Worst Sports Writer

[USSoccer]

In ordeer to properly determine who's terrible, I'm going to break this up by category. This is the poll for worst writer.

[Chocolate Milk]

Some really good options here. I'm going to have to think about this one for a while.

[Andy]

Sticking with HatGuy.

 

Did you see the sheer stupidity of Dr. Z's All-Pro team though?

 

He picks Brees for MVP (ludicrous in itself), then doesn't put him as his All-Pro QB. He omits Julius Peppers from his defensive line on the basis that he's been 'worn out' this season, and refuses to give Robbie Gould an all-pro slot because he hasn't attempted a 50-yarder this year.

 

He's rising up my list.

[Drew Doughty]

HatGuy!

[CubinNY]

I don't know who "HatGuy" is. Where does he write?

[Andy]

I don't know who "HatGuy" is. Where does he write?

He writes for MSNBC.com. He's a favorite of Fire Joe Morgan because of his blatant Yankees bias and stupid platitudes and metaphors.

[goonys evil twin]

I don't know who "HatGuy" is. Where does he write?

 

msnbc

 

I've only read his articles that were linked via firejoemorgan.

[USSoccer]

I don't know who "HatGuy" is. Where does he write?

 

HatGuy is a writer for MSNBC, I think, and a frequent target of Fire Joe Morgan. He's a very terrible writer stuck in 1959.

 

For my part, I had to go with Plaschke, who is just an absolutely vindictive, petty, terrible journalist. I think he has a dartboard with Paul DePodesta's face on it at home.

 

Although it's tough not to go with Scoop Jackson.

[Butterscup1679666578]

I picked Dr. Z. He's a clown.

 

I've literally never read more than 1 line of anything Scoop Jackson has ever written.

 

Bill Simmons shouldn't even be on this list, but it's nice to see he has 0 votes.

[soccer10k]

Gotta be Scoop Jackson.

[USSoccer]

I picked Dr. Z. He's a clown.

 

I've literally never read more than 1 line of anything Scoop Jackson has ever written.

 

Bill Simmons shouldn't even be on this list, but it's nice to see he has 0 votes.

 

I personally enjoy reading Simmons, but there are more that a few people who find his incessant pop culture referencing and writing style to be annoying, so I put him on there.

[goonys evil twin]

I picked Dr. Z. He's a clown.

 

I've literally never read more than 1 line of anything Scoop Jackson has ever written.

 

Bill Simmons shouldn't even be on this list, but it's nice to see he has 0 votes.

 

I personally enjoy reading Simmons, but there are more that a few people who find his incessant pop culture referencing and writing style to be annoying, so I put him on there.

 

I think he's entertaining, but a terrible analyst of sports.

[XZero771679666304]

Gotta be Scoop Jackson.

[USSoccer]

I picked Dr. Z. He's a clown.

 

I've literally never read more than 1 line of anything Scoop Jackson has ever written.

 

Bill Simmons shouldn't even be on this list, but it's nice to see he has 0 votes.

 

I personally enjoy reading Simmons, but there are more that a few people who find his incessant pop culture referencing and writing style to be annoying, so I put him on there.

 

I think he's entertaining, but a terrible analyst of sports.

 

He seems very hit and miss with his analysis. He's probably best at discussing the NBA.

[soccer10k]

I picked Dr. Z. He's a clown.

 

I've literally never read more than 1 line of anything Scoop Jackson has ever written.

 

Bill Simmons shouldn't even be on this list, but it's nice to see he has 0 votes.

 

I personally enjoy reading Simmons, but there are more that a few people who find his incessant pop culture referencing and writing style to be annoying, so I put him on there.

 

I think he's entertaining, but a terrible analyst of sports.

 

He seems very hit and miss with his analysis. He's probably best at discussing the NBA.

 

I agree. I like his writing style and enjoy reading most of his columns but I don't usually take a lot of stock in his analysis of sports, namely baseball.

[Andy]

I picked Dr. Z. He's a clown.

 

I've literally never read more than 1 line of anything Scoop Jackson has ever written.

 

Bill Simmons shouldn't even be on this list, but it's nice to see he has 0 votes.

 

I personally enjoy reading Simmons, but there are more that a few people who find his incessant pop culture referencing and writing style to be annoying, so I put him on there.

 

I think he's entertaining, but a terrible analyst of sports.

He's good with the NBA, but he doesn't know anything about football that hasn't been spoon-fed to him by fellow Patriots fans, and he's even worse about baseball.

 

Nevertheless, he's the only sportswriter that is a must-read anytime I see that he's written something new.

[imb]

Plaschke, Scoop and Hat Guy are three of my final four.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I think I'm going to go read FJM's take on Plaschke's piece about the Dodger scout who found the diamond in the rough of Oakland's system, also known as their Minor League player of the year.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I guess it's being in LA, but Plaschke.

[Chocolate Milk]

I think I'm going to go read FJM's take on Plaschke's piece about the Dodger scout who found the diamond in the rough of Oakland's system, also known as their Minor League player of the year.

 

My favorite FJM ever. I still can't beleive that article is real.

[Derwood]

I voted Plaschke. If not for FJM, I wouldn't even know who HatGuy is. But Plaschke not only writes for one of the nation's top newspapers, but he's also featured on Around the Horn, where his observations are even more inane and off base than his articles

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I had to go with Scoop, though all of these are idiotic in their own way.

[OleMissCub]

Went with Scoop. I can't stand people who make their careers based on race-baiting.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I think I'm going to go read FJM's take on Plaschke's piece about the Dodger scout who found the diamond in the rough of Oakland's system, also known as their Minor League player of the year.

 

My favorite FJM ever. I still can't beleive that article is real.

 

This is too long, but it's sig worthy.

 

"Once and for all:

 

I don't think -- NO ONE THINKS -- that scouts are worthless. EVERYONE who watches baseball and knows about baseball knows the value of scouting. It has value. Okay? It has value. It can tell you things about a player's constitution, and hustle, and all that stuff, which is definitely important.

 

But what has as much, if not more, value -- in nearly every single [expletive] possible scenario -- is the analysis of statistical information.

 

If you seek to invalidate the use of statistical analysis...if you denigrate it, mock it, or look down your nose at it...if you write terrible mock-poetry articles declaring the objective superiority of gut instinct and old-fashioned "stare tests" over numbers-based research...then you are a far bigger snob, a far bigger ignoramus, and a far more provincial person than those whom you target with tripe like this.

 

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to drive 1600 miles on a pack mule to St. Louis so I can give Albert Pujols a little look-see. Want to be able to speak up tomorrow when the Boss Man asks me if we should try to trade for 'im."