haha, he sure did...JimD said:As usual, Pos nails it:
Curt Schilling (40-45%): 39.2%
— I don’t see this ballot evolving.
:rotflmao:PC Drunken Friar said:haha, he sure did...
Lesson 1: You really need a defensive shortstop with range.
Lesson 2: On-base percentage! On-base percentage! On-base percentage!
Lesson 3: Ballparks matter.
Lesson 4: Clutch hitting is baloney.
Lesson 5: Don’t use outfielders with no range and low error numbers.
Lesson 6: Matchups matter but …
Lesson 7: Twenties happen.
Then there is Joe Paterno. He was head coach at Penn State for 45 years, and assistant another 16 years before that. There is no way to catalogue the almost universal praise he received for his coaching — his teams won 409 games, the most for any Division I coach – and his integrity. His teams consistently graduated a high percentage of players. The NCAA never sanctioned them. His former players consistently call him one of their greatest teachers. The hard-hitting “60 Minutes” once did a segment on Paterno so glowing, that even he was embarrassed. On the November 2011 day of thegrand jury presentment that indicted Sandusky, Pennsylvania politicians were in the process of nominating him for the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Joe Paterno was mentioned only in passing in that grand jury presentment. He was never charged with a crime. To the contrary, he was praised by the attorney general’s office for being forthright in his testimony.
Still, Paterno has taken much of the brunt for Sandusky’s crimes.
riboflav said:I haven't read it yet but I assume he goes to talk about the actual victims and how they're the ones who have suffered the most. Right?
The crimes of Jerry Sandusky against children are terrible and well-known. Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse. He will spend the rest of his life in prison for them. Three Penn State officials – Spanier, former Penn State Vice President Gary Schultz and former athletic director Tim Curley – were charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and child endangerment. They have all insisted repeatedly and voraciously on their innocence; the charges against them are still pending after more than three years. Court observers say there is almost no chance their cases will go to trial in 2015. They are in what seems a permanent limbo.
Then there is Joe Paterno. He was head coach at Penn State for 45 years, and assistant another 16 years before that. There is no way to catalogue the almost universal praise he received for his coaching — his teams won 409 games, the most for any Division I coach – and his integrity. His teams consistently graduated a high percentage of players. The NCAA never sanctioned them. His former players consistently call him one of their greatest teachers. The hard-hitting “60 Minutes” once did a segment on Paterno so glowing, that even he was embarrassed. On the November 2011 day of thegrand jury presentment that indicted Sandusky, Pennsylvania politicians were in the process of nominating him for the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Joe Paterno was mentioned only in passing in that grand jury presentment. He was never charged with a crime. To the contrary, he was praised by the attorney general’s office for being forthright in his testimony.
Still, Paterno has taken much of the brunt for Sandusky’s crimes. He said to his death that he did not know Sandusky was a pedophile and did not understand what he was dealing with. Freeh and others said he had to know and understand. Paterno said that with the benefit of hindsight, he wished he had done more. Those words of regret have been misquoted and twisted into a tortured admission of guilt.
Everyone has their Achilles' heel; it would seem that Paterno is Pos'snattysez said:
Of all the hills to die on, I'm a bit surprised this is the one Joe's chosen.
drleather2001 said:I used to think his ability to emotionally connect with a subject was his greatest asset as a writer. It turns out his inability to keep an emotional distance, even when circumstances require, may be his tragic flaw.
Good observation by Joe. I especially like his comparison of Brady, in his press conference, to Martin Short's SNL "Nathan Thurm" character. If Brady had handled the issue more forthright, and even acted with some indignity, he probably would have fared better in the court of public opinion, just as we now all side with George Brett 34 years later. "Give me a bleepin' break!"Remagellan said:Pos is spot-on about all things Deflategate
WenZink said:Good observation by Joe. I especially like his comparison of Brady, in his press conference, to Martin Short's SNL "Nathan Thurm" character. If Brady had handled the issue more forthright, and even acted with some indignity, he probably would have fared better in the court of public opinion, just as we now all side with George Brett 34 years later. "Give me a bleepin' break!"
