Comments on: Death in the Afternoon … http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/ Curiously Long Posts Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:32:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: death in the afternoon | DEATH http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-100465 death in the afternoon | DEATH Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:09:58 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-100465 [...] Joe Posnanski Blog Archive Death in the Afternoon … [...] [...] Joe Posnanski Blog Archive Death in the Afternoon … [...]

]]> By: The long road to -30- « Tyler Young http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-22085 The long road to -30- « Tyler Young Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:02:27 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-22085 [...] each worked at the Post at one point in their careers, and they each wrote about the final Post here and [...] [...] each worked at the Post at one point in their careers, and they each wrote about the final Post here and [...]

]]> By: Janet Graham http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-5514 Janet Graham Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:32:34 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-5514 Joe, Really enjoyed your tribute. It sure was a sad day but it's been great hearing everyone's memories of The Post. We missed you at the sports reunion in the fall! By the way, I'm working at the Detroit Free Press, not the Detroit News. Now, instead of worrying about athletes' spectacular quotes, I rack my brain to write 1A headlines about the nation and world's impending doom. Anyway, Chuck called me in Hawaii at 5 a.m. to tell me about this and I'm just getting around to it. (we do have a little auto show and a little presidential primary here though). Take care, Janet Joe,

Really enjoyed your tribute. It sure was a sad day but it’s been great hearing everyone’s memories of The Post. We missed you at the sports reunion in the fall! By the way, I’m working at the Detroit Free Press, not the Detroit News. Now, instead of worrying about athletes’ spectacular quotes, I rack my brain to write 1A headlines about the nation and world’s impending doom. Anyway, Chuck called me in Hawaii at 5 a.m. to tell me about this and I’m just getting around to it. (we do have a little auto show and a little presidential primary here though). Take care, Janet

]]> By: Wenalway http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-5109 Wenalway Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:45:56 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-5109 Thanks for the help, Trent. And of course, you would be one of the wimps who did nothing to solve the problem, and now you're kicked to the curb. I hope that severance check lasts for you. Thanks for the help, Trent. And of course, you would be one of the wimps who did nothing to solve the problem, and now you’re kicked to the curb. I hope that severance check lasts for you.

]]> By: grr http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4879 grr Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:21:51 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4879 hey Joe, I lived in all parts of the country and you could always tell NBC versus CBS and now with Fox vs CBS. Somehow the NFC teams always seemed to have the richer picture while the AFC teams seemed washed out and more distant. the effect was particularly noticeable during interconference play because a mental adjustment had to be made. may explain why I rarely watch AFC games. hey Joe, I lived in all parts of the country and you could always tell NBC versus CBS and now with Fox vs CBS. Somehow the NFC teams always seemed to have the richer picture while the AFC teams seemed washed out and more distant. the effect was particularly noticeable during interconference play because a mental adjustment had to be made. may explain why I rarely watch AFC games.

]]> By: Craig McGill http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4533 Craig McGill Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:03:28 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4533 Great post. Shame about Wenalway's rudeness. There may be dinosaurs here, but they paved the way for today's generation - and they were always polite. Great post. Shame about Wenalway’s rudeness. There may be dinosaurs here, but they paved the way for today’s generation – and they were always polite.

]]> By: C. Trent Rosecrans http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4526 C. Trent Rosecrans Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:47:01 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4526 seriously folks, don't encourage him. anyone who has frequented any journalism forum on the internet knows this guy and knows how emotionally unstable he is. heck, just go to his site and look at his conversations with himself there. seriously folks, don’t encourage him. anyone who has frequented any journalism forum on the internet knows this guy and knows how emotionally unstable he is. heck, just go to his site and look at his conversations with himself there.

]]> By: Matt http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4456 Matt Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:23:22 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4456 Wenalway, I guess the difference between our readings is that all I saw were people remiscing, and you saw an active calling for change back to an old system. Well, I think we all know that that's not even a possibility. The world has changed. But, when we (presumably you are young, as am I) get older, it'll be fun to look back and remember the way things were. Obviously you have activist tendencies and want to see attitudes change for the better, and I enjoy seeing such passion, but I think that change can be had through peaceful discourse to the exclusion of inflammatory comments and insults. Wenalway,

I guess the difference between our readings is that all I saw were people remiscing, and you saw an active calling for change back to an old system. Well, I think we all know that that’s not even a possibility. The world has changed. But, when we (presumably you are young, as am I) get older, it’ll be fun to look back and remember the way things were.

Obviously you have activist tendencies and want to see attitudes change for the better, and I enjoy seeing such passion, but I think that change can be had through peaceful discourse to the exclusion of inflammatory comments and insults.

]]> By: Mauichuck http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4448 Mauichuck Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:16:40 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4448 Noting that, “Today’s newsrooms are filled with wimps and infopimps; it’s just a question of who’s in which category”, I’m curious Wenalway, just exactly what is your contribution to raising the level of discourse here? Noting that, “Today’s newsrooms are filled with wimps and infopimps; it’s just a question of who’s in which category”, I’m curious Wenalway, just exactly what is your contribution to raising the level of discourse here?

]]> By: Wenalway http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4414 Wenalway Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:02:19 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2007/12/31/death-in-the-afternoon/#comment-4414 Those comments are directed at any dinosaur -- and there seem to be quite a few of them here -- who somehow believes things have "just changed" and that none of journalism's shift toward extreme failure and ineptitude could have been prevented. I find it sadly amusing that so many writers come out of the shadows to wear their superhero capes after the battle is lost, especially when 98 percent of them hid silently at their desks during the battle. Today's newsrooms are filled with wimps and infopimps; it's just a question of who's in which category. But go back to reminiscing about the "good old days"; I'm sure that will fix everything. Those comments are directed at any dinosaur — and there seem to be quite a few of them here — who somehow believes things have “just changed” and that none of journalism’s shift toward extreme failure and ineptitude could have been prevented.

I find it sadly amusing that so many writers come out of the shadows to wear their superhero capes after the battle is lost, especially when 98 percent of them hid silently at their desks during the battle. Today’s newsrooms are filled with wimps and infopimps; it’s just a question of who’s in which category.

But go back to reminiscing about the “good old days”; I’m sure that will fix everything.

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