Comments on: Prayers Sometimes Get Answered http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/ A Rough Draft Blog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:35:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Custom Essay http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-94957 Custom Essay Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:43:51 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-94957 Hi, The way of posting and the sharing of info in your blog make me a great fan of your site. Hi,
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]]> By: Jim http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-14109 Jim Tue, 06 May 2008 21:36:06 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-14109 Deadspin really is a smug site (I tried commenting there today only to find that you have to "audition" (their word) to be a commentor. ) I sometimes find it amusing, often annoying (eg their gleeful Michael Vick coverage), and occasionally irresponsible (their jumping to conclusions on the Duke lacrosse case). Their smugness annoys me, and I often wonder why I go back. But what happened on Costas was nothing less than a premeditated ambush by Bissinger AND Costas, who even solicited Braylon Edwards' assistance (what athlete WOULDN'T say they disapprove of Deadspin's Matt Leinart piece). Costas's patronizing line to Leitch, "I find you surprisingly palatable in person" indicates more than anything that Leitch was there as cannon fodder, and he was completely out of his element. I felt bad for him. I continue to be surprised that people enjoy Costas at all. He's pretentious, looks like a hobbit and he takes sports and himself way too seriously. This display didn't surprise me one bit. I would have been shocked if he'd had someone like Leitch on his show and actually HAD given him a fair chance to represent his side of this "controversy." Deadspin really is a smug site (I tried commenting there today only to find that you have to “audition” (their word) to be a commentor. ) I sometimes find it amusing, often annoying (eg their gleeful Michael Vick coverage), and occasionally irresponsible (their jumping to conclusions on the Duke lacrosse case). Their smugness annoys me, and I often wonder why I go back.

But what happened on Costas was nothing less than a premeditated ambush by Bissinger AND Costas, who even solicited Braylon Edwards’ assistance (what athlete WOULDN’T say they disapprove of Deadspin’s Matt Leinart piece). Costas’s patronizing line to Leitch, “I find you surprisingly palatable in person” indicates more than anything that Leitch was there as cannon fodder, and he was completely out of his element. I felt bad for him.

I continue to be surprised that people enjoy Costas at all. He’s pretentious, looks like a hobbit and he takes sports and himself way too seriously. This display didn’t surprise me one bit. I would have been shocked if he’d had someone like Leitch on his show and actually HAD given him a fair chance to represent his side of this “controversy.”

]]> By: erik http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13449 erik Sat, 03 May 2008 17:08:18 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13449 ah, barry corbin. terrific reference. the two best scenes in movies last year were tommy lee jones and barry corbin: one from IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, and one from NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. anyway, pointless as this comment is, good work, joe. ah, barry corbin. terrific reference. the two best scenes in movies last year were tommy lee jones and barry corbin: one from IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, and one from NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. anyway, pointless as this comment is, good work, joe.

]]> By: khandor http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13447 khandor Sat, 03 May 2008 17:00:26 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13447 Joe, Btw ... first-time reader here who thoroughly enjoyed your perspective after being pointed in your direction via 'Hardwood Paroxysm'. Joe,

Btw … first-time reader here who thoroughly enjoyed your perspective after being pointed in your direction via ‘Hardwood Paroxysm’.

]]> By: khandor http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13446 khandor Sat, 03 May 2008 16:54:44 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13446 For those that might be interested ... this an exchange of ideas I had about this same topic on a different blog with a couple of other good folks ... (rather than just repeating everything here verbatim) http://edinsanity.com/2008/05/01/new-media-vs-old-media/ Hopefully links to other blog discussions are "allowed" on this one. :-) ---------------------------------- In Peace, Victory & Excellence. For those that might be interested … this an exchange of ideas I had about this same topic on a different blog with a couple of other good folks …

(rather than just repeating everything here verbatim)

http://edinsanity.com/2008/05/01/new-media-vs-old-media/

Hopefully links to other blog discussions are “allowed” on this one.

:-)

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In Peace, Victory & Excellence.

]]> By: JMay http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13341 JMay Fri, 02 May 2008 16:48:58 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13341 One thing people are arguing about is credentials for bloggers, as seen in Dallas in the NBA. This is a very practical issue, moreso than turning off the internet. Though I loved the Corbin reference. One thing people are arguing about is credentials for bloggers, as seen in Dallas in the NBA. This is a very practical issue, moreso than turning off the internet. Though I loved the Corbin reference.

