Sportswriting Ain't What It Used To Be - Gawker Comments

Sportswriting Ain't What It Used To Be

growler — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:09:43 EDT

Any baseball fan who hasn't read Jordan's "A False Spring" needs to rectify that mistake. A fantastic book.

growler

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ennie — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:54:59 EDT

Forget sports, Pat Jordan is married to Meg Ryan's mother.
[www.sun-sentinel.com]

ennie

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Dave J. — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:10:34 EDT

@Johnny_boy: His parents were practically ASKING for him to get it, naming him that. Assholes.

Dave J.

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Cookie Guggleman — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:51:06 EDT

@Johnny_boy:

It does boggle the mind.

Cookie Guggleman

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Clarence Rosario — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:41:35 EDT

You mean Jose and Barry Bonds have more in common than their approach to the media?

Clarence Rosario

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MidwestCoastBias — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:32:35 EDT

Hmm, and I love how Pat Jordan mostly leaves out the role of his journalistic colleagues in making athletes justifiably wary of them.

MidwestCoastBias

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Multiphasic — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:27:46 EDT

I introduced myself to Catfish and said, "I'm here to write a story about you for Sports Illustrated." He nodded. I said, "Can I drive you to the park?" He nodded again.

And here I'd been trying to get athletes into my car by offering them candy. Jordan is truly a great man.

Catfish, on the other hand, sounds like a drunk-'til-deadline, wisdom-tooth-extraction of an interview.

Multiphasic

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Conbon — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:26:51 EDT

@44 in a Row: You also get Big Daddy Balls and The Balls and whoever else Will can convince to do his job for him. We have to wring our hands about a NYT Magazine article all day.

Conbon

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Signal to Noise — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:22:47 EDT

@sassydeerrun: hey, she was an MLB blogger! It's a legitimate outlet!

Signal to Noise

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44 in a Row — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:21:57 EDT

None of this explains why we're still stuck with Weintraub over there.

44 in a Row

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Artie Fufkin — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:21:08 EDT

What kind on onions did you have on your belt Pat?

Artie Fufkin

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shea_guevara — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:20:21 EDT

Does Pat Jordan's new SI story contain any furious battles with rollerbladers?

shea_guevara

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sassydeerrun — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:17:38 EDT

Josh couldn't be bothered with Mr. Jordan. Alyssa was on the other line.

Pat Jordan > (insert your own writer here)

sassydeerrun

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riskybusiness — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:17:20 EDT

@IndianSlipper: +1 is the opposite of Fail.

/moccasin joke

riskybusiness

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twoeightnine — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:17:18 EDT

"Can I drive you to the park?"

And that was the day Catfish Hunter lost his innocence.

twoeightnine

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Johnny_boy — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:16:02 EDT

@Cookie Guggleman:

I think it is even weirder that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease--what are the odds?!?

Johnny_boy

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IndianSlipper — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:10:36 EDT

Are "+" symbols the new stars?

IndianSlipper

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7-8 Deville — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:08:57 EDT

I'd be happily agree to an interview with Pat Jordan. Then again, I'm just a commenter on a blog.

7-8 Deville

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VTBen — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:07:43 EDT

"That's a fucking fact" is a great line. +1 to Seaver.

VTBen

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skahammer — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:07:00 EDT

Whenever I start to feel bad for sportswriters adrift in the seas of technological change -- and I do, I'm a softie -- I go over to www.firejoemorgan.com and let them set me straight. Works every time.

skahammer