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A former teacher of mine has refused to watch a single baseball game since the Dodgers moved.
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# ? Apr 22, 2011 21:54 |
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I've been ironically supporting the "move the Dodgers back to Brooklyn and contract the Mets" cause for years now, surprised that someone ripped me off
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# ? Apr 22, 2011 21:59 |
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The broken bones posted:The ones that are still around post, depressingly enough, at the Baseball Fever forums in the Brooklyn Dodgers subforum. They'll have an established fanbase of tens! HUGE!
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# ? Apr 22, 2011 22:24 |
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I CHALLENGE THEE posted:I've been ironically supporting the "move the Dodgers back to Brooklyn and contract the Mets" cause for years now, surprised that someone ripped me off You should call his mom
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# ? Apr 22, 2011 23:06 |
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My grandmother hasn't watched a single baseball game since the Dodgers left.
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# ? Apr 22, 2011 23:27 |
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Wow, I always wondered about those weird old New Yorkers I would see wearing blue Red Sox caps.
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# ? Apr 23, 2011 00:46 |
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A drat FOG posted:You should call his mom Sportswriters and/or Forbes writers are all old white men she is probably dead
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# ? Apr 23, 2011 07:28 |
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I CHALLENGE THEE posted:Sportswriters and/or Forbes writers are all old white men she is probably dead Well tell him you tried but she was too busy rolling over in her grave in shame
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# ? Apr 23, 2011 08:28 |
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Michael Wilbon deciding to join twitter is such a momentous occasion that he wrote an article about why he joined. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?page=wilbon/110422
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 19:44 |
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I'm such a homer, I love my local newspaper as well. Well, loved it, until the Washington post sports section began to go downhill. Growing up, the coverage of the local teams and the level of writing were excellent. In addition to losing beat guys to espn and Nflnetwork, I grew up on awesome columns by kornheiser and Boswell, as well as a pre-"only care about the NBA" wilbon. Even Sally jenskins would write good articles, if her content and opinion wasn't retarded. Now, Boswell is the only old school columnist left. Dan steinberg is the only person that gives me hope in at young writer. I'm sorry, Mike Wise has no place writing columns on the washington post. Not too crazy about Tracy Hamilton (Guys are better at writing sports columns IMHO). The entire sports page has gone down hill. No orioles coverage, even though the dc metro area is filled with orioles fans. Sometimes the recap of a wizards or other local team game will not even list the score on the front page. The only thing the post has going for it are the beat reporters. The capitals and redskins blogs are solid. Id hate to be working for a newspaper in this day and age. But if any other dc goons have opinions on the post I'd love to hear. Sorry for the lack of cohesion in this post, I'm distracted and posting from iPad where typing ain't that easy.
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 20:28 |
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cereal eater posted:(Guys are better at writing sports columns IMHO)
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 20:31 |
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Those loving girls should stick to the style section where they belong, am I right?
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 20:31 |
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Keep on eating that cereal, don't let the bastards grind you down
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MorningView posted:Those loving girls should stick to the style section where they belong, am I right? Women should be neither reading nor writing in the first place. Trying to confine literate women to one section of the paper is like harboring plague carriers in only one room of your house.
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 20:33 |
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cereal eater posted:(Guys are better at writing sports columns IMHO)
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 20:43 |
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Nice to meet you Cereal Eater! What are your thoughts on the blacks?
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 20:46 |
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I'm not saying rape is justified, but a woman should know better than to write a column about sports while wearing a Giants jersey at Dodger Stadium.
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 20:51 |
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A drat FOG posted:I'm not saying rape is justified, but a woman should know better than to write a column about sports while wearing a Giants jersey at Dodger Stadium.
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 21:16 |
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You guys have no sense of humor, jeeze. I know the Washington post has a great history of female sports writers, like Rachel Nichols, and Shirley Povich, one of the Great female sports editors of all time.
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 22:53 |
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ah yes, the you have no sense of humor defense
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 22:56 |
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I'm mourning the death of my baseball son how can I be expected to have a sense of humor
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 22:57 |
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cereal eater posted:You guys have no sense of humor, jeeze. I know the Washington post has a great history of female sports writers, like Rachel Nichols, and Shirley Povich, one of the Great female sports editors of all time. You should probably reread your post and explain how anyone could have assumed you were joking since many people believe without irony what you wrote
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 23:01 |
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proto stiegerwald posted:You guys have no sense of humor, jeeze. I know the Washington post has a great history of female sports writers, like Rachel Nichols, and Shirley Povich, one of the Great female sports editors of all time.
