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morestuff posted:The bottom line would argue otherwise. Didn't know I had to be so pedantic, I meant within this thread. I recognize that TMZ for sports is a totally reasonable business model, and in any event we weren't really talking about whether being a good sports blog is better for the bottom line or not.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Didn't know I had to be so pedantic, I meant within this thread. I recognize that TMZ for sports is a totally reasonable business model, and in any event we weren't really talking about whether being a good sports blog is better for the bottom line or not. Sorry if it seemed like I was calling you out or something - I knew what you were saying. I just thought it was interesting that the site has seen a marked uptick in their hits since changing formats.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 21:08 |
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morestuff posted:Sorry if it seemed like I was calling you out or something - I knew what you were saying. I just thought it was interesting that the site has seen a marked uptick in their hits since changing formats. Well now it appeals to a broad range of viewers, not just the hardcore sports fans. Hell, they even have an occasional column tie in with Jezebel featuring sex advice. Because that's what I want from my sporting news. A reminder that I ain't gettin' any.
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 21:13 |
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Just a heads up, Jason Whitlock is on today's BS Report with Simmons
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# ? Aug 24, 2010 23:10 |
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I'll always have some amount of respect for Jason Whitlock because in the interview with The Big Lead that led to his firing from ESPN he managed to take some unprovoked shots at both Scoop Jackson and Mike Lupica.
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# ? Aug 25, 2010 00:09 |
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I can accept acting like a narcissistic jackass if you're a Superbowl champion or World Series hero, but the fact that there are sportswriters walking around seemingly with the same level of is truly mind boggling.
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# ? Aug 25, 2010 02:22 |
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There are people in every walk of life who think their poo poo doesn't stink. It's not surprising that someone who gets paid (probably more than most of us make) to write about sports (a job any of us could do) would be like that.
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# ? Aug 25, 2010 12:09 |
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Bigass Moth posted:There are people in every walk of life who think their poo poo doesn't stink. It's not surprising that someone who gets paid (probably more than most of us make) to write about sports (a job any of us could do) would be like that. I think journalism, especially opinion writing, attracts more than its fair share of narcissists - you have to believe on a pretty basic level that other people need to hear what you think.
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# ? Aug 25, 2010 13:03 |
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Who just loves lovely Philly sports journalism? Have some, free of charge! http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/101449839.html Bob Ford posted:Bob Ford: McNabb plays blame game best
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# ? Aug 26, 2010 18:06 |
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Qwazy.
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# ? Aug 26, 2010 18:22 |
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I could literally poo poo out something better than that.
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# ? Aug 26, 2010 18:30 |
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jeff_pearlman/08/24/clemens.follow/index.html This is hilarious, Perlman and Clemens trading jabs over twitter.
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ForbiddenWonder posted:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jeff_pearlman/08/24/clemens.follow/index.html Every so often, I think he's hit bottom, but no, Jeff Pearlman keeps finding newer and more exciting lows to sink to. Joining up with Clemens is a sure-fire way to find them. So, I met this one kid (sophomore in HS) the other day who was job-shadowing a college football beat writer. We got to talking, and he struck me as a pretty bright kid who wanted to get into the industry. I asked him if he had any journalistic experience. "Yeah. I'm an NBA and college football writer for Bleacher Report." That Web site needs to die a horrible death.
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# ? Aug 27, 2010 00:05 |
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morestuff posted:The bottom line would argue otherwise. What's the huge spike in mid-2010? The Jerry Jones drunk video?
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# ? Aug 27, 2010 08:16 |
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:What's the huge spike in mid-2010? The Jerry Jones drunk video? Dunno, looks like something in April. Edit: Actually, the NCAA tournament seems like a likely culprit. In other Deadspin news, Leitch contributed a weird piece today about Tony LaRussa and Pujols attending a Glenn Beck rally. quote:It's why you see scenes like this; the man simply has no idea what to do himself when he's not running a baseball team. This is not abnormal; the ant farm that is Major League Baseball is designed to keep the outside world as far away as possible. But this is exactly why Tony La Russa is attending Glenn Beck's rally tomorrow in Washington. He simply doesn't know. Glenn Beck is just some guy who's on television that he and Albert Pujols met in the dugout one time. It's just a really odd point to try and make. They work in professional sports, so they're completely oblivious to politics and major public figures? morestuff fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Aug 28, 2010 |
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morestuff posted:Dunno, looks like something in April.
