Last night I was told by an MLB executive that the Yankees plan to switch Derek Jeter to Left Field this season, citing his declining range in the field. This would allow the Yankees to start Ramiro Pena–a glove they really like–at Shortstop and shore up their infield defense. One long-time scout said that he [...]
Archive of posts tagged terrible sports journalism
Bill Madden: 2009 Spink Award Finalist
Bill Madden, terrible sports writer for the NY Daily News is a 2009 Spink Award finalist.Winners of the Spink award get mention in a permanent exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame, though they are not actually considered Hall of Famers. When you see ESPN call Peter Gammons a “Hall of Fame” writer, they’re referring [...]
Michael Wilborn Doesn't Watch Baseball, I Guess?
And one kid pitcher, even one with a great arm, is unlikely to change that because there’s so much that can go wrong with the kid’s shoulder or elbow, with the contract negotiations. Maybe, putting on my optimist’s hat for a moment, Strasburg will be the exception to all this. Maybe he’ll trump history and [...]
Nick Green: Integral Member of THE RIVALRY
Ken Rosenthal lists Nick Green as “subplot” to keep an eye on in this week’s series. Believe it or not, the fill-in shortstop has his own small place in the Sox-Yankees rivalry. I don’t believe it, because it’s not true. Green is better at second than short, but injuries to both Julio Lugo and Jed [...]
Panic!! Panic!! Alert!!
I really can’t get enough of the front and back covers of the Daily News and Post during the season (and also not during the season when running baseball related stories). They are really hilarious in their attempts to sell papers by stirring up controversy and getting silly people to panic and I am easily [...]
Oh No The Yankees Lost Their First Game!!!
PANIC!!! DECLARING FREE AGENTS BUSTS AFTER ONE GAME!!! NEW YORK SPORTS MEDIA!!!
New York Sports Media Quote of the Day – February 18th, 2009
The first entry in this exciting feature comes from George King III, writer for the esteemed NY Post. It wasn’t as bad as R. Budd Dwyer’s last press conference 22 years ago, when the Pennsylvania treasurer shot himself to death on national television. But yesterday’s performance by Alex Rodriguez was full of holes. Hmm yes, [...]
What's Overreaction Precious?
When the Yankees re-signed Alex Rodriguez in the fall of 2007, they envisioned the “clean” alternative to Barry Bonds – the knight in shining armor who would erase the stain of steroids from the all-time home run record, and they would bask in the glory of it with their brand. Now that A-Rod’s pursuit looks [...]
Are the Steelers the greatest franchise ever? (nope)
Are the Steelers the greatest franchise ever? Apparently according to David Fleming, they are. You might respond with something like “But the Yankees have won 26 Championships!!”. In Flemingworld that doesn’t matter because the Steelers are nice and the Yankees are mean. Civic duty trumps the actual deeds of the teams in this alternate reality. [...]
Swimming In Dangerous Waters: Finding the Worst Hall of Fame Ballots
Most ballots for the Hall of Fame are meh. There are a lot of dumb decisions that are only mildly offensive such as voting for Jack Morris and not Bert Blyleven like Buster Olney, not voting for Bert Blyleven, etc. There are some writers who go with big ballots and vote for people they don’t [...]