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 23:18 |
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Mods change cereal eater's name to proto steigerwald
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# ? Apr 25, 2011 23:23 |
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In case anyone who browses the thread and has writing aspirations hasn't seen this, Football Outsiders is hiring. Be a person that makes sports analysis/journalism better! http://www.footballoutsiders.com/extra-points/2011/site-news-fo-seeks-assistant-editor
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 01:30 |
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leokitty posted:I'm mourning the death of my baseball son how can I be expected to have a sense of humor He will rise again in three days. This had to happen. Philbert died for our dingers. It is no coincidence that we could not score runs this day.
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 03:07 |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/books/bottom-of-the-33rd-by-dan-barry-review.html?_r=3&hpwquote:But in an era when drug revelations and statistical reformulations have left fans wary of proclamations of pastoral innocence, baseball sentiment is rough terrain. Myth and Romance sit at the end of the bench, near the water cooler, replaced in the lineup by VORP (value over replacement player) and H.G.H. (human growth hormone).
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 14:40 |
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stuart scott irl posted:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/books/bottom-of-the-33rd-by-dan-barry-review.html?_r=3&hpw Oh my god quote:During the final game of the 1986 World Series two former Pawtucket teammates, Bruce Hurst and Bob Ojeda, “will spot each other, one in a Red Sox uniform, one in a Mets uniform, and their eyes will lock in wordless communication, conveying so much, including: Pawtucket.”
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 14:46 |
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Steroids and Sabermetrics are literally the same thing (in that they're destroying baseball) hahahaha you didn't even quote the best part: quote:By the 24th inning Mr. Barry wonders: “Is this even a baseball game anymore? Maybe it has morphed into some kind of extravagant form of performance art, in which the failure to reach climax is the point; in which the repetition of scoreless innings signals the meaninglessness of existence.
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 14:50 |
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Probably a tired question, but who or what should I be reading?
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 15:13 |
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Fevernova posted:Probably a tired question, but who or what should I be reading? Gary Smith and Joe Posnanski should be enough to get you through life.
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 15:24 |
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stuart scott irl posted:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/books/bottom-of-the-33rd-by-dan-barry-review.html?_r=3&hpw I was really excited for this book, but it seems to be the worse of baseball-inspired purple prose.
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 15:27 |
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Let me double check here: When Barry Bonds alleged used PEDs they were not banned by baseball right? I have read so much about Bonds "cheating".
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 15:44 |
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If he thinks men write better sports columns than women, it doesn't make him a misogynist. He's entitled to his opinion; it's not like he said they shouldn't be allowed to write them.
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 17:24 |
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Ace Jameson posted:If he thinks men write better sports columns than women, it doesn't make him a misogynist. He's entitled to his opinion; it's not like he said they shouldn't be allowed to write them. Enlighten me, what characteristic of being a woman could make it harder to write a sports column? Is it the clit?
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 17:28 |
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Author photos are great
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 17:29 |
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A drat FOG posted:Enlighten me, what characteristic of being a woman could make it harder to write a sports column? Is it the clit? Not being allowed into locker rooms at major sporting events
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 17:37 |
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A drat FOG posted:Enlighten me, what characteristic of being a woman could make it harder to write a sports column? Is it the clit? I don't know? I never said I agreed with him.
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 17:38 |
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A drat FOG posted:Enlighten me, what characteristic of being a woman could make it harder to write a sports column? Is it the clit? How much could one learn of sport from the kitchen? ha ha ha
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# ? Apr 26, 2011 17:41 |
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Ace Jameson posted:I don't know? I never said I agreed with him. You defended what he said as "not sexist" so I assumed you would be able to come up with some way for his opinion to make sense without being sexist. Groucho Marxist posted:Not being allowed into locker rooms at major sporting events That's a good observation but I'm not sure I buy that anyone is reading sports columns by women, thinking "man, this broad would really have something if she just had some locker room anecdotes to throw in there."
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