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# ? Aug 28, 2010 06:34 |
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A classmate of mine got a job writing for ESPN a few months ago. It's been absolutely hilarious seeing people come out of the woodwork, trying to buddy up to him on his Facebook page. "Loved your story today, David! If they're ever hiring at ESPN let me know! HAH, JK But really though if you want my resume or clips or whatever I can send it to you, just let me know lol"
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# ? Aug 28, 2010 06:54 |
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morestuff posted:They work in professional sports, so they're completely oblivious to politics and major public figures? Why would I, a multi-millionaire, care about politics? How could petty things like taxes, financial controls, and regulation of investments affect me!
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FairGame posted:Enter Murray Chass, a former sportswriter for the New York Times. Chass, who has the ability to cast votes for entrance into the MLB Hall of Fame, hates the poo poo out of anything that isn't wins or RBIs, and he especially hates bloggers and their blogs. In spite of this, he has a blog. As far as statistics go I wonder why a pitcher's wins are always displyed so prominently, seems to be one of the more useless stats in sports. Eggs fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Aug 28, 2010 |
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Eggs posted:As far as statistics go I wonder why a pitcher's wins are always displyed so prominently, seems to be one of the more useless stats in sports. It was probably more important 100 years ago when pitchers started 30-50 games and rarely did not finish them.
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# ? Aug 28, 2010 20:57 |
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Eggs posted:As far as statistics go I wonder why a pitcher's wins are always displyed so prominently, seems to be one of the more useless stats in sports. Because if it was good enough for Cy Young and Kid Nichols and Bob Caruthers and Lady Baldwin1 then by golly it's good enough for pitchers today fig. 1: lady baldwin
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# ? Aug 28, 2010 21:03 |
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Bigass Moth posted:It was probably more important 100 years ago when pitchers started 30-50 games and rarely did not finish them. Ah yeah, forgot that pitchers used to go the whole game back then. But still, you'd think in the year 2010 a major sport like baseball would want to move past the old era and try to modernize a little bit more than they have. Or maybe I'm just being too idealistic.
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# ? Aug 28, 2010 21:16 |
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Eggs posted:Ah yeah, forgot that pitchers used to go the whole game back then. But still, you'd think in the year 2010 a major sport like baseball would want to move past the old era and try to modernize a little bit more than they have. Or maybe I'm just being too idealistic. Because it is immediately obvious to the casual fan that a good W-L record is a positive. Less immediately obvious is that a low ERA is good, and beyond that the average viewer isn't going to have a clue what you are talking about without a ton of re-education.
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# ? Aug 28, 2010 23:49 |
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Old tyme baseball stats like ERA and WINS dont really tell you much other than the run support a pitcher had. Nolan Ryan ended with around a 3 ERA and almost as many losses as wins but it's because he played on terrible teams for nearly 30 years.
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# ? Aug 28, 2010 23:58 |
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Eggs posted:Ah yeah, forgot that pitchers used to go the whole game back then. But still, you'd think in the year 2010 a major sport like baseball would want to move past the old era and try to modernize a little bit more than they have. Or maybe I'm just being too idealistic. With sports I don't think there's really any impetus for "modernizing" the game itself, outside of modern technology and distractions at the venues. The point of sports is pretty basic and they've been around as long as civilization has. Coming around to advanced analysis is going to be a gradual, cultural process if anything. In the meantime, baseball would be pretty awesome even if we were all dumb and computers didn't exist so it's all good!!
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# ? Aug 29, 2010 00:05 |
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I will admit that Deadspin has really gotten one thing right under Daulerio: their Dead Wrestler of the Week series is really good. What sounds like (and really should be, since so much of their content is) a gimmick/snarky look at wrestling is always a insightful look at the personalities behind 'sports entertainment.' This week's piece on Owen Hart is one of the best examples of this. If you've never read this series, it's a good place to start.
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barkingclam posted:I will admit that Deadspin has really gotten one thing right under Daulerio: their Dead Wrestler of the Week series is really good. What sounds like (and really should be, since so much of their content is) a gimmick/snarky look at wrestling is always a insightful look at the personalities behind 'sports entertainment.' Came in here to post this. That piece was loving unbelievably well-written. Helps if you were a fan of wrestling when Owen was around, but god drat, Masked Man has put out some great pieces. I like that the comments section for the articles, unlike EVERY OTHER SECTION of Deadspin, doesn't turn into some stupid circlejerk where a bunch of unfunny assholes quote random parts of the article and make the most obscure joke possible.
