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I think what's being missed in the Steve Phillips/Deadspin kerfuffle

onefootinthegrave:

is that Steve Phillips was an incompetent as General Manager of the Mets.  He used that failure to parley himself into a position on every god damned show on the WWL.  Every time he opened his stupid mouth I wanted to scream “You don’t know shit about baseball! You were an abject fucking failure as a Baseball Professional! Why do these idiots think his opinion matters?”

And if that moron were fucking around and sexually harassing his coworkers, he should be fucking fired post haste.

Steve Phillips and Matt Millen should form a murder/suicide pact.

In case you missed it: Fuck Steve Phillips.  Fuck him up his stupid ass.  He’s a no-talent assclown.

Aside from the fact he He tried to trade David Wright for Jose Cruz Jr.

He also…

1) Passed on the chance to sign Alex Rodriguez and then publicly insulted him saying he would have turned the clubhouse into a “24 and 1” situation.

2) Paid a ton of money at the time ($44mm for 4yrs) for Kevin Appier, who was a complete bust.

3) Let John Olerud, who was arguably one of the most consistant hitters the Mets have ever had, and continued to be after he left, leave over a difference of 1 million dollars.

4) Traded Jason Isringhausen for a 38-year old Billy Taylor. Izzy would go on to be a great closer for many years for the St. Louis Cardinals.

5) Ignored Bobby Valentines plea to do everything it took to get Ichiro Suzuki, who is one of the best hitters in baseball over the past decade.

Oh did I mention HE TRIED TO TRADE DAVID WRIGHT FOR JOSE CRUZ JR?

I’ve always said, Steve Phillips never had an eye for talent.

Daulerio vs. ESPN

spiers:

From this Times story:

In his initial posting on the topic, Mr. Daulerio suggested less-than-scrupulous concern for the accuracy of the rumors he repeated: “Chances are, at this point, there’s some truth to them,” he wrote. “We’ll just throw ’em out there” and wait for the reactions. But in the interview, he said he adhered to the same standard of proof as any traditional news organization, repeating only those things told to him by multiple sources with close knowledge of the subject.

This is the paragraph that’ll get glossed over. Gawker likes to suggest that it shamelessly rumormongers, but it doesn’t in any traditional sense. And “multiple sources with close knowledge of the subject” is pretty traditional sourcing.

There’s another question, re: whether Deadspin should be publishing information about the sex lives of ESPN employees, especially if they aren’t public figures. But the Times seems more interested in the fact that AJ is a blogger taking on a sports news network.

Nonetheless, having been lied to by lying PR people who lie on a number of occasions, I understand AJ’s reaction.  I think they should be publicly outed every time they do it.  (For the opposite of this principle, see GossipCop, which happily—and either knowingly or stupidly—regurgitates publicist lies, perpetuating the problem.)

Deadspin Opens Gates of ESPN Sex Rumors [NYT]

I am in love with Tumblr

bronsonpinchot1:

And if none of you mind, I am going to gently and caringly upend my computer and make sweet love to it for twenty or forty minutes or until one of us says, “Hey, how about some breakfast?  How did I exist right up until this morning without it? Oh, the pure joy of it.  Now, a technical question: if I make gracious love to Tumblr will it post the sounds we make?

Only if you dial the special phone number.