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Joe Morgan is an Asshat

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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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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

The excellent black guy of poker.

But unless he’s dominant and unstoppable, I don’t see the Tiger comparison.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Jun 20, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's the best player in the world

and the reason that I always try to duck my head into the high roller rooms when I’m in LV. There are pretty substantial rumors that he loses millions playing craps up and down the Strip.

by seattlebruin on Jun 20, 2008 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of FJM,

The artwork in this post had me in tears.

by Teej on Jun 19, 2008 7:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I enjoyed the Adam Reilly article.

The artwork didn’t really capture my attention, though. I get it, I am just not emotionally tied to it like FMJ is (maybe if I read them more I would feel different about it).

by Wilder. on Jun 20, 2008 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oops

okay so not the same name, just one that rhymes…

I keep cereal in my pocket to feed 'em.

by CGfan on Jun 21, 2008 10:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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