tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post853301366451272177..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: How could EVERYBODY get this wrong?By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13393669143553324622010-12-20T12:37:24.418-08:002010-12-20T12:37:24.418-08:00I say this as a Phillies fan: it's a damn good...I say this as a Phillies fan: it's a damn good thing they got Lee, because with Werth and who knows who else being traded away, shut-outs are the only games they're going to be able to win.Lou H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17611461956944372901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22942363675173500402010-12-20T11:08:30.961-08:002010-12-20T11:08:30.961-08:00The MLB Network reported that the Phillies were a ...The MLB Network reported that the Phillies were a late contender for Lee. So I wasn't that surprised.<br />I have plenty of time to watch it from my mother's basement...chuckcdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41277676614063043852010-12-20T08:06:35.491-08:002010-12-20T08:06:35.491-08:00Please, never upload another picture of Perez Hilt...Please, never upload another picture of Perez Hilton. I've never seen a face so punchable since Glenn Beck.Anthony Hoffmanhttp://www.facebook.com/anthonyhoffmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80597689559762058272010-12-20T07:52:21.397-08:002010-12-20T07:52:21.397-08:00You got it right, Ken. Doesn't matter if it&#...You got it right, Ken. Doesn't matter if it's sports or "hard" news, they all operate now like the gossip sheets always have: rumor is fact. Just because you say it it's true.<br />Also, if the baseball world isn't aware of it just yet, everyone should be alert to how Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. works. Remember last summer, when it was widely reported Roy Oswalt would NEVER, EVER go to Philadelphia, and would ONLY play for the Cardinals.williebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19445013578433226602010-12-19T16:02:16.248-08:002010-12-19T16:02:16.248-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.jimhenshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87098413555082555842010-12-19T16:02:15.552-08:002010-12-19T16:02:15.552-08:00I want to know where ESPN was. No LeBron "Dec...I want to know where ESPN was. No LeBron "Decision" special. No weeks of expert prediction. Do Poker repeats really get that much better numbers?jimhenshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815834271470133872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83838694194817728742010-12-19T11:41:16.589-08:002010-12-19T11:41:16.589-08:00Why should we surprised? The conventional wisdom ...Why should we surprised? The conventional wisdom is a circular firing squad.<br /><br />Good for Lee for taking "less" money...Twignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63048200640963181132010-12-19T09:05:49.898-08:002010-12-19T09:05:49.898-08:00The problem is partly with the way sportswriters w...The problem is partly with the way sportswriters work. As Roger Kahn once said, nobody goes backstage at the New York Philharmonic and asks during intermission what will be different about the second half of the program.<br /><br />Thus, a story. At the winter meetings about 50 years ago, three sportswriters--as I recall, Stan Isaacs of Newsday and Len Schecter of Ball Four fame were two of them, and the third may actually have been Larry Merchant, as in the HBO boxing guy--were talking about the most ridiculous rumor they could start. They thought of it: Yogi Berra, then a Yankee player, to manage the Giants, who were looking for a manager. They started the rumor. Within hours, other reporters were on the phone to Yogi asking if it was true. Of course it wasn't. But it started him as a serious managerial candidate and helped lead to his managerial career. All because three guys decided to start a rumor--and that's still pretty much how the Hot Stove League coverage works, I think.<br /><br />A punch line or postscript: I have read in several baseball books that for all of the joking and using him as a straight man, Casey Stengel deferred to one Yankee player in his time there: Yogi. He had that much respect for Yogi's knowledge of the game.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38430483813736862282010-12-19T05:17:41.614-08:002010-12-19T05:17:41.614-08:00And as Al Jolson might have said, you ain't he...And as Al Jolson might have said, you ain't heard <i>nothin'</i> yet. The apparent winner of the Zach Greinke tradestakes is not the Rangers...not the Yankees or the other "evil empire," the Red Sox...not the Dodgers or Angels...but the <i>Brewers</i>! (They are obviously rolling the dice in Wisconsin in 2011 before Fielder and Weeks move on.)<br /><br />As Rich Ashburn might have said, "Hard to believe, Harry, hard to believe."VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48820326243150384572010-12-19T01:52:14.566-08:002010-12-19T01:52:14.566-08:00Dagnab it. This reminds me of the good old days, ...Dagnab it. This reminds me of the good old days, before we went all wireless, cellular and computerized. You whippersnappers don't remember when news was reported AFTER it happened, instead of BEFORE it happened.Geezer Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31705620178426718412010-12-18T22:31:07.238-08:002010-12-18T22:31:07.238-08:00I like it when the media is out to lunch when a st...I like it when the media is out to lunch when a story breaks. Too many of them are intrusive, robbing people of their privacy.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35743770249264557142010-12-18T19:23:49.673-08:002010-12-18T19:23:49.673-08:00Agreed on Lee. Don't know how that happened wi...Agreed on Lee. Don't know how that happened with nary a rumor, but Crawford, that I definitely heard about it advance.DBAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41338472850836444092010-12-18T18:36:31.092-08:002010-12-18T18:36:31.092-08:00Lee Halladay Oswalt...
The GM must have been hidi...Lee Halladay Oswalt...<br /><br />The GM must have been hiding behind a grassy knoll....dgwphotographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457021093344362212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6357368988060590942010-12-18T18:13:52.548-08:002010-12-18T18:13:52.548-08:00We were stealthy. By "we", I mean the P...We were stealthy. By "we", I mean the Phillies GM. <br /><br />Halladay - Lee - Oswalt - Hamels<br /><br />I can't wait for the season to start.<br /><br />Don't be too hard on the baseball media. Lee signed with the Phillies for less money than he was offered elsewhere. Who could have seen that coming?Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59327023168314519382010-12-18T17:49:08.677-08:002010-12-18T17:49:08.677-08:00I'm sorry, what have the Dodgers done to impro...I'm sorry, what have the Dodgers done to improve their club again?Anonymoushttp://(optional)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91931082341381492722010-12-18T16:26:12.015-08:002010-12-18T16:26:12.015-08:00there are non critical Oriole blogs?there are non critical Oriole blogs?daniel in cherry hillnoreply@blogger.com