Night Out At The Wilbur

Reader Walter R. sent me a reminder of last night's event - the baseball writer's symposium at the Wilbur Theater featuring a lot of baseball folks (writers, former players, etc.) and that someone was live tweeting the whole thing. By the looks of things, Bill Lee stole the show, but not before Shank was done mucking up the works. You won't believe some of these tweets, or maybe you will!

I did not boo Dan Shaughnessy. (I didn't applaud him either.) What's my prize? #pitchtalks

— Cyn (@toeingtherubber) July 8, 2016

Dan Shaughnessy thinks fans don't want to read about the opposing team/players. That they only want to read about their team. I disagree.

— Cyn(@toeingtherubber) July 8, 2016

Dan Shaughnessy - misunderstanding sports fans for over thirty years!

I must be drunk. CHB just made sense. He thinks David Price worries too much about what others think of his performance. #pitchtalks #redsox

— Cyn(@toeingtherubber) July 8, 2016

You picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!

When Shaughnessy says good things about Papi(which he just did) it makes me stabby. #redsox

— Cyn(@toeingtherubber) July 8, 2016

Please check your weapons at the door...

On the other hand, Dan Shaughnessy is still CHB.

— Cyn(@toeingtherubber) July 8, 2016

This next one is a fucking beauty:

Shaughnessy really trying to compare his harassment to women sports writers. Ugh.

— Cyn(@toeingtherubber) July 8, 2016

Is Shank really that lacking in self-awareness that he feels the need to play the martyr card? Poor Shank - he's just misunderstood! Then again, these two things may be connected.

Peter Abraham actually really representing for women right now as Dan Shaughnessy tells us zero women work in the Globe baseball dept.

— Cyn(@toeingtherubber) July 8, 2016

Eventually, there will be zero people who work in the Globe baseball department - equality achieved!

But wait - Shank's not done playing the martyr:

Dan Shaughnessy admitting he made a mistake by misquoting Pablo Sandoval: "I'm so used to people telling me to fuck off..." #redsox

— Cyn(@toeingtherubber) July 8, 2016

You're not used to it - you just got done complaining about it! So, the sports columnist who's been using his position as a bully pulpit to second guess, criticize, demean and otherwise shit on professional athletes, managers and owners for the better part of four decades is in reality a thin skinned crybaby pussy who can't take what he dishes out? Fuck him, fuck the Boston Globe, and I hope people keep giving him the business, wicked fucking hard.