Comments on: Pats To Carry On Without Harrison

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:48:21 +0000

I guess I’m out of step on this one. I was going to give KG credit for some good reporting on this one, regardless of what paper she works for. I’m not aware that any of the other outlets had the ‘infection/more surgery’ before she did.

As far as I’m concerned the fact that she works for the Herald is secondary to her being a fair and honest reporter who works hard.

By: MikeJ

MikeJ — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:42:31 +0000

On a completely unrelated topic, did anyone else notice Theo Epstein’s quote in Rob Bradford’s story on Josh Beckett? Theo describes Beckett’s injury as a “torn oblique.” I have two questions: 1. Why was that quote buried in the story. 2.)) Didn’t Francona vehemently deny it was torn? Liar!

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:30:50 +0000

Is it a coincidence that the Herald sports department is in the shape it is, and the size of the newspaper has been shrunk down to roughly the size of a TV Guide? Sometime soon I suspect the paper will be renamed the Boston Digest.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:14:54 +0000

The Herald’s moves in regards to the Pats have been completely inexplicable: The Tomase sourceless wonder, the Borges hire, the “Belicheat” headline, Mazz’s “Pats fans are idiots” article, Howie the WRKO Hostage’s gloating over the Brady injury… just a calvacade of excrement. Not even Fredo Corleone was this stupid.

The Globe was renowned for giving the Pats short shrift by being Red Sox obsessed. Now the Herald is doing everything in their power to burn bridges with the team? Do they have a clue what they’re doing over there?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:06:01 +0000

With the Tom Brady story the main one on yahoo.com, There is a link under that story to another one titled “Was Harrison injury Belichick’s fault?”. I simply have no words. Apparantly Harrison was supposed to leave the game at halftime, since we had such a large lead.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:58:43 +0000

Any paper that employs Ron “Those are my quotes” Borges and John “What’s confirming a source” Tomase, is always leading the charge into sensationalism. They know that the Pats won’t say anything about this.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:55:30 +0000

I’m pretty dismayed by the ‘sky-is-falling’ reporting I’m hearing over at the Herald regarding Tom Brady. Now isn’t the time to proclaim this is a ‘Big Deal.’ Next spring is when this whole infection issue will be seen as a Big Deal or much-ado-about-nothing. But too many people are ‘playing doctor’ and fans are surmising over on the ESPN message boards that Brady won’t even be back NEXT year. This is journalistic malpractice, to go along with what may be medical malpractice in several months. But like I said, now is not the time to proclaim that.