]]> By: Chuck http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13338 Chuck Fri, 02 May 2008 16:39:41 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13338 Frankly, I don't care how talented Bissinger is as a writer; he behaved like an obnoxious cretin and deserves every bit of roasting and punishment he gets for it. What makes a person think that behaving the same way as those you criticize is somehow going to make your point any better? For that matter, perhaps it's fair to give Bissinger a little hell for those things he has chosen to glorify in his books. Tony LaRussa, ego incarnate, and Texas high school football, just about the best example you can find of priorities gone completely out of whack in the good ol' USA. Frankly, I don’t care how talented Bissinger is as a writer; he behaved like an obnoxious cretin and deserves every bit of roasting and punishment he gets for it. What makes a person think that behaving the same way as those you criticize is somehow going to make your point any better?

For that matter, perhaps it’s fair to give Bissinger a little hell for those things he has chosen to glorify in his books. Tony LaRussa, ego incarnate, and Texas high school football, just about the best example you can find of priorities gone completely out of whack in the good ol’ USA.

]]> By: greg http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13330 greg Fri, 02 May 2008 15:36:31 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13330 How much does a blogger get paid to write, not to much I'm willing to bet. If the writing is terrible people will not read what is written. Sure some will, but not a mass audience. I think Buzzy is realizing that there are a lot of talented people that could do his job as good or better than him and this frightens him. How much does a blogger get paid to write, not to much I’m willing to bet. If the writing is terrible people will not read what is written. Sure some will, but not a mass audience. I think Buzzy is realizing that there are a lot of talented people that could do his job as good or better than him and this frightens him.

]]> By: Matt http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13329 Matt Fri, 02 May 2008 15:09:25 +0000 http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/04/30/prayers-sometimes-get-answered/#comment-13329 Mikey, I have no relationship with Buzz Bissinger at all. I am not a fan, I am not a critic. I don't even know if I would like to read his books, that's how little I know about him. There are those who will agree with Buzz Bissinger, and their opinion of him will not change. There are others, like me, that value objectivity and an open mind pretty much above all else from my creatives. If I was a fan of Buzz Bissinger's writing, I would've been deeply shaken by his appearance. Probably, that's not likely, because if that is who he is, then his obtuseness is probably part of his work, and that would not appeal to me. But, I am (was?) a fan of Costas, and my opinion of him is shaken. True, he maintained some objectivity, but I wonder how much of that is obligation due to his position as host. Doesn't Costas realize blogging is a medium? Would Costas have had the same view of movie screenwriting in 1930? Photography in 1790? And besides, Bissinger, as a novelist can have one view. This concerns bloggers and journalists. It is the journalist that is saddled with deadlines, demographics, investors, job requirements, etc. Maybe that's why we keep reading the same article over and over again. Or maybe they are lazy. All I know is, I read the same Mike Lupica tripe 25 years ago. I liked it when I was 16. Does Buzz Bissinger really think I should continue to read it today? Mikey,

I have no relationship with Buzz Bissinger at all. I am not a fan, I am not a critic. I don’t even know if I would like to read his books, that’s how little I know about him.

There are those who will agree with Buzz Bissinger, and their opinion of him will not change. There are others, like me, that value objectivity and an open mind pretty much above all else from my creatives.

If I was a fan of Buzz Bissinger’s writing, I would’ve been deeply shaken by his appearance. Probably, that’s not likely, because if that is who he is, then his obtuseness is probably part of his work, and that would not appeal to me.

But, I am (was?) a fan of Costas, and my opinion of him is shaken. True, he maintained some objectivity, but I wonder how much of that is obligation due to his position as host. Doesn’t Costas realize blogging is a medium? Would Costas have had the same view of movie screenwriting in 1930? Photography in 1790?

And besides, Bissinger, as a novelist can have one view. This concerns bloggers and journalists. It is the journalist that is saddled with deadlines, demographics, investors, job requirements, etc. Maybe that’s why we keep reading the same article over and over again. Or maybe they are lazy.

All I know is, I read the same Mike Lupica tripe 25 years ago. I liked it when I was 16. Does Buzz Bissinger really think I should continue to read it today?

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