Comments on: Toxic Morning In The Sports Pages

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:47:56 +0000

If it is, we’re in deep trouble.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:11:03 +0000

I honestly don’t think callers to sports radio shows are representative of the average fan.

I sure hope not, anyway.

By: EC

EC — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:48:35 +0000

I’ve got to disagree with Bruce on this one. I was listening to the DA show on Wednesday night – he mentioned that about 60% of his callers were down on Nomar. Yes, that’s an unscientific sample, but I think that the media wasn’t simply projecting its feelings onto the fan base. I also recall reading an ESPN article back during ’08 Spring training (Bruce may have linked to this back then) about how the Dodgers were encouraging their players to sign autographs and mingle with the fans during their last season in Vero Beach. The writer observed that Nomar was the one player who was really short and curt with the fans. Maybe Nomar’s grown up since then. I really hope so.

By: Bird

Bird — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:06:44 +0000

Yes, I think everyone wants to let go so why rehash this by briging him back. If he stayed out of the media and out of the spotlight then no one would be talking about him. He’s a bum!

By: Classless

Classless — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:08:55 +0000

Nomar and the media were made for each other: Nomar hated them, the media loved to complain about him. It’s only fitting he’s one of them now.

By: mike b

mike b — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:57:49 +0000

And I recall Jimy Williams hitting groundballs to Nomar for hours. Which doesn’t seem like the kind of thing a manager would do for a player who was a miserable human being.

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:41:05 +0000

Hence, the conundrum.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:14:35 +0000

“While we’d all like to see fair and unbiased coverage all the time, if that ever happened we’d have less reason to visit this site.”

Well yeah, if the only thing that’s important to you is to cuss and be outraged by agenda-driven coverage from people who’ve been grinding the same axes for years. I suspect Bruce would just as rather post links to stories that deserve to be read, and praise writers who do a good job.

Course, take a look at the most-emailed list on Boston.com and see who’s on top … Shaughnessy’s column, not the Bob Ryan one. For all the noise, the masses have made it pretty clear for years that they’re not smart enough to ignore the people who should be ignored.

Why stop writing crap if the people won’t stop reading it?

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:19:48 +0000

All great comments here today.

This site represents quite the conundrum – while we’d all like to see fair and unbiased coverage all the time, if that ever happened we’d have less reason to visit this site.

BSMW serves as the local media watchdog and brings this agenda-driven coverage to light, when honestly it would almost be better served by ignoring it completely. Bruce sort of knows this, when he recently explained how he would post his daily links. But it’s a fine tightrope to walk.

By: mandb97

mandb97 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:19:49 +0000

beautifully written.