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barkingclam posted:I will admit that Deadspin has really gotten one thing right under Daulerio: their Dead Wrestler of the Week series is really good. What sounds like (and really should be, since so much of their content is) a gimmick/snarky look at wrestling is always a insightful look at the personalities behind 'sports entertainment.' So, so agreed. One of the last reasons to go there.
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Dom Amore re: Cy Young awardquote:So who gets it? First, I am going to eliminate King Felix Hernandez from the pack, although, if I were building a team he might be my first pick. Hernandez's numbers are impressive - a 2.38 ERA over 211 innings with 200 strikeouts - but he is nonetheless 10-10. He got ripped off last year, in my opinion, with a 19-5 record he should have been the Cy Young winner over Zach Greinke. Not this year.
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# ? Sep 7, 2010 20:58 |
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Hey King Felix too bad you couldn't magic Jose Lopez into something valuable, you could have won the award dedicated to being a good pitcher if you did!!!!
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stuart scott irl posted:Dom Amore re: Cy Young award And this is why FJM is so deeply missed, ladies and gents.
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# ? Sep 7, 2010 21:00 |
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Clay Buchholz is going to get more votes than Felix and I think that's the bigger travesty than Felix not winning
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Where Red Sox Nation Collides With Yankees Universe ... Every Day!
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Hey King Felix too bad you couldn't magic Jose Lopez into something valuable, you could have won the award dedicated to being a good pitcher if you did!!!! To be honest it's really fitting that the Cy is given to pitchers who are overrated because of wins because so was Cy Young himself Of course he is also the all time leader in IP with an astounding 7300 (1,300 more than second place Pud Galvin) and with a 136 ERA+ he was still really great, but not best pitcher ever. At least it's not the Lew Burdette Award.
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stuart scott irl posted:Dom Amore re: Cy Young award Reasons Steve Carlton should have won the Cy Young Award: WINS Things that seem related to winning the Cy Young Award but totally aren't!: 50 more IP than any other pitcher in the league 310 K, more than 60 more than any other pitcher in the league Allowed less runs than walks, yet led the league in K:BB 8 Shutouts Adding Up The BBR WARs, he was almost more valuable than the 2nd, 3rd, 4th place pitchers combined (Bob Gibson had 2nd highest WAR of vote recipients, but was in 9th place). 8 CG Shutouts with 30 CGs (hilariously did not lead the league in shut outs, only 7CG ahead of 2nd place) Clearly it should be named the Old Hoss Radbourn Award For Best Season of Wins For A Pitcher in honor of his baseball-leading 59 wins in a single season. Hilariously he misses out on CG and IP by 2 each to some guy named Will White in 1879. Old Hoss himself agrees with me. @OldHossRadbourn posted:Of course wins matter! And pitchers entirely control winning! This is why I personally scored and drove in all of the runs when I pitched.
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# ? Sep 7, 2010 21:40 |
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Marc Carig rules and is writing more opinion pieces and you should all pay attention to him: http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2010/09/views_why_the_yankees_shouldn.htmlquote:Over Labor Day weekend, through both my Twitter feed and the reader comments on my blog, I've read lots of groaning about how the Yankees don't bunt nearly enough. He talks a lot about how people who want more bunts are silly.
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stuart scott irl posted:Dom Amore re: Cy Young award Geoff Baker, who's actually one of the baseball writers I hate the most, wrote a really good response to that: quote:But it's not so easy to win when your team scores four runs or fewer. The league average for runs per game by a team is above four. So, it stands to reason that, if you score only four, your team will likely lose at least as often as it wins.
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:And this is why FJM is so deeply missed, ladies and gents. They'll be taking over Deadspin for a day in a couple weeks.
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# ? Sep 8, 2010 03:27 |
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It only makes sense that Wins should decide the Cy Young winners. After all, Cy himself won a lot of games. The NFL MVP award should also thusly be awarded to the Quarterback who wins the most games.
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please rename the Cy Young award the "Pedro Martinez' 2000 Season Award"
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