Normally we wouldn't be wasting bandwidth on the gutless beast known as "Jihadi John," but there's actually a baseball angle to this.
The ISIS militant, who recent videos suggest is personally responsible for a number of unthinkably gruesome hostage beheadings, was this week identified as Mohammed Emwazi. Emwazi was a long-time resident of London, and this photo of him as a student at University of Westminster, taken some time before his 2009 graduation, was recently discovered and widely distributed:
(Image via @SkyNews)
That's Emzawi on the right as you've most often seen him -- hiding his face -- and on the left that's him as a student in, obviously, a Pirates hat. Regarding that unfortunate image, the Pirates on Friday released the following statement:
"The classic gold P stands for Pittsburgh and is worn by our players, coaches and fans with a great sense of pride. It is absolutely sickening to everyone within the Pirates organization, and to our great fans, to see this murderer wearing a Pirates cap in this old photo."
Hear, hear -- although it's a shame it needed to be said.
Above all, here's hoping "Jihadi John" doesn't draw many more breaths on this earth.
(HT: Sporting News)
