|
craggs is pretty good and daulerio is a shithead so on the balance this can only improve deadspin when you're at the bottom there's nowhere to go but up
|
#
?
Nov 29, 2011 00:14
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 20, 2024 02:30 |
|
|
I might go from "Never read Deadspin" to "Occasionally reads Deadspin" so yeah that's an upgrade 
|
|
#
?
Nov 29, 2011 00:17
|
|
|
New York's numbah one in action, boys and girls.
|
|
#
?
Nov 29, 2011 00:31
|
|
|
jeffersonlives posted:New York's numbah one in action, boys and girls. I laughed a lot harder at the ridiculously long pause at the end, before I realized they just paused the DVR 
|
|
#
?
Nov 29, 2011 02:56
|
|
|
Transfatuation posted:I laughed a lot harder at the ridiculously long pause at the end, before I realized they just paused the DVR If it really had been a pause, it would not make the top 100 list of Mike Francesa's greatest dead air pauses. So it was still okay to laugh at it - it was a decent simulation of what actually happens weekday afternoons on WFAN.
|
|
#
?
Nov 29, 2011 03:39
|
|
|
One of this mornings sportscenters aired a piece by Buster Olney on the front office situation of the Red Sox. In the piece he quoted an unnamed team executive comparing the Sox front office situation to the battle for Gaza. Does anyone know where I could find a video of that?
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2011 01:50
|
|
|
dokomoy posted:One of this mornings sportscenters aired a piece by Buster Olney on the front office situation of the Red Sox. In the piece he quoted an unnamed team executive comparing the Sox front office situation to the battle for Gaza.
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2011 02:36
|
|
|
if you really want to have a nice shitshow mideast analogy beirut during the civil war is still a vastly superior clusterfuck
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2011 04:03
|
|
|
I think the guy Olney was quoting was trying to say the fight for power in the Red Sox front office was like the the fight between Hamas and Fatah. Which kind of makes sense but is still loving moronic.
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2011 04:51
|
|
|
and if it isn't the so-called Red Sox. What can I say about your team that hasn't already been said about Afghanistan: bombed out and depleted.
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2011 06:40
|
|
|
dokomoy posted:I think the guy Olney was quoting was trying to say the fight for power in the Red Sox front office was like the the fight between Hamas and Fatah. Which kind of makes sense but is still loving moronic. in the long run it doesn't matter who's running gaza because the
|
|
#
?
Nov 30, 2011 12:30
|
|
|
A dodgers blog wrote this one and I have to share it, it's too good not toquote:Screw Hiroki Kuroda This was written by a 40-year-old man. A WALKING VOMIT
|
|
#
?
Dec 4, 2011 23:55
|
|
|
Jon Heyman is a birther If albert pujols wants to beat $200M 9-yr cardinals offer, he should produce birth certificate. skepticism abounds over 31 claim 
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 00:37
|
|
|
DOOP posted:Jon Heyman is a birther Albert Pujols' birth certificate - good enough for the US government post-9/11, not good enough for sports writers.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 05:15
|
|
|
John Steigerwald with another gem:quote:From the 2005-2006 through 2009-2010 seasons, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals averaged 55 goals per season. He scored 65 in 2007-2008. In his first 24 games this season, he had eight. That puts him on pace for about 28 goals. 
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 16:13
|
|
|
The Steig owning bitches yet again.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 16:28
|
|
|
So apparently steroids help you get shots on goal
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 16:31
|
|
|
The Prisoner posted:John Steigerwald with another gem: The caps did have that investigation regarding someone tangentially related to the team and steroids a couple years back, coinciding with Ovechkin's slide 
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 16:36
|
|
|
I can't say for sure e: vvv Sorry, was unclear. Mornacale fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Dec 5, 2011 |
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 20:31
|
|
|
"this guy is on my heated rival and is good but is now having a bad year better muckrake as much as possible" is what that's all aboot as we say in the hocky
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 20:38
|
|
|
The Prisoner posted:John Steigerwald with another gem: Steigy is a piece of poo poo homer and his partner sucks rear end too. The team is set-up to be the best team in the league and exists only because of Mario's sweet tears over potentially losing his legacy. Meanwhile franchises are left to rot because they haven't been blessed with Tears of the Lemieux. Ovechkin still owns. He's been Kovulchuked, reduced to a gimmick. Give this guy a real coach and not some fat guy in a suit and some better conditioning. Similiar thing happening to Stamkos (though he's still producing), coaches can't regulate these dynamic players to one-timing PP point dudes. Its easy and produces goals but its going to get shutdown and lead to them neglecting the rest of their game.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 21:06
|
|
|
The broken bones posted:A dodgers blog wrote this one and I have to share it, it's too good not to Did I miss some news on this or is this guy just  ing because the reserve clause doesn't exist anymore?
