaulting a six-year-old. A fifteen-year-old who sexually assaults a six-year-old should be punished and reformed, if possible. Was the 15-year-old reformed? It seems that that is true.

Was the punishment sufficient? The golden rule in law is to put yourself in the position of the victim or the victim's family. Let's say you're the victim's dad. You have a happy, healthy, bright, and well-adjusted four-year-old, and your idiot nephew (reading between the lines) does this to her, robs her of her happiness and steals her innocence. Is two years' of sex offender treatment sufficient punishment? In my book, the answer is a definitive no.

I know people who have been to law school, who can never be attorneys, because of what they did in their youth. Your actions have consequences, even youthful actions. Look at Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa. Look at Shoeless Joe Jackson. Look at Pete Rose. While you may never be successfully prosecuted for your crimes, the Court of Public Opinion can and will punish your transgressions for decades after-the-fact.

In my opinion, if the law fails to punish someone sufficiently, we owe it to ourselves and our families to ensure that Heimlich pays his debt to society, that he pays his debt to that 11-year-old.

Additionally, as fans of Oregon State University, the greatest university in the world, we owe it to each other, to the graduates, to those taking classes, to those that have applied, and to those that are even thinking about applying to ensure that the athletes at OSU exemplifies the best within each of us. Does this mean that we expect perfection out of our players? Absolutely not. But there are minimal societal norms that we can expect Oregon State athletes not to sink below. Heimlich sank below those societal norms. He made a outrageous and heinous mistake.

I would like to see him never appear in Oregon State orange and black again, because the uniform means less to the other guys on the team, to the guys that put it on before, and to the guys that put it on after Heimlich, if he is allowed to put it on again.

There is far more to life than a diamond, a wall, nine guys, a ball, and a stick. And we can never, ever kid ourselves that a game is bigger than the life and well-being of a living, breathing human being.

Having said all of that, if there is another side to the story, if there is more to it, Heimlich or someone else at Oregon State needs to step out and tell their side, their story. If they do that and shed a different light on what we now know, I am open to change my opinion. Until then, I think that we need to uniformly say that we do not condone Heimlich's actions and that Heimlich is unfit to represent this university.

I was responding to the black and white moralizing. This isn't a black and white issue; there are several layers, not the least of which is the fact that he complied with all of the requirements of the State of Washington. Justice according to the State of Washington, was served. Yet, he's cancelling on the entire OSU athletic program. Why? Punish everyone else for one kid's legal problem? Really? So my response, admittedly a bit extreme, was a reaction to his extreme reaction.

Luke is getting punished -- again; the vic is being victimized -- again; 25 of his teammates are being punished; every OSU student and alum are being tainted. And he's going to cancel his support for the athletic program. Sorry, but his reaction was seriously childish and I responded accordingly.

My apologies to the regular posters.

I hope you are making a very bad joke. Kudos to the O? Seriously. The #1 concern in all this is for the victim, and to have this wound unceremoniously ripped open when according to her own mother she has poor recollection of it, is just beyond the lowest actions one human could to do a child, to me she is being abused all over again. Pathetic. I love the pat Casey beavs but for me this magical season is now over. Baseball championships just seem so pointless right now.

I have cancelled by trip to Omaha.

this was meant in response to the jackass thanking the Oregonian, not going to the trouble to edit it.  

I'm not sure that this is an appropriate response. All the information coming out that I have seen suggests that LH has done pretty much everything by the book pretty much since the case was open. The Oregonian article(s) stink of sensationalized reporting. They seem to have made a huge deal about something that has been taken care of by the legal process. The only question that remains is what OSU knew and when. And whether ethically they ought to accept certain students or not. 

To me, it's a smear attack on an otherwise perfect season. 

Frankly as a fan I DONT deserve to know anything about these guys' personal lives, and in fact I wish I DIDNT know... Now I have to deal with some very mixed feelings when all I want to do is watch some baseball and root for my team...

Vigilante justice is not the answer. If you don't like the punishment, you don't take it out on an individual, you work to change the laws - and I doubt you will have any luck in this case. Washington's laws are tougher than most. 

If you have tickets for this weekend and don't want them anymore, please let us know how to buy them from you.