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Teddy's column on Mariotti in the Tribune
CarmenFanzone replied to RedIvyCub's topic in General Baseball Talk
Woah, hold the phone here. I know as a fact that Tribune never approached Mariotti to join them as their principal columnist. Why...because I used to work in the Tribune Sports department. The story is the other way around. Jay sent enough resumes to paper a small apartment because he wanted to work for Tribune so desparately. My coworkers all used to laugh at his Tribune bashing columns because they knew what fueled the tirades. Funniest was when Bill Adee (ST sports editor) jumped ship and came to the Tribune. At that time, there was an opening for a sports columnist and Jay thought he had it in the bag. Tribune hired Downey instead. :lol: Now that the Tribune is sinking as fast as the Sun Times, he has changed his schtick. You notice, the Tribune bashing columns are few and far between these days. I think your operative phrase is 'used to work in the Tribune Sports Department'. Why would Jay send more than 1-2 resumes to the appropriate people? You make it sound like everyone in the Trib Tower was sent his resume. This is just silly. And wasn't Bill Adee the guy who cut off readers' opinions on the Trib website? I'm not privy to details, maybe the Trib has guidelines about appearing on ESPN or other outlets. I don't have knowledge of that. -
With Jake Westbrook going down for the year, this may be a white flag trade for the Tribe. I know that it's a rental to go after CC, because he will want Z-type money, but he would be sweet to get. Are we all agreed that we need a 2-3 starter and not a 4-5. I don't know. I'd we can offer Hill-Marshall-and plenty of young unproven pitching. Tough call for Hendry. One thing, Grady Sizemore is real good. I know he's the face of the franchise, but... I can dream can't I?
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During last night's game, Lou was saying they'd bring up Hoff up for the Toronto series(after the 10 day waiting period). Ward will do rehab in AZ and then one of the minor league stops. Does anyone think that Ward's recovery is taking longer than anticipated and they're hoping that Hoff can stick here.
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Last year on this date we were 5 games under .500. This year we're 17 games over .500. I'm taking this year, thanks.
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Sure you can, it's not like if the one gets hurt you can't move the other there. You can, but it doesn't make sense.
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You can't put both catchers in the lineup at the same time. I'd say on turf let Edmonds DH and Johnson in CF.
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Teddy's column on Mariotti in the Tribune
CarmenFanzone replied to RedIvyCub's topic in General Baseball Talk
Greenstein is a bit of a hack anyway. He tried so hard to get a job at the Big 10 network last year and when he didn't get it, broke down and cried. Maybe if he dropped the tired Don Johnson 'Miami Vice' look and actually dug into stories he'd have a permanent beat. Telander is a good writer, but is at a loss at times to write anything so he has to hawk yet another upcoming book about his failed attempt in the NFL. He is so hated by the teams he complained about feeling threatened by the Bears antics in the locker room. I like Jay. He takes on all comers. He sees Jerry Reinsdorf as the back-stabbing, lying and cheap owner that he is. Jay also sees Kenny Williams, Ozzie Guillen and Hawk Harrelson as nothing but lackeys. He questions the decision making abilities of Jerry Angelo, Lovie Smith and Bears management. He also has taken on Rex Grossman, Jim Hendry, the TRIB, Joaquin Noah, John Paxson, etc.... Plus, the TRIB has approached him numerous times to join them as their principal sports columnist. You can't believe that anyone thinks Mike Downey is a draw? I have no doubt if there were a Telander/Mariotti confrontation, Telander would be in intensive care.