A bit OT for this thread, but, yeah, if his attitude had been, "What's the big deal? Every starting QB wants their footballs prepared for them. Everyone." Then today, he could make the case that the two Pats equipment guys were just too zealous in meeting his demands. It's not a big deal, really, but Brady's evasiveness, and his inability (I assume) to come clean with Belichick and Kraft will probably lead to his undoing, instead of the NFL fining the Patriots 2 x $25,000 for having two nitwits going to extremes to keep Brady off their backs. Hell, if Nixon had come clean in June of 1972, and just said, "I told them to take care of things, and my staff hired those 'effin nitwits who decided to become burglars!" he'd have survived easily.epraz said:
Brady did say in his press conference "This Isn't ISIS, No One Is Dying." But do you really think that being indignant would've been helpful? He would be skewered. "Arrogant Patriots Cheat Again"
WenZink said:A bit OT for this thread, but, yeah, if his attitude had been, "What's the big deal? Every starting QB wants their footballs prepared for them. Everyone." Then today, he could make the case that the two Pats equipment guys were just too zealous in meeting his demands. It's not a big deal, really, but Brady's evasiveness, and his inability (I assume) to come clean with Belichick and Kraft will probably lead to his undoing, instead of the NFL fining the Patriots 2 x $25,000 for having two nitwits going to extremes to keep Brady off their backs. Hell, if Nixon had come clean in June of 1972, and just said, "I told them to take care of things, and my staff hired those 'effin nitwits who decided to become burglars!" he'd have survived easily.
Point is, Pos makes the point that Brett had pine tar on his bat above the allowed area. But everyone had done it. No big deal.
drleather2001 said:
Come clean with what, exactly? That he likes his "balls soft"? Did you miss the press conference that was mocked by the entire nation where he said exactly that?
Come clean with Bill and Bob with whatever instructions/texts/correspondence he'd had with the two clowns that worked on the footballs. Tell them what the NFL might discover. This is not so much a rules-violation matter as it is a PR nightmare. Most of this was preventable if a PR team knew what they had to deal with at the time.drleather2001 said:Again: come clean with what?
drleather2001 said:And you think that he didn't tell them all this?
Why is that, exactly?
WenZink said:
Because of the statements of Kraft and Belichick at the time.
Look, it's fine if you disagree with Pos and with me. I thought Brady's presser in January was a disaster, even at the time. So does Pos. You think Brady was, at least, adequate. Good. We disagree.
VBSoxFan said:A quick take from Joe on the Dgate penalties handed down. He takes the league to task for their heavy-handedness, and holds the opinion that argument for GOAT now excludes Brady because of "a little bit of air in footballs".
VBSoxFan said:A quick take from Joe on the Dgate penalties handed down. He takes the league to task for their heavy-handedness, and holds the opinion that argument for GOAT now excludes Brady because of "a little bit of air in footballs".
Spud said:The Hall seems to have touched one of Joe's nerves.
JimBoSox9 said:
Indeed, and Question 3 provides the key clue. Buck O'Neil is Joe's personal baseball hero, and this stands in contrast to the now-defunct Negro Leagues HoF committee and Buck's exclusion. To say he finds the "Pre-Integration Committee" viscerally offensive is a safe bet.
Red(s)HawksFan said:I thought the idea here was that they replaced the old Veterans Committee process with one in which three eras were rotated each year. The eras being pre-1946 ("pre-integration"), 1947-1972 ("golden age"), and 1973-present ("expansion era").
So the question I have is are they specifically not considering Negro League players as part of the pre-1946 era, or did they just happen to not select any Negro League players this time around? Both possibilities are objectionable and ripe for disagreement, but I think the latter is definitely less egregious and outrage inducing. One is the whole process being fucked up, the other is the committee members making the decisions being idiots. I need to know where to direct the outrage and how much outrage is appropriate.
This was awesome and I would love to hear from Ken Tremendous on how an article like that comes about. For example, do you truly go back and forth or does Pos write something and you add in all of your commentary, fitting it in throughout.ConigliarosPotential said:This collaboration with Michael Schur on the events in the 7th inning in Toronto yesterday is, quite appropriately, tremendous:
http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/blue-jays-rangers-seventh-inning-jose-bautista-bat-flip-russell-martin-throw/
Merkle's Boner said:This was awesome and I would love to hear from Ken Tremendous on how an article like that comes about. For example, do you truly go back and forth or does Pos write something and you add in all of your commentary, fitting it in throughout.
Just in case you're stopping by today.
Anyway, you have this conventional game going on in Toronto, so with a runner on first, the Rangers are required by international law to blow an out and bunt over the runner.
Kevin Pillar sounds like the name Kevin Millar gave to the cops when they caught him drinking a beer at a house party when he was 17. “I’m Kevin … Pillar.”