Jun
30
Why Mariotti is Right
June 30, 2009 | 4 Comments
The sports blogsphere is all a flutter today in response to Jay Mariotti’s rant against bloggers in his latest post on Fanhouse.
Much of the criticism of Mariotti’s piece is nothing new; the MSM doesn’t understand bloggers…bloggers are not journalists…the MSM should focus on doing its job. And on and on.
Listen, I’m not a fan of [...]
Jun
28
Doing the time warp in Baltimore
June 28, 2009 | 1 Comment
Some of you might recall George Carlin’s newscaster routine that opened something like this: “It’s 6 p.m. in New York. It’s 3 p.m. in Los Angeles. It’s midnight in London. In Baltimore, it’s 4:27.”
I was reminded of that as I drove around today listening to the Baltimore ESPN Radio affiliate, 1300 AM. This was at [...]
Jun
25
NBA draft > NFL draft
June 25, 2009 | Comments Off
The NBA draft is so much more enjoyable to watch than the NFL’s. It moves more quickly. The telecast has a much smaller cast. And, overall, it doesn’t have that air of overblown importance and ultra seriousness that infects the NFL’s.
The thing is, you get 25 people talking about each pick by the NFL teams, [...]
Jun
24
SMJ Video- Dan Hoard & Steve Hyder, Pawtucket Red Sox Radio Announcers
June 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Here is our video report featuring Dan Hoard and Steve Hyder, the voices of the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Triple A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
Jun
23
Baseball: Stats all, folks
June 23, 2009 | Comments Off
The news that a proposed movie based on Moneyball has been shelved could be viewed in a few ways. For one thing, just imagine you’re A’s general manager Billy Beane and you suddenly discover there isn’t going to be a movie with Brad Pitt playing you. Now, if that were me, I’d be majorly bummed. [...]


