Let's see....Manny blasting: Check, check, check; Gratuitous Schilling Shot: Check; Strained analogies to the Red Sox - Yankees rivalry: Check (Comparing the recent NBA FA wheeling and dealing to the Red Sox and Yankees "winter wars" is downright stupid); John Henry close talker comment: check. Attempt to show cultural hipness: Check (Dos Equis commercial)
Also, Shank takes a shot at a recent NY Times Op Ed on steroids. Shank is critical of Chafets apparent indifference on the steroid issue. Chafets points out that many folks take performance enhancers in different forms and MLB has a long history of it. Shank ridicules Chafets but I personally think Chafets makes valid arguments. I personally use performance enhancers everyday (caffeine) and I take meds (motrin) to help me recover from injury - where do you draw the line? As usual, Shaughnessy is too lazy to at least consider the logic of an opposing viewpoint and instead issues dismissive one-liners. (And if you ever email Shaughnessy a critical comment, he does the same thing in his responses.)
Well, at least we were spared any 70s music references. And I actually did appreciate Shaughnessy's book and TV recommendations (I did not know about the HBO special on Ted Williams and look forward to it)
Shank does know that Schilling doesn't play baseball anymore, right? Yes, he does write a blog (from his basement? who knows?) for EEI and does raise money for ALS but the dude owns a video game company. That's what he does for a living.
ReplyDeleteGive the Schilling stuff a rest. It's gone beyond just being petty. It's turned into an unhealthy obsession.
You think that Shank's got a pic of Schill up next to his mirror that he glares at for an hour each day?
Good to hear the random thoughts of a media titan.
ReplyDeleteMore like Titantic. The Globe, listing & taking on water to the tune of $1 million lost every week. Stay thirsty!
"Shaughnessy is too lazy to at least consider the logic of an opposing viewpoint and instead issues dismissive one-liners."
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Imagine that! The Shank having to consider that the universe is full of other viewpoints.
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I must say, I’m absolutely stunned that Shank failed to take his obligatory cheap shot at the Patriots/Belichick/Kraft....
ReplyDeleteWhat, no 1970s musical references? Shank must not be listening to the music anymore. He must think loving you is easy because the site is so beautiful. I'm surprised he hasn't noted the long cool woman in a black dress attending Red Sox games or the moron who wants to dim all the lights because tonight the Sox are going all the way. Yes, they will rise beyond, with a rotation that knows street life, knows what love is, and will stay behind the rain for Angelina.
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