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KO Goes for Bobby V Knockout
When I posted my story on the question of Bobby Valentine: True SABR?, I promised that would be my last Bobby V post for a very long time. AA colleague Chris McShane doubted my ability to make good on this promise; an obvious choice, in retrospect, because here we are. The reason I'm writing about...
Murray Chass's Valentines Day
When last we saw blogger Murray Chass, he was convinced that the new Mets front office was trying to pull a fast one over the fanbase by admitting it had payroll issues. (No, it doesn't make any sense.) But if there's anything Chass likes better than not making sense, it's settling personal scores....
Separate the Wheat from the Chass
These days, it's pretty easy to pick on Murray Chass. And it's fun, too, so why not? For the last 2+ years, the former New York Times sports scribe has been reduced to plying his trade as a blogger, on his own site, no less (insert mother's basement joke here). In that time, he's ruffled many a...
An Open Letter To Murray Chass
HTML clipboard "The times they are a-changin'..." Murray Chass is a fantastic writer, having covered the Yankees and baseball for the New York Times for over 40 years. Elected to the writers' wing of the Hall of Fame in December of 2003, Mr. Chass continues his outstanding career...
Most Editors Are Failed Writers, But So Are Most Writers
With a hat tip to LoHud. Murray Chass has a blog. But it's not a blog, it's an online column, because Mr. Chass (recently retired from the NYTimes) is a columnist, not a blogger. Mr. Chass is on the record saying he hates bloggers, hates statistics besides batting average and ERA, and hates the...
Friday Brain Dump
El Duque is back... err... sort of El Duque had a nice rehab start last night with the St. Lucie Mets, going five innings and allowing three hits, one walk and two runs while striking out six. St. Lucie is the Mets' High-A affiliate in the Florida State League (FSL) and is three big stepping...
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