This has been quite a day. But this is nothing compared to the sexual shenanigans that go on at Profootballtalk. Did you know that Florio forced Taco Bill to watch him masturbate to a picture of Major Harris? #mediameltdowns
the (JED DRAKE) guy that runs that dept is world class scumbag . . . having to fly across the atlantic to apologize to her parents after an incident at the wimbledon..
That's nothing compared to the time Nathan Drake had to scour the base of the Marianas Trench in a bathyscaphe to apologize for stealing the Royal Treasure of Atlantis. #mediameltdowns
On a baseball note, I'm wondering how fellow Mets fans are feeling about the pending world series. I've been going though a weird thing over the last few weeks of actually *gulp* rooting for the phillies, seeing them as having by far the best shot to overtake the yankees in the fall classic--which by my count is by far the #1 priority.
So I've kinda felt dirty over this time period even marginally rooting for the phillies over even the dodgers. Its gotten so bad that as James Loney made contact with his first inning home run I even let out a little involuntary "no!" just after the ball was struck.
Do I need to be exorcised? Am I crazy? Am I right?
Duke, Muggs, and others, feel free to discuss. #mediameltdowns
The Yankees. At least I can rationalize that they needed to spend a quarter of a billion in the off season in order to win a World Series. #mediameltdowns
@Youkilis on First: how hard was this? he collects a bunch of salicious emails, vets them for being semi-legit, runs then by denton who pops a boner over the number of hits he will get, forces aj to run them, and then sits back and collects any more information. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
Who hasn't worked at a big company where sexual exploits would go down? the stories I could tell, and I was a choir boy. #mediameltdowns
I might feel differently if I lived outside the metropolitan area, but if the Yankees were playing a team of marauding, baseball-playing aliens in a seven-game series for the future of mankind, I would swallow deep, shake my head, and-- with sadness but no regrets-- slip on a Team Aliens hat. #mediameltdowns
@SavetoFavorites: Thats the feeling I get too. Can't stand being here to watch the Yankee fans gloat/never shut the hell up.
Surprisingly though, a fair amount of Phillies paraphernalia can now be seen at my school on various kids I never knew even cared about baseball. Tools.
I gotta say though, I have to respect Philly for filling their entire ballpark (including those passkey seats behind home plate) for a playoff game. Yankees couldn't do that, and I hate to say it, but I highly doubt that the Mets could fill it either for such a game.
@Youkilis on First: Feeling some of the same pangs for Shea. They'll get less sharp, I'd wager, when/if we see the new place go electric. (It got close during the first home series against these Phils this year, with the Johan double/Ryan Church homer into the Apple well. It'll get there at some point, Omar willing, again.)
I knew some people who worked at ESPN during the very early years and there was a lot of sport fucking going on there. I particularly heard stories regarding one of the original female anchors who had a fondness for the guys who worked in production. #mediameltdowns
Salisbury is going to be pissed; what's his book going to be worth now that A.J. dishes dirt for free? Somebody check his House Listing and make sure his ceilings are strong. #mediameltdowns
You know, that e-mailer complains about the quality of the girls in CT, but he stayed for 12 years. In fact, he left in 1997. No doubt the Whalers leaving was the straw that broke the camel's back for him. #mediameltdowns
In the larger picture, it's a human thing. But I can say without question that "it's a television thing" trumps "it's an ESPN thing" by a mile and a half. #mediameltdowns
@Billy Clyde Puckett: I've read some comments and posts elsewhere that Gawker/Deadspin is "pathetic" for outing people whose status as a "public figure" is tenuous.
Those people are obviously terrible human beings and stupid to boot - if Deadspin posting this stuff is "pathetic," how about a major corporation/network covering up for and blatantly allowing a culture of sexual harassment/discrimination/blackmail for the past 30 years. It's incredible that this still goes on today. Mike Freeman's ESPN book that exposed much of this stuff for the first time was published 7 years ago and nothing has changed; in many ways it seems to have only gotten worse. #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
10/21/09
SO FAT AND ENGORGED AM I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!! GIVE IT TO ME!!1 #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
THAT'S ALL FOLKS! #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
That's nothing compared to the time Nathan Drake had to scour the base of the Marianas Trench in a bathyscaphe to apologize for stealing the Royal Treasure of Atlantis. #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
On a baseball note, I'm wondering how fellow Mets fans are feeling about the pending world series. I've been going though a weird thing over the last few weeks of actually *gulp* rooting for the phillies, seeing them as having by far the best shot to overtake the yankees in the fall classic--which by my count is by far the #1 priority.
So I've kinda felt dirty over this time period even marginally rooting for the phillies over even the dodgers. Its gotten so bad that as James Loney made contact with his first inning home run I even let out a little involuntary "no!" just after the ball was struck.
Do I need to be exorcised? Am I crazy? Am I right?
Duke, Muggs, and others, feel free to discuss. #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
The Yankees. At least I can rationalize that they needed to spend a quarter of a billion in the off season in order to win a World Series. #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
Who hasn't worked at a big company where sexual exploits would go down? the stories I could tell, and I was a choir boy. #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
I might feel differently if I lived outside the metropolitan area, but if the Yankees were playing a team of marauding, baseball-playing aliens in a seven-game series for the future of mankind, I would swallow deep, shake my head, and-- with sadness but no regrets-- slip on a Team Aliens hat. #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
Surprisingly though, a fair amount of Phillies paraphernalia can now be seen at my school on various kids I never knew even cared about baseball. Tools.
I gotta say though, I have to respect Philly for filling their entire ballpark (including those passkey seats behind home plate) for a playoff game. Yankees couldn't do that, and I hate to say it, but I highly doubt that the Mets could fill it either for such a game.
I still miss Shea. Is that related? #mediameltdowns
10/22/09
@Muggs Bigglesworth: You'd rather watch the Jets? #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
10/21/09
10/21/09
If it had been AB's fucking BA's, then today surely would have been ESPN's Waterloo.
10/21/09
Robert Evans worked at ESPN?
Who knew! #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
Dear god, even Caligula would be offended at the debauchery going on in Bristol. #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
10/21/09
10/21/09
Frank Deford is in town? #mediameltdowns
10/21/09
10/21/09
10/21/09
10/21/09
Those people are obviously terrible human beings and stupid to boot - if Deadspin posting this stuff is "pathetic," how about a major corporation/network covering up for and blatantly allowing a culture of sexual harassment/discrimination/blackmail for the past 30 years. It's incredible that this still goes on today. Mike Freeman's ESPN book that exposed much of this stuff for the first time was published 7 years ago and nothing has changed; in many ways it seems to have only gotten worse. #mediameltdowns