But why is it "weird"? Why does it need to be addressed? A lot of Edes' audiance does't know T&R and the question wasn't "wacky", it was a legit question in a legit space. Put it this way, the Red Sox have this dog-and-pony show twice a day (before and after the games) aside from figuring out who's hurt (which I am sure most of the beat guys already know) and to announce a transaction, what's the point? From my perspective, the point is to ask the manager questions. That's what Rich did.
Was it the best question, was it a pointed question, I don't know. Personally, I don't think so.
It was weird because 1.) T&R are never at Fenway press conferences and 2.) Sports radio guys in general are never at pre-game Press Conferences. That's what Gordon said, that's why it was weird.
He wasn't chastising them for being there, all he really did was acknowledge them and their question in order to make a larger point about Bobby Valentine. You'd think from Fred's reaction that Gordon wrote a hatchet piece on their show and their place in the scope of Boston Sports Media, he did neither.
I don't think that T&R would agree with you here because Mazz was certainly talking about how cute it was that Rich was going to his first press conference, Gresh was asking how he (Rich) could get a press pass, there was a story from Newsday (I think) making fun of them, Sports Talk Matt was ripping them. It's just another example of the circling the wagons mentality, just like they jumped on Joe Haggerty for writing about John Lackey walking around double-fisted. I get that sports writers are protective of their turf, they have a nice thing going, but this isn't Kappa Epsilon Gamma. Not everyone wants to be hazed to join the Springstreen Club.
Ok, so now we're supposed to feel bad for T&R because guys from their OWN STATION were joking with them about going to a their first press conference of the season with less than a month left when the team is in last place? Come on. Cafardo, McAdam, Browne, literally NONE of the other Sox writers even made mention of the fact that T&R were there. It was a non-issue.
And Matt was upset at T&R because they called Gordon Edes a prick on the air. That was the crux of his rant yesterday and T&R focused mostly on the few minutes he spent on clubhouse etiquette, which I admit, wasn't a particularly strong part of his argument.
I never said that Edes is a mouth piece for the Sox. And for the third time, I like Edes he does a lot of the site and he seems like a good guy.
So then you don't have a problem with T&R calling him a prick on their show? Of all the guys in Boston Sports Media to call a condescending prick they go after Edes because he made a passing mention of the fact that they were in the clubhouse?
I didn't listen to the end of the show (I assume you're meaning today) where Fred admitted that he wanted Bobby to blow up, because yesterday he was very, very adamant that that wasn't their reason for being there at all. Like I said, I think that Fred's rant was mostly on the Boston writers and he just happened to use Gordon Edes as the personification, the focal point, of what's wrong with the Boston media. I happen to agree (about the media). Actually, I was thinking about it today and I think that if newspapers/media outlets really cared about their readership they'd have a new beat writers every two years to keep things fresh.
He didn't admit that they were there to make Bobby blow up, but just using common sense and the fact that I listen to these guys all the time you can sort of connect the dots. They hadn't been to a press conference all year, and what is Rich's specialty? It's using sound to make bits, songs, etc. and he's a master at it. If Bobby gave them something they could have used you don't think Rich would've run wild with it?
Thus, weren't they there to try and get Bobby to say something that they could use on their show? I'm sure Fred was adamant that it wasn't some wacky radio stunt, and it certainly wasn't, but to act as if their only intention was to ask Bobby a question from the fans, and not to use what he said one their show in some capacity or another, is being pretty naive, IMO.
There are ways to attack the media without singling a guy like Edes out and calling him a prick on your radio show, and when you call out a guy who is respected by many like Edes is, there is likely to be some backlash.
