Joe Morgan is an Asshat

by dbroncos31 on Jun 19, 2008 1:40 PM PDT

I was reading through Fire Joe Morgan and stumbled across this gem from a JoeChat. In response to a question re: Willie Randolph, Joe tries to make an argument that managers get more shit than they should; GMs should get blame too. Now while this makes sense in regards to the Mets, Joe decides that there is another good example.

The Mariners are way under .500, for instance, but no one is criticizing the GM, they're looking at the manager.

Unbelieveable. I guess we can give him a pass because Bill was fired on Monday and this chat was on Tuesday...Oh wait.

Just crazy that at the time of the chat the GM had been fired and the manager was still managing. Yay for ESPN "experts."

http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/06/doo-doo-doo-doo-do-dooooooooooo.html

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by JI on Jun 19, 2008 1:43 PM PDT reply actions

I had that ready to go to

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

by Aaron Campeau on Jun 19, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions

He's more of a Dumas.....

by TheEmrys on Jun 19, 2008 2:19 PM PDT reply actions

I've been there, it's up by Bellingham.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on Jun 19, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions

and Texas

Shave and a haircut two ti- hey hold on.

by PhilKenSebben on Jun 19, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

u cant read hoser

no has critized pelekoudas yet, so Morgan is exactly right.

PWNED!

M, period. Fresh, comma.

by manzell on Jun 19, 2008 2:31 PM PDT reply actions

Does anyone here even listen to/read/watch ESPN?

I hope not.

you + are = you're

by Katal LM on Jun 19, 2008 5:35 PM PDT reply actions

Sportscenter in the morning for 10 minutes

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 19, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

And even that I've grown away from

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 19, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Sportscenter is still good for highlights.

But their analysis is almost always awful.

I like a bunch of the anchors (Van Pelt, Anderson, and other guys in the Patrick/Mayne mold) but once they cut to the “experts” it’s time to leave.

[This is for baseball only, as their football guys aren’t bad and I can’t hate on the mullet and the tie]

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Jun 19, 2008 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Sportscenter != a shitty movie on TV?

You don’t have to finish it once you’ve started?

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

by Mariner John on Jun 19, 2008 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I listen to a lot of ESPN radio. It is nowhere near as bad as the tv network.

I especially enjoy Mike & Mike even though it comes on at 2 am up here.

by thewyrm on Jun 19, 2008 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Colin Cowherd sucks

even though I don’t know if he’s on or not anymore.

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

by Mariner John on Jun 19, 2008 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions

It's on at the store most of the time

by Robert on Jun 19, 2008 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions

i agree

I was watching today as Orel Hershieser (sp?) was making comparisons between the mariners new draft pick shields and major leaguers. The two pitchers he compares him to are Scott Shields and J.J. Putz. Out of all MLB relievers he finds one with the same name and one from the same team that drafted him. He must have put a TON of time and research in finding those two guys. What a joke.

I keep cereal in my pocket to feed 'em.

by CGfan on Jun 19, 2008 7:26 PM PDT reply actions

Shields?

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 19, 2008 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeaaa.. It's Fields.

Which kinda blows a whole in the middle of that post – but the message is still the same.. The “experts” are hardly worth watching.

by seattlesundevil on Jun 19, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Name issues aside,

I find it hilarious when experts make comparisons like that. You can almost always see right through them and figure out how they arrived at that comparison, and it’s often just:

1. Find guy of the same race.
2. Compare!

I remember ESPN’s announcers a few years ago calling Phil Ivey “The Tiger Woods of Poker,” which really just means “The Black Guy of Poker.”

by Teej on Jun 19, 2008 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions