Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 468 Editor's Choice: 25
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Alright one more.
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]JLS: "as opposed to the incessant psycho-babble garbage (A-Rod anyone?) that masquerades as sportswriting/fan in NY/Boston."
Really?!?!?
Two words: Jay Mariotti.
Man you people got short memories...
All sports writers are assholes. Used to think King was different. Apparently not.
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Hey Neil...
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The expletives were because I was angry, not because I use the f-word as an adjective or adverb like some people in the Bronx do. It'll happen when the only sports column you read with any regularity leaves a big cleveland steamer on your face while laughing (and encouraging others to laugh as well) when you've already been kicked in the balls repeatedly over the last month. If expletives turn you off about being a Red Sox fan, then you don't have thick enough skin to be a Red Sox fan.
I hear the WNBA needs fans though...
And if the Sox were 2nd in your complicated calculus, then you weren't much of a fan to begin with, were you? We won't miss your "fandom"...
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JLS
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If only I got paid for what amounts to an opinion piece every other day. I'd eagerly take the opportunity to piss off as many people as possible - and get paid for it. I'm not sure how one gets into sports writing, but at this point I'm pretty sure it involves fellatio.
I find it funny that you admit you are blissfully unaware of regular season baseball (which is MUCH more important than say, reg. season Basketball or Hockey - only 6 make it to the playoffs, not 16) yet still feel the need to run your mouth... So here's you explanation so we can at least be on the same page.
Jay Mariotti has been a sports writer in the greater Chicago area for about 15 years (guesstimation). Until he acheive some national recognition for being Sportswriting's answer to Sean Hannity, he was mostly known for being the first guy to say (insert Chicago sports franchise here) are not winning anything this season, every season. He is down of on the Bears. He is down on the Cubs. He is down on the Jordanless Bulls. He won't even recognize the Blackhawks as a professional sports franchise. He was down on the White Sox until the last possible moment last year (game 3 of the WS) when he informed us that he knew they were going to win it all the whole time.
The reason why I think the name should ring a bell was the mess that he caused this year when Ozzie Guillen (manager of the 2005 WS Champ White Sox - just trying to get you up to speed) called Mariotti a "fucking fag" and was appropriately fined for it. ESPN ran a 5-part special on it, I think. Starting to sound familiar?
Not that we've cleared that up, can I go now...
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MaaaaX
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The only reason you would think that the Red Sox have it substantially worse than either the Yankees or the Jays is because you live with your head so far up your own ass that you have no idea how valuable any player who doesn't play for the Red Sox is to their team."
Wow Mox, Thanks. It's all so clear to me now that you've helped me pull my head of my ass. You're right, you know. Seeing as I have a 9-5er, and a small kid, and I get outside every once in a while, I don't get to spend every extra hour of my life researching MLB stats so I know exactly how much Alex Rios means to the Blue Jays.
I just can't be bothered with the statistical minutiae of every team, especially since it has nothing to do with my job and I could give a shit. I think you'll find that's the norm across all of sports fandom. Really, why would a Bears fan care what Brett Favre's passer rating is? They know he's good and they want to beat him. More to my point – especially when he's healthy...
I do listen to every Red Sox game on my XM radio (living out of NE can suck if you're a Boston fan) and take note of what's being said about other players. And for the record, I was 4 in 1975 and 13 in 1984 so as far as "woe-is-me" Sox fan thing is concerned, I got nothin'. My Dad lived his entire life without seeing a Red Sox or Patriots Championship (he passed in 2001 - 3 months before the 1st Pats SB win) and never once complained about his luck at being a Boston sports fan (he did have the Celts). I think when people give our fans a hard time its because they really don't know and they're basing judgements off of media portrayals - not real people.
But, hey, at least you get to sound really great on a message board. That and your extensive "Magic the Gathering" card collection should get you laid real soon...