Comments on: Bruins Home Streak Hits a Dozen

By: davey

davey — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:23:38 +0000

I think the Sox fiscal restraint is great … someday (soon), all the $$$$ going to athletes is going to look foolish when 25%-35% of all US workers are on the streets.

I find no glee in sports typists and blowhards losing work.

However, This is a media site so I have used sports media as an example of a dying industry. I just feel it’s time for most media members to give up the “dream job”, grab a hammer and toolbox and start doing real work.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:38:04 +0000

I agree, which is why I included it in the links.

By: mandb97

mandb97 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:49:15 +0000

I know he can be a total jerk but Borges’ story on Lennox Lewis was outstanding and could not be more true. It was actually top level writing.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:50:51 +0000

Hey Davey – since when is people losing their jobs funny or something to cheer for? yeah, you know what, “damn the media. I hope they all get fired. Screw the car workers. I hope all the companies go bankrupt and they have to collect food stamps. The heck with all the small businesses that are about to tank because of the economy.” Get the point, and then get a clue.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:48:28 +0000

BTW: CHB just realized we have a hockey team in Boston! Now the Bruins are for REAL!

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:46:59 +0000

Umm, I think the mounting injuries, Variteck’s awful offensive production and the up and down year by the bull pen might have had something to do with the Red Sox not winning the pennant this year. Just a hunch.

By: sam the butcher

sam the butcher — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:50:45 +0000

Note, not directed at Bruce, but at the whining brat Bruce posted about.

By: sam the butcher

sam the butcher — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:49:53 +0000

Wahhhhh!!!!! The economy is Manny’s fault; mortgage defaults are Manny’s faults; not getting Teixeira is Manny’s fault; the snowstorm is Manny’s fault; Chuck Turner getting busted is Manny’s fault; international Ponzi schemes are Manny’s fault…Stick a sock in it crybaby.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:22:10 +0000

The problem with Manny isn’t that he was a great team mate. The problem with Manny is that the entire Boston media can’t stop whining about him: especially Golfboy and the Giant forehead, CHB, Blogmaster Schilling, and Mikey Adams.

They need to give it a rest, focus on Jason Bay and the current Red Sox and get on with life. No sign of that happening any time soon… I swear: Jason Bay could team up with Milan Lucic and Rajon Rondo to discover the cure for AIDS and invent a flying car and the Boston media would still print a story about Manny doing something. This obsession makes sense if the media was covering the Dodgers (or even the Padres or Giants). Not the Red Sox.

By: davey

davey — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:07:14 +0000

This is great news for the Sox. Better to combine money and intelligence to build a winner than spend insanely on free agents.

They overpaid big time on Dice K and Drew (albeit both good players) and got a great value with Pedroia, Beckett and Ortiz. It’s time to pull back and keep payroll in check.

Texy would have been nice but we are heading into a once-in-a-generation recession and the Sox are rightfully concerned.

Most media people mentioned on this web site are hanging on to their jobs by a thread. When unemployment hits 25%, the Sox will have plenty of empty seats — in the stands and in the press box.