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 21:36
|
|
|
Okposolypse posted:Steigy is a piece of poo poo homer and his partner sucks rear end too. The team is set-up to be the best team in the league and exists only because of Mario's sweet tears over potentially losing his legacy. Meanwhile franchises are left to rot because they haven't been blessed with Tears of the Lemieux. Wrong Steigerwald, buddy.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 22:05
|
|
|
Mornacale posted:Wrong Steigerwald, buddy. Well, thats a rant wasted.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 22:23
|
|
|
Is there any issue which sportswriters have been more consistently wrong about than PEDs? It's not just idiots like Steigerwald that can't write coherently about the subject. See: basically everything written about Barry Bonds since 2001
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2011 23:51
|
|
|
ElwoodCuse posted:Is there any issue which sportswriters have been more consistently wrong about than PEDs? Sports
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 00:21
|
|
|
momentum
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 00:23
|
|
|
Clutch as a repeatable skill edit: Sports psychology in general
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 00:48
|
|
Tater Love 
|
anything to do with probability and stochasticity at all
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 01:08
|
|
|
it's kind of too tough on them since their job is basically to create narratives but like stop making them so stupid
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 03:07
|
|
|
KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:it's kind of too tough on them since their job is basically to create narratives but like stop making them so stupid that their job is "to create narratives" is in itself a problem with journalism, not an excuse
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 03:32
|
|
|
Zeeman posted:So apparently steroids help you get shots on goal I know jack about hockey and that was the first loving thing I thought. What an idiot.
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 05:40
|
|
|
Dusseldorf posted:Did I miss some news on this or is this guy just he feels Kuroda betrayed the Dodgers even though the dodgers basically can't afford him. he started claiming it was a joke, but then it was clear if he wasn't serious, he at least meant some of the stuff in there.
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 07:30
|
|
|
Mr. Funny Pants posted:I know jack about hockey and that was the first loving thing I thought. What an idiot. Honestly, I'll defend that. Unlike baseball, where the effect of steroids is pretty questionable, it's fairly certain that steroids can help make someone a stronger, faster skater; this would increase a player's chance to get open, and hence get shots on goal. That said, the allegation itself is retarded and who gives a gently caress anyway?
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 07:43
|
|
|
The broken bones posted:A dodgers blog wrote this one and I have to share it, it's too good not to Where was this posted? I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around the fact that someone got payed to write this poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 08:21
|
|
|
Mornacale posted:Honestly, I'll defend that. Unlike baseball, where the effect of steroids is pretty questionable, it's fairly certain that steroids can help make someone a stronger, faster skater; this would increase a player's chance to get open, and hence get shots on goal. the effect is gonna be marginal though
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 13:21
|
|
|
Medical Sword posted:that their job is "to create narratives" is in itself a problem with journalism, not an excuse I have no problem with sportswriters creating narratives. Some people do it really well and can tell a really good story (see: JoePos most of the time). However, the majority of them use concepts that they pulled out of their rear end like he's gritty, a winner, plays the game the right way, etc. and that's just where it gets awful.
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 17:41
|
|
|
i think the difference is that posnanski typically searches for the narrative within the story, which is what you should do, versus lots of two bit assholes who apply a narrative to the story
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 17:43
|
|
|
Roids would help a lot for specific players and if Laraque is to be believed, its common place. I'd assume its common place more within the goons. Actual players need more lean muscle, being bulky (especially in today's speed game) doesn't help. It would help with recovery times though. If anyone is a steroid suspect is DiPietro who put on as poo poo load of bulky muscle in a single offseason then proceeded to have every joint in from the hip down deteriorate despite being a fitness/workout freak and a natural multi-sport athlete. Okposolypse fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Dec 6, 2011 |
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 17:56
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 20, 2024 02:30 |
|
|
dokomoy posted:Where was this posted? I'm having a really hard time wrapping my head around the fact that someone got payed to write this poo poo. It was a blog post, I am almost positive this guy was not paid anything to write that. Give him credit, though -- I was laughing quite a bit at his paragraphs of somewhat-interesting insults, even if it was surreal to read that entire thing. He's competely wrong, of course, but B+ for effort!
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2011 18:47
|
|
