tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post6474220785568290900..comments2024-02-16T02:12:08.305-08:00Comments on Fire Jay Mariotti: What Jeff Pearlman doesn't seem to understandLarry Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141943214237719821noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-28530666765151398222009-05-07T07:50:00.000-07:002009-05-07T07:50:00.000-07:00http://www.wfan.com/pages/870783.php
just click ...http://www.wfan.com/pages/870783.php <br /><br />just click on Selena Roberts' name<br /><br />This is the interview that Boomer and Carton on NY's the Fan had with Roberts. I thought it was well done and touched on a lot of the points of this post.Daniilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-39162923151840917562009-05-06T16:15:00.000-07:002009-05-06T16:15:00.000-07:00cs: "Though the use of 'myriad' right after Pearlm...cs: "Though the use of 'myriad' right after Pearlman's use of 'myriad' was a bit amateurish."<br /><br />Shit. I didn't notice that. I guess that's why no one pays me! :(Chris Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12152452626681072765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-51904171008174757852009-05-06T15:46:00.000-07:002009-05-06T15:46:00.000-07:00Good post, Chris. I think you nailed it pretty sq...Good post, Chris. I think you nailed it pretty squarely. Jeff doesn't need to apologize because John Rocker wasn't able to think before he spoke. Jeff doesn't need to apologize for writing a column critical of Torre or the Yankees, so long as he doesn't get personal or otherwise crosses any journalistic lines.<br /><br />It seems to me that Selena Roberts owes the public at least an explanation, and I think she does owe an apology to the Duke lacrosse players and to the university as well, for drawing some pretty harsh conclusions from flimsy (and in many cases incorrect) information. Otherwise the doubts about her credibility are valid. By not retracting or explaining a number of statements, as well as her disingenuous insistence that her approach never changed, it's not possible to take her at her word.<br /><br />PS- I have no trouble believing the stuff she said about ARod, though I'd be a bit surprised at the part about tipping pitches. And I have a total man-crush on Jason Whitlock.Tonushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01082528970434639776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-12080291408186045762009-05-06T15:45:00.000-07:002009-05-06T15:45:00.000-07:00Jeff and Selena must still be good friends from hi...Jeff and Selena must still be good friends from his time at SI, because nothing else explains this. I expect better of him, I really do. Jeff and others keep talking as if she was writing some opinion peice on new lead content regulations in toys. As Whitlock points out in his article, Roberts was on Jim Rome's show and COMPLETELY MISREPRESENTED what she had written in her articles about the Duke case. <br /><br />Jeff seems to be under some notion that the articles were different then they were. Perhaps he hasn't read them in awhile. I'm not sure. In any case, he doesn't get that those articles that Roberts wrote weren't "Sexism is bad, and these Duke guys need to learn how to be more mature" but were attack articles calling for these kids heads, SOMETIMES in instances when she knew the evidence against them was flimsy or downright not there. She was on an agenda driven witch hunt, and she was selling the torches. I think the same applies to the A-rod book.<br /><br />Also, part of the problems people are having with Roberts book, and sorry if this sounds sexist, is that it's obvious she's never been an athlete, much less has any idea about what fantastic athletes are capable of. Several blogs and fitness/weight training experts have come out and said that not only is it possible Alex went from benching 100 pounds to 300, but fairly likely. Given a full year as he matures as a teen ager from never having done weight training before, and given that he's a world class athlete, very easy he could have gone 100 to 300. One can tell from her interviews and the excerpts from her book that this fact is mind boggling to her, and that she thinks it is ABSOLUTE proff he had to be on something as a high school student. In actuality, it just means she's a moron who really doesn't have a clue about the actual sports she writes about, or the athletes who play them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086638597582394978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-46965871482078491242009-05-06T14:20:00.000-07:002009-05-06T14:20:00.000-07:00Yeah, great post CW...
Though the use of 'myriad'...Yeah, great post CW...<br /><br />Though the use of 'myriad' right after Pearlman's use of 'myriad' was a bit amateurish.csnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-28586149861568614642009-05-06T14:02:00.000-07:002009-05-06T14:02:00.000-07:00Great post. 'Nuff said.Great post. 'Nuff said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300012139741038635.post-39800389053328198872009-05-06T10:37:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:37:00.000-07:00I think of everything you said, Jeff Pearlman is g...I think of everything you said, Jeff Pearlman is going to be the most angry you accused him of using strategies the Republicans use. That's just wrong. <br /><br />I think what is bizarre is that when Pearlman wrote his Rocker article he actually had proof of things Rocker said that he was a racist, homophobic moron...there should be no comparison because Roberts doesn't have quotes that offer proof that's not speculation. <br /><br />All Selena Roberts has, that I heard about at least, granted I have not read the book but I would imagine some sort of information would have come out that she has proof, is heresay that some players said A-Rod did pitch-tip or he did use steroids in HS. <br /><br />There is no smoking gun and no real evidence. Sure, that is hard to get actual physical evidence he did both of those things, but if you are going to write a book about A-Rod and mention these things without tangible evidence, you had better believe someone is going to look into your credibility. Hence the response to the Duke rape case articles. <br /><br />Jeff Pearlman would not have written an article and called Rocker a homophobe and a racist if he did not have the quotes and could prove what happened.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.com