Teddy's column on Mariotti in the Tribune

[CubinNY]

he also writes the most obvious columns like his Indy 500 column was about how Danica should have gotten in a fight. Wow how creative. The guy who covered the 500 for the Ball State Daily News (yes we actually send a guy every year) sat with Marioti and Jason Whitlock (whitlock went to Ball State). He told me Mariotti said two minutes in the race that his column would be on Danica no matter what happens because she is a good looking sports figure and he wants to write about her. That is the wrong reason to write about her.

Exactly. Jay puts about as much thought into his work as I do in choosing which color of white sox to wear when I'm mowing the lawn. He's the very definition of a hack. My biggest wonder is how he ever got to the position he currently occupies.

Edited June 13, 2008 by CubinNY

[Banedon]

come on...it has nothing to do with your gender and everything to do with your obvious bitterness. give me a break.

 

Were you beat up or ignored on this board as much as I have been, you would understand. And when I defend myself, I get a hand slap from the admin. Tends to be why I disppear for long periods of time.

 

So you're simultaneously beat up and ignored?

 

Truth is that anyone that is an "insider" posting on a message board is going to get grief. The anonymous nature of the internet is such that a lot of people are cynical of that, and I understand that sentiment. There was quite the chuckle out of the insiders at the Orioles Hangout this offseason. Were they actual insiders? Maybe...that situation was screwed up enough though, that it made them look completely ridculous, and they got shredded much more than you or I ever will.

 

Your posting here is appreciated...you definitely have a unique point of view to present. But the nature of the message board is such that you're going to get criticism based on your "insider" nature and the defensive attitude that you present (rightly or wrongly).

 

If anyone directly insults you the mods will be right there to take care of it (though you may have to point it out to us, we don't see every post). But if you attack someone, then yeah, we're going to let you know about it too.

 

I am 100% sure it has nothing to do with you being female. Most posters probably don't even know that about you.

[RedIvyCub]

come on...it has nothing to do with your gender and everything to do with your obvious bitterness. give me a break.

 

Were you beat up or ignored on this board as much as I have been, you would understand. And when I defend myself, I get a hand slap from the admin. Tends to be why I disppear for long periods of time.

 

So you're simultaneously beat up and ignored?

 

Truth is that anyone that is an "insider" posting on a message board is going to get grief. The anonymous nature of the internet is such that a lot of people are cynical of that, and I understand that sentiment. There was quite the chuckle out of the insiders at the Orioles Hangout this offseason. Were they actual insiders? Maybe...that situation was screwed up enough though, that it made them look completely ridculous, and they got shredded much more than you or I ever will.

 

Your posting here is appreciated...you definitely have a unique point of view to present. But the nature of the message board is such that you're going to get criticism based on your "insider" nature and the defensive attitude that you present (rightly or wrongly).

 

If anyone directly insults you the mods will be right there to take care of it (though you may have to point it out to us, we don't see every post). But if you attack someone, then yeah, we're going to let you know about it too.

 

I am 100% sure it has nothing to do with you being female. Most posters probably don't even know that about you.

 

Quite frankly, yes. I have started some threads or made some comments in threads that either die or I get no response. Other times I make a comment in a thread and everyone piles on. So that is why I get frustrated. From now on, I will just let it slide I guess because it isn't worth my effort nor energy to defend myself.

 

Thanks for the kind words. And you are right...I don't believe most people on the internet either but I also don't tend to challenge what they say, I try to ignore them. Trust me, I am removed from that world now and the things I know are solely things from the past unless one of my pals fills me in which tends to be quite often. LOL

 

BTW, please note, when someone has bashed a reporter that I do know and am friends with, I haven't defended that person because it is the writer's opinion. Could have very easily defended Teddy because I think he is a great guy but I didn't. It is the poster's prerogative to like or not like his writing. And it is his editor's prerogative to give him these crazy story ideas that he has to write about.

[brinoch]

I generally like Teddy.

[Devin Dixon]

I generally like Teddy.

 

Compared to Mariotti, I do too. This is faint praise, however, as a list of things that I enjoy more than Mariotti would have to include rashes, famine, parking tickets, and Dick Cheney's sneer.

[abuck1220]

i've accidentally read his columns over the past couple days, and the word "hack" doesn't even begin to describe how poor a writer this guy is.

 

his column yesterday was full of HILARIOUS bratwurst/cheese/sausage comedy. real high brow stuff. and he must have been too busy winning that yelling contest on espn to come up with fresh d-lee material.

 

yesterday:

``It was nice to see some excitement on the bench and guys coming in high-fiving after scoring runs,'' said Derrek Lee, who has killed so many rallies lately, his nickname changed from D-Lee to DP-Lee.

 

today:

Road-tripping Cubdom was preparing for the 22nd time this season that Derrek Lee would ground into a double play, an epidemic so maddening that D-Lee is called DP-Lee.

[jersey cubs fan]

i've accidentally read his columns over the past couple days

 

Jay or Teddy?

[abuck1220]

jay.

[jersey cubs fan]

jay.

 

Well then you're an idiot for not preventing yourself from reading the columns.