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quote:Weiner and King James both suffer from ESPN (Extraordinary Sanctimonious Pompous Narcissistic) Syndrome. Ugh.
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heh. That guy's name is Weiner.
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Jun 20, 2011 21:37
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R.D. Mangles posted:Ugh. I finally stopped reading at "Bozo Bonds" so I didn't get this far but that article was seriously The Worst.
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Jun 20, 2011 21:46
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Wait, so is Grantland back up for you guys? I'm still getting that same placeholder page with the basketball/soccer ball.
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Jun 21, 2011 02:46
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I had no idea The Assimilated Negro was writing for them, too. They have a murderer's row of bloggers that bloggers read.
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OctoberBlues posted:Wait, so is Grantland back up for you guys? I'm still getting that same placeholder page with the basketball/soccer ball. Go there and try hitting ctrl-F5
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Jun 21, 2011 05:45
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God drat Deadspin really loving hates Grantland/Simmons. http://deadspin.com/5813690/introducing-the-grantland-comments-and-corrections-desk
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Jun 21, 2011 18:28
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Orgophlax posted:God drat Deadspin really loving hates Grandland/Simmons. http://deadspin.com/5813690/introducing-the-grantland-comments-and-corrections-desk Hmm I wonder why deadspin would hate grantland.
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I don't know any history, other than some dude from Deadspin stopped another from writing for Grantland. That "article" is just really petty was my point. EDIT: Other than the fact that Deadspin is terrible. Orgophlax fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Jun 21, 2011 |
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Jun 21, 2011 18:32
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I was going to post that deadspin article yesterday. They are so jealous you can just feel the hatred. They have to be angry so far Grantland has turned out to be awesome, totally surpassing my expectations (which were high as I will admit I actually enjoy Bill Simmons). They even have the humblebrag guy!
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Its almost as if Deadspin (and gawker media in general) has trashed its brand in so many ways that no one who can avoid it actually wants to work with or for them. And its almost as if Daulerio and Denton are catty, obsessive creepsters.
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If there's one Deadspin/Grantland thing I'm looking forward to, it's the inevitable Tom Scocca/Chris Jones fight. Round two, if you will.
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Bizob posted:Its almost as if Deadspin (and gawker media in general) has trashed its brand in so many ways that no one who can avoid it actually wants to work with or for them. And its almost as if Daulerio and Denton are catty, obsessive creepsters. does anyone have that graph showing the site view figures before and after the layout change
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Fag Boy Jim posted:does anyone have that graph showing the site view figures before and after the layout change Alexa doesn't show anything weird but I thought this was funny: 
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Jun 21, 2011 21:26
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oh never mind, i found it 
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Wow, I had no idea Gizmodo was so popular.
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Was there ever any explanation for the format change? I remember seeing some passive aggressive, "This is all going exactly how we wanted and the people who hate it just don't understand" type messaging from Denton afterwards, but I never got why they changed it up so much in the first place.
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The change was supposed to increase the number of page impressions.
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All the change did was make my Firefox freeze for about thirty seconds before any Gawker/Deadspin/etc. page loaded.
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Fag Boy Jim posted:oh never mind, i found it
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Bizob posted:Was there ever any explanation for the format change? I remember seeing some passive aggressive, "This is all going exactly how we wanted and the people who hate it just don't understand" type messaging from Denton afterwards, but I never got why they changed it up so much in the first place. #1 Increase pageviews #2 Make them more like magazines Not sure why they thought of the design as magaziney, or any of their content as magazine like given that their longest articles are still rather short. Also since part of the salary of the writers is determined by pageviews you're going to get a lot of schlock
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Not to detract from the Gawker/Deadspin hate parade but you should all read this story right now because this story owns.
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:Not to detract from the Gawker/Deadspin hate parade but you should all read this story right now because this story owns. That... is a loving stupendous story and I'm glad I read it. Seriously.
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http://www.montlakemadness.com/a-quick-cameo-to-talk-about-venoy/quote:Quick preface, lest you think I’m condoning some pretty heinous actions: if guilty of the recent allegations put against him, Venoy Overton undoubtedly deserves jail time. He is quickly redefining his reputation (from “pesky defender” to “repeat offender”) and building a track record of poor judgment. Basically the point of the article is Venoy wouldn't have pimped out his girlfriend if the NCAA paid athletes. 
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Not sure where else to put this but if you used to watch CNN back when Nick Charles and Fred Hickman did their nightly sports show together show (that lasted close to fifteen years didn't it?), Nick Charles has died at the age of 64.
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Crazy Ted posted:Not sure where else to put this but if you used to watch CNN back when Nick Charles and Fred Hickman did their nightly sports show together show (that lasted close to fifteen years didn't it?), Nick Charles has died at the age of 64. I called into Nick's show two nights in a row in '83. Disguised my adolescent voice on the second night, because, you know, I didn't want to seem like that was all I did was watch call-in interview sports shows on CNN. The look on Nick's face said that he knew. I almost panicked and hung up, but stuck it out. So long, Nick. You were aces back then. And that was a drat good highlight show until they brought on that douche Van Earl Wright. Dr_Strangelove fucked around with this message at 05:44 on Jun 27, 2011 |
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Jun 27, 2011 05:41
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Dr_Strangelove posted:I called into Nick's show two nights in a row in '83. Disguised my adolescent voice on the second night, because, you know, I didn't want to seem like that was all I did was watch call-in interview sports shows on CNN. The look on Nick's face said that he knew. I almost panicked and hung up, but stuck it out. Were you Hank from Festus or Armando from Miami?
