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Steve Stone is taking shots at Billy Beane's computer, like it's 2004.
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Steve Stone is taking shots at Billy Beane's computer, like it's 2004.

in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter what the A's do to those who dislike the sabermetrics movement. If the A's win the WS this yr it will because they went against what they usually do and went out and got some pitching, if they do not win it will be because they do not play enough 1 run baseball down the stretch and in the playoffs to win. So Steve Stone is basically being like a political pundit, pandering to the people who are already 'anti-Moneyball'

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Haha Bill Simmons got suspended for 3 weeks for calling Goodell a liar in his podcast.

 

Remember this is the same network that suspended SAS 3 days for saying Janay Rice shouldn't have provoked Ray into hitting her.

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He's pretty horrible on NBA countdown and actually think they gave him a show for this upcoming NBA season.

 

I feel like ESPN and all their shows and all their usual suspects have been extremely critical of goodell. Like olberman for example has been slaughtering goodell on ESPNs airwaves for like two months over this. This isn't simmons speaking truth to power or taking a righteous but unpopular stance. Any negative statement about goodell is a wildly popular one. Simmons is a tool. Anybody who thinks simmons is doing something courageous is an idiot.

 

This is the guy they gave an entire outlet to and he used it to do a haha piece where te punchline was outing an unstable transgender person who killed themself as a result. They should have fired him as editor of grantland then.

 

He's probably the biggest tool in the sports media and the less I have to see of him the better. I applaud this action by ESPN.

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He's pretty horrible on NBA countdown and actually think they gave him a show for this upcoming NBA season.

 

I feel like ESPN and all their shows and all their usual suspects have been extremely critical of goodell. Like olberman for example has been slaughtering goodell on ESPNs airwaves for like two months over this. This isn't simmons speaking truth to power or taking a righteous but unpopular stance. Any negative statement about goodell is a wildly popular one. Simmons is a tool. Anybody who thinks simmons is doing something courageous is an idiot.

 

This is the guy they gave an entire outlet to and he used it to do a haha piece where te punchline was outing an unstable transgender person who killed themself as a result. They should have fired him as editor of grantland then.

 

He's probably the biggest tool in the sports media and the less I have to see of him the better. I applaud this action by ESPN.

 

Now that you brought it up. That would be an interesting poll to see who people think is the biggest tool/douche/etc in the sport media world. So many candidates.

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It's him or Rick Reilly. Tom Rinaldi annoys me a lot but he's not on their level.

 

Those guys are just annoying. I hope Jason Whitlock gets hit by a bus.

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It's him or Rick Reilly. Tom Rinaldi annoys me a lot but he's not on their level.

 

Those guys are just annoying. I hope Jason Whitlock gets hit by a bus.

 

What do you have against buses?

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Does Mariotti even count as a sports media person anymore?

 

 

I suppose. Although I prefer to believe he never did.

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So Gordon Wittenmeyer and Dan Bernstein are sniping at each other.

 

Yesterday, Boers mentions that Wittenmeyer had said something about Kris Bryant being angry at the Cubs for not getting called up, and how it could lead to him leaving when he's a free agent...someday. Bernstein mocked this, basically said that Wittenmeyer was full of [expletive], and that all of Dan's sources say that Bryant is completely on board with the Cubs plan, has never been lied to or mislead, and that he's basically a super nice guy and that Wittenmeyer is terrible, and the Sun Times coverage has been awful on the Cubs, deliberately misunderstanding "the plan". Said that either Theo or Jed specifically went to the Sun Times asking what questions they had, and what they could clear up, but at this point...they're just done doing that. This whole discussion sprouted out of Telander's stupid questions in the Theo press conference yesterday.

 

So this morning, Wittenmeyer goes on Mulley and Hanley, saying "Your boy in the afternoon over there.....he never shows up anywhere. I'm not sure who he even talks to. Disagree with me if want but don't question my credibility. When I write something, I've talked to both sides."

 

He called him "Your boy" a few times, and Hanley had to specifically ask if he was referring to Dan or Terry...to which he specified Dan. Finished by saying Bernstein could kiss his butt.

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So Gordon Wittenmeyer and Dan Bernstein are sniping at each other.

 

Yesterday, Boers mentions that Wittenmeyer had said something about Kris Bryant being angry at the Cubs for not getting called up, and how it could lead to him leaving when he's a free agent...someday. Bernstein mocked this, basically said that Wittenmeyer was full of [expletive], and that all of Dan's sources say that Bryant is completely on board with the Cubs plan, has never been lied to or mislead, and that he's basically a super nice guy and that Wittenmeyer is terrible, and the Sun Times coverage has been awful on the Cubs, deliberately misunderstanding "the plan". Said that either Theo or Jed specifically went to the Sun Times asking what questions they had, and what they could clear up, but at this point...they're just done doing that. This whole discussion sprouted out of Telander's stupid questions in the Theo press conference yesterday.

 

So this morning, Wittenmeyer goes on Mulley and Hanley, saying "Your boy in the afternoon over there.....he never shows up anywhere. I'm not sure who he even talks to. Disagree with me if want but don't question my credibility. When I write something, I've talked to both sides."

 

He called him "Your boy" a few times, and Hanley had to specifically ask if he was referring to Dan or Terry...to which he specified Terry. Finished by saying Bernstein could kiss his butt.

 

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Kris Bryant doesn't even know who Gordon Wittenmeyer is

 

That's Javy.

 

Bryant knows who all the people are and addresses them with a smile, a firm handshake and their full name.

 

 

hahaha

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I messed up the end of that story...when asked if he was referring to Dan or Terry, he specified Dan. Editing the post...

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