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Showing posts with label learning new things scares me (and other media madness). Show all posts
Showing posts with label learning new things scares me (and other media madness). Show all posts
May 22, 2023

After Investigation, NBC Sports Fires A's Broadcatser Who Said Racial Slur On Air

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After conducting an internal review, NBC Sports California has fired Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper, effective immediately .  Kui...
May 19, 2023

Red Sox Trade For A Pitcher Who Is One Year Younger Than This Blog!

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On Thursday, August 12, 2004, the Red Sox shutout the Devil Rays 6-0 . The Right Arm of God pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts, allo...
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April 2, 2020

Sabermetrics Is The Revival Of An Old Discussion (Abolishing Fielding Percentage, 1877-1886)

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[Draft Post, October 1, 2018] The Newsletter of the Official Scoring Committee Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Volume 2, N...
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February 1, 2019

Nick Cafardo: "I Enjoyed The Days When Umpires Actually Made Mistakes"

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Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe, January 26, 2019 : All of the time-saving ideas for improving pace of play are negated by time spent on instant...
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December 5, 2018

Michael Wilbon: Dumber Than Dirt (And Unashamed)

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Here is some dirt. I'm willing to bet that dirt knows more about baseball than ESPN's Michael Wilbon. This story is a few weeks...
October 24, 2018

John Smoltz: Not As Bad An Announcer As Ron Darling, But Still Very Horrible

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In Game 1 of the World Series, John Smoltz would not shut the hell up. This annoyance was compounded by the fact that he usually failed to o...
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October 18, 2018

Boston Globe Gets The Most Basic Baseball Facts Wrong

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In today's edition of its 108 Stitches newsletter, the Boston Globe states: IN GOOD STANDING : In League Championship Series histor...
September 24, 2018

Could Anything Top This Tweet As 'Exhibit A' In The Argument To "Kill The Win"?

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The Ace of Spaeder : The two longest streaks of consecutive starts with three or fewer runs allowed: Jake Arrieta (Cubs) - 29 games -...
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September 10, 2018

The Red Sox Are Not Using An "Opener" When Chris Sale Starts On Tuesday

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The Tampa Bay Rays have experimented this season with having one of their relievers pitch the first (and sometimes the second) inning, befor...
August 9, 2018

Blue Jays Announcers Say The Red Sox "Took A Lot Of Heat" For Signing J.D. Martinez

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How annoyed was I by all the crap during Tuesday's NESN broadcast? I realized, in the interest of my short-term sanity, I should listen...
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August 2, 2018

The New York Post Claims Red Sox And Yankees Have Been "Playing Ping-Pong" With MLB's Best Record "For Most Of The Year"? Is That True?

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In a preview article for the four-game series between the Yankees and Red Sox that begins tonight at Fenway Park, Mike Vaccaro of the New Yo...
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July 30, 2018

Atlanta Broadcasters Joe Simpson And Chip Caray Express Disgust At Dodgers' Batting Practice Attire

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Atlanta broadcasters Joe Simpson and Chip Caray went on a now-well-circulated rant  on Saturday, criticizing the Dodgers for what they we...
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July 28, 2018

The Associated Press Fails To Get Even The Most Basic Facts Correct

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The Associated Press began last night's game story (which was posted by NBC Sports Boston) with this sentence: Mookie Betts homered o...
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July 20, 2018

Okay, Winning Is Fun ... But Is Having Fun A Good Thing?

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A short sequel to " Why Does The Boston Sports Media Want Us To Think A Successful Red Sox Team Is Boring? ": ( weei.com ) ...
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July 19, 2018

Why Does The Boston Sports Media Want Us To Think A Successful Red Sox Team Is Boring?

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I have watched, listened to, and read about a lot of Red Sox games since I turned 12 years old during the 1975 World Series. After almost th...
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July 16, 2018

Please Ignore Any And All References To "Most Wins Before The All-Star Break" Factoids

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Progressive thought has made significant strides into the world of major league baseball, but it still seems like logic and common sense is ...
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July 3, 2018

JD Martinez Leads MLB In RBI, But He's Not The Red Sox's Best At Driving In Runs

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In the fifth inning on Tuesday night, NESN's Dave O'Brien said Xander Bogaerts had been doing "damage with runners in scoring p...
July 2, 2018

Watching MASN & NESN: "Strong. ... America." With Good Pop.

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On Monday night, I split my time between MASN (the Nationals broadcast) and NESN. The Nationals' broadcast team is Bob Carpenter (13th...
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June 8, 2018

NESN: An Discussion About Batting Average (Or, Quarters Are More Valuable Than Pennies)

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During NESN's broadcast of last night's Red Sox/Tigers game, Dave O'Brien and Dennis Eckersley had an interesting conversation a...
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