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Troy Queef posted:JIM THOME START SPEADIN THE NEWS I'M LEAVING TODAY I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT CHICAGO
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THIS IS WH THIS IS WHY THIS IS WHY IM HOT
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I will always love MannyBManny. Also, is this an image from an actual MLB video game? https://twitter.com/DSzymborski/status/1213184172069662720
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It's from WWE 2k20. He always makes a bunch of mlb characters for wrestling games. Edit: https://twitter.com/DSzymborski/status/1213187628620746754?s=19 Strasburgs UCL fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jan 3, 2020 |
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Ok, that's a pretty good custom character.
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Does ESPN have any baseball writers left https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/1214185568092983297?s=21
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The most problematic part of The Dugout was the positive portrayal of Jonathan Papelbon
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https://twitter.com/si_union/status/1214207739880255490?s=21 they need it
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FlamingLiberal posted:Does ESPN have any baseball writers left https://twitter.com/Toms81661170/status/1214252697311944708 loving lol.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Does ESPN have any baseball writers left So maybe i'l reading into this incorrectly, but it seemed like Keith wanted to write pieces that would have ended up being pro labor union (with an emphasis on getting more protection for minor league players) and ESPN said no? That paragraph seemed very specific.
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Akileese posted:So maybe i'l reading into this incorrectly, but it seemed like Keith wanted to write pieces that would have ended up being pro labor union (with an emphasis on getting more protection for minor league players) and ESPN said no? That paragraph seemed very specific.
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Reading his chats for years and the last half year it's been pretty transparent that his time at espn was coming to an end, even though he didn't outright say it.
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Akileese posted:So maybe i'l reading into this incorrectly, but it seemed like Keith wanted to write pieces that would have ended up being pro labor union (with an emphasis on getting more protection for minor league players) and ESPN said no? That paragraph seemed very specific. Its been pretty obvious for a while that he was to only write about evaluation of trades and prospects and that he wanted to do much more.
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uggy posted:Reading his chats for years and the last half year it's been pretty transparent that his time at espn was coming to an end, even though he didn't outright say it.
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ESPN's still trying to cut costs, and get rid of the print / long-form stuff, so these moves make sense. Whether that strategy is good or bad is another matter (spoiler alert: having no credible journalists is going to eventually become an issue) but between the reduced importance of MLB, and their focus on people who are on shows over pure writers, it can be understood. I hope whoever is underwriting The Athletic has deep pockets, I'm subscribed and liking it -- turns out having a clean website and app without ads makes things much more pleasant to read! -- but it's gonna be a tough deal long-term with the number of writers they've added. Hopefully they've closed in on their targets now that they've expanded into soccer more, that should open to quite a few more potential subscribers.
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harperdc posted:ESPN's still trying to cut costs, and get rid of the print / long-form stuff, so these moves make sense. Whether that strategy is good or bad is another matter (spoiler alert: having no credible journalists is going to eventually become an issue) but between the reduced importance of MLB, and their focus on people who are on shows over pure writers, it can be understood. It's odd to me because ESPN does have baseball broadcasting but they have massively scaled back their baseball presence overall. I don't even know who is still around besides Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian.
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harperdc posted:ESPN's still trying to cut costs, and get rid of the print / long-form stuff, so these moves make sense. Whether that strategy is good or bad is another matter (spoiler alert: having no credible journalists is going to eventually become an issue) but between the reduced importance of MLB, and their focus on people who are on shows over pure writers, it can be understood. from a strictly business standpoint I would think hot takes and broadcasting rights make a hell of a lot more than long-form journalism. but yeah the Athletic is great
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FlamingLiberal posted:When ESPN laid off all of those writers in 2018 I remember that coincided with them heavily scaling back baseball coverage. Baseball Tonight (which according to its name would be on nightly) was scaled back to like twice a week or something. I kinda think ESPN won’t renew their baseball deal when that comes up, seeing that they appear to be going all in on the NBA and NFL in their programming/discussion topics on general shows. Stephen A. Smith really has molded the network in his image.
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THE MACHO MAN posted:from a strictly business standpoint I would think hot takes and broadcasting rights make a hell of a lot more than long-form journalism. ESPN tried to be all things (TV, Page 2 online, good regular writing online, SI-style magazine, cell phone provider) and is re-focusing on what earns them the most eyeballs for the cable package rates, for better or for worse. When they aren’t carrying live sports people like watching people shout at each other, apparently. RIP Grantland. But yeah I’m pretty sure The Athletic is propped up by VC money “investing” to become the local sports page for everybody and hoping that enough subscribers = profits?
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Things were never the same after Klaw was replaced on the Baseball Tonight podcast.
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Jeff Passan is at ESPN and breaks a decent amount of news.
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harperdc posted:When they aren’t carrying live sports people like watching people shout at each other, apparently. People yelling at each other is cheap to produce compared to other things they could put on.
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ESPN also sucks at monetizing stuff. They had some of the biggest podcasts in the world and weren't selling ads for them.
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Niwrad posted:ESPN also sucks at monetizing stuff. They had some of the biggest podcasts in the world and weren't selling ads for them. Settle down Bill
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How is this real
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same energy https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/35767743634481152
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An all-timer from Dickie V., baby!!!!!!!!!!!
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Can you believe the story about the trampled mourners at the soleimani funeral? I was alarmed to see so many young people there. Speaking of diaper-dandies, the Dukies are for real this year baybeeee!
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This doesn't top the e-mail my heart image I've seen on FB a few times, but it's close
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Prince Harry: "Why i'm joining the athletic"
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R.D. Mangles posted:can't stop thinking about the dickie v tweet The hero of William Patterson University
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Prince Harry: "Why i'm joining the athletic" hey that’s pretty good
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I have an autographed dick vitale Hooters poster that says THATS AWESOME BABY on it. Ask me anything
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thrilla in vanilla posted:I have an autographed dick vitale Hooters poster that says THATS AWESOME BABY on it. Ask me anything How much did you buy it for How much would you sell it for
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