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Moose Bigelow posted:Were you Hank from Festus or Armando from Miami? I don't remember if I used my middle name the second night. I probably just said I was from Omaha one night, and the name of the suburb where I lived the other (Papillion). It's better than cranky old man "John in Plano" who called up The Hardline on The Ticket to complain about being left on hold too long, and then called back the next day as "Joe in Frisco" and didn't even try to change his voice. Then, he threatened to call the Better Business Bureau about them leaving callers on hold too long.
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Dr_Strangelove posted:I don't remember if I used my middle name the second night. I probably just said I was from Omaha one night, and the name of the suburb where I lived the other (Papillion). My bad as I was thinking of the Vince Cellini call in show.
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Dr_Strangelove posted:I called into Nick's show two nights in a row in '83. Disguised my adolescent voice on the second night, because, you know, I didn't want to seem like that was all I did was watch call-in interview sports shows on CNN. The look on Nick's face said that he knew. I almost panicked and hung up, but stuck it out.  http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/25/nick.charles.obit/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 He took quite a bit of a different route than most other that get into sports media now. He went straight from taxi driver to sportscaster at a local TV station in Chicago. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Jun 27, 2011 |
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Jun 27, 2011 07:50
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Pos on Nick. Maybe I'm overly attuned to bittersweet things, but I find that article/blog post/whatever way too touching for being written by a guy who didn't really know Nick Charles (which he freely admits). Either way, I thought it was a good read.
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Jun 27, 2011 08:37
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The Steig's back! http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/27/david-ortiz-is-not-a-baseball-player/ Link in the HBT article. He contends that David Ortiz isn't a "real" baseball player.
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Badfinger posted:The Steig's back! Actually, I think the "not a real baseball player" is probably the least lovely part of his article. When a dude's manager is saying that he is in effect literally incapable of fielding, that's pretty silly. "Oh no, we have so many good players that we can't play them all!  "e: Here's something even more retarded: Kevin Youkilis posted:We built our team around the designated hitter, and when they come to our park, they get to use their position players and pitchers don't have to hit. But vice-versa with us, our pitchers have to hit which never hit. It's one of those things that's not going to change. Yes, indeed, the AL needs a greater advantage in interleague play and the World Series. See also Papi whining about how playing your road interleague games all at once is so much worse and more unfair than splitting the series up.
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Jun 27, 2011 22:08
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An even better idea: just stop doing interleague it sucks and it's stupid and annoying.
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toadee posted:An even better idea: just stop doing interleague it sucks and it's stupid and annoying. Alternatively, just standardize your sports' drat rules.
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toadee posted:An even better idea: just stop doing interleague it sucks and it's stupid and annoying. After seeing this weekend's Marlins/Mariners series, I'm starting to think the only way to do it is to have NL rules in AL parks and vice-versa. Seeing Felix get the first base hit of the game in the first AB by a pitcher in Safeco and seeing Doug Fister double and score off of Anibal Sanchez was pretty awesome.
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morestuff posted:Alternatively, just standardize your sports' drat rules. Seriously, I guess I just don't "get" baseball because I've always thought the DH/No DH split was really stupid
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From Dan Shaughnessy's article on how much of an ayehole Frank McCourt is:quote:That was only the beginning. The Dodgers discovered Manny was a quitter and cheater (something we also could have warned them about). While the McCourts squabbled over the family "fortune," a Giants fan was almost beaten to death outside Dodger Stadium on Opening Day. McCourt received a $30 million personal loan from Fox in order to make April's payroll. This prompted Selig to announce that MLB intended to take over control of the team. McCourt might be a horrible owner, but is there any real proof that ANYTHING he did/did not do lead to the Bryan Stow incident? Unless there's footage of him fleeing the scene wielding a steel pipe, seems like a useless thing to include in the article.
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haljordan posted:From Dan Shaughnessy's article on how much of an ayehole Frank McCourt is: Also Manny wasn't a quitter, the whole thing is retarded, Dan Shaughnessy is a loving jackass and it angers me so loving much that every casual fan you work with or meet in a bar around here buys into his curse of the bambino/Manny's a quitter/Nomah didn't dirt dawg it like Jeter bullshit.
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haljordan posted:McCourt might be a horrible owner, but is there any real proof that ANYTHING he did/did not do lead to the Bryan Stow incident? Unless there's footage of him fleeing the scene wielding a steel pipe, seems like a useless thing to include in the article. I think the head of security called McCourt the day of the game and said, "Sir, we need you to come out and help with security for tonight's game," and McCourt said, "I can't, I have a squabbling session scheduled for tonight."
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