How Can We All Move Forward After Jarren Duran’s Screw-Up?

Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY SportsHoly eephus. Not even a week had passed since Billy Bean died, and barely three days had gone by since I named Jarren Duran as a player who’d benefitted personally from Bean’s inclusion work...and you know what happened next. Duran instigated a Whole Thing by flinging a homophobic slur at a fan in the stands at Fenway.

For anyone who may be wondering why we’re still talking about this, or who feels like this should be over already:

Because it’s important.

This happened on Sunday; I write on Fridays. Big events have long tails.

That’s what we do in baseball: observe events, get data, and then talk about it forever.

I’m leading with a light touch, which might belie my…