Media Approval Ratings: Jay Mariotti - Deadspin Comments

Media Approval Ratings: Jay Mariotti

garbageday — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:57:04 EDT

"Come on, I only got 5 percent of the vote yesterday. Do you really think that's going to happen again?"
--Mariotti-d

garbageday

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domchota — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:23:38 EDT

Right now, 305 of you suck.

domchota

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rdldr1 — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:47:30 EDT

He makes me avoid the Chicago Sun Times like the plague. All of his rants seem amateurish... and it actually seems like he hates all Chicago sports.

rdldr1

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Dread-Pirate-Dave-Roberts — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:05:03 EDT

Disapprove

I have a very logical explanation for the 267 douches that voted approve.

It's Cinco de Mayo! They're all drunk!!

Dread-Pirate-Dave-Roberts

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Card_Chronicle — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:53:20 EDT

True story: I planned on making a faux-approve joke, but my fingers began to bleed right when I started typing.

Disapprove.

Card_Chronicle

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JB* — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:40:30 EDT

In the time I was reading Page 1 of the comments, three people approved of him.

For SHAME.

JB*

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Don't Do Drugs? — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:18:35 EDT

The only person who is voting approve is jay mariotti making up a bunch of fake account names and voting for himself over and over again.........

Don't Do Drugs?

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metalmaniac — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:02:21 EDT

Little known fact; Denis Leary actually wrote the song "Asshole" about Mariotti.

metalmaniac

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Billy Clyde Puckett — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:08:47 EDT

His comments in the taped piece leading up to the Will/Bissinger throwdown made my irony meter explode.

In the year of the douchebag, he'd be the Douchebag of the Year.

Billy Clyde Puckett

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El_Diablo0517 — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:51:51 EDT

watching and reading him makes me want to stab my brain with a Q-Tip.

El_Diablo0517

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RachelRayIsTheDevil — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:26:48 EDT

Phewww. Mariotti was sniffing 5%. Thank god he's sliding back down towards a finish line 4%. This has been almost as nerve wracking as waiting for them to open those briefcases on Deal or No Deal.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

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RachelRayIsTheDevil — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:03:24 EDT

@Patchy Drizzle:

[ballhype.com]

RachelRayIsTheDevil

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SonofSpurrier — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:55:54 EDT

Here's looking at you Jay...you cockflaming douche.

Bob Costas: Please get my name right when saying it on TV. K thnks.

SonofSpurrier

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dwinn — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:33:30 EDT

By his criteria, we're making him the most famous sportswriter EVAR.

(disapprove, duh)

dwinn

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PeteJayhawk — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:15:42 EDT

93 approval votes? Seriously, what the fuck?

PeteJayhawk

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EDogII — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:12:38 EDT

Just for the hair alone I say hell no.

EDogII

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kayceebk — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:12:04 EDT

@Afino: The dogs with bees in their mouths. . .and when they bark they shoot bees at you.

kayceebk

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muggsybogues — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:11:45 EDT

@Afino: What are you gonna do, release the dogs or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths so when they bark they shoot bees at you?

muggsybogues

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Patchy Drizzle — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:08:37 EDT

He looks like eats pieces of shit for breakfast.

What's the link to the site that's keeping tabs/ranking all these approval ratings?

Patchy Drizzle

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Strokke — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:06:52 EDT

And apparently Mariotti has 82 relatives with internet connections.

Strokke

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VTBen — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:03:27 EDT

I was afraid to click disapprove because I didn't want to make him more famous, but I did anyway.

Fucker.

VTBen

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elijah_dukes_mayonnaise — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:02:14 EDT

He does a good job of stoking the fires of controversy in this post 9/11, pre-2012 era. Approve, unreservedly.

elijah_dukes_mayonnaise

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RachelRayIsTheDevil — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:01:32 EDT

on my way to Kinko's right now to rent every computer and vote disapprove.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

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jisrael1 — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:00:31 EDT

That pic of Mariotti makes him look like the undesirable crossbreed of the 'before-Nutrisystem' John Kruk and Frank Stallone.

Mariotti is down but far from over.

jisrael1

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Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:57:10 EDT

When. Will. Larry. Merchant's. Media. Approval. Rating. Post. Go. Up?

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

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Adonis — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:57:00 EDT

Yeah, I know annynomous voting is good and all... but seriously, not all lists are McCarthy era. And we need a list of these "approval" people.

Adonis

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ghostsoftheSCupcountry — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:56:12 EDT

Basically, if you know what you're talking about OR don't talk down to us the viewers/readers OR are HAWT...you do well on these.

However, if you suck at the first two, you're on the air damn near 24/7. Go figger...

Who is out-of-touch now, Buzz?

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

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FredGarvin — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:54:32 EDT

DISAPPROVE. He will be the runaway winner when all is said and done.

FredGarvin

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roland_t_flakfizer — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:54:29 EDT

(just testing to see if deadspin would catch on fire)

roland_t_flakfizer

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Jen P — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:54:07 EDT

@ChitownChick: I realized I was giving him the benefit of the doubt there ...

Jen P

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strong like bull smart like tractor — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:52:41 EDT

@roland_t_flakfizer: How awful do you have to be to make Woody Fucking Paige a sympathetic character? Did I mention HAAAAAAAAAAATE?

strong like bull smart like tractor

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strong like bull smart like tractor — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:51:51 EDT

HAAAAAAAAAAAATE.

I hate him so much that the 4.4% approval rating he's currently pulling actually makes me sick to my stomach.

/might be the coffee

strong like bull smart like tractor

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roland_t_flakfizer — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:51:38 EDT

I actually really like him on Around the Horn. He's a nice foil for Woody, the sharp one.

roland_t_flakfizer

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EddieRebel — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:50:51 EDT

That picture looks like it is a blueprint to a Douchebag Columnist.

EddieRebel

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name_goes_here — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:48:43 EDT

Dear Chicago,

No need to thanks us for sending Jay to you.

Hugs and kisses - Pittsburgh

(PS We're not taking him back, but we're sorry - we didn't really know how bad it was going to be. Can we give you Aramis Rameriz for nothing and still be friends?)

name_goes_here

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DennyCrane — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:48:40 EDT

EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE
/Dalek'd

DennyCrane

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ChitownChick — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:47:59 EDT

@Jen P: That's assuming that he actually goes into the Sun-Times newsroom.

ChitownChick

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Midwestern-City_Water-Vapor — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:47:36 EDT

GayJay will just be a placeholder until the Skip Bayless vote. That actually has a chance to be 100% disapproval as I am sure he doesn't even know how to turn a computer on, let alone how to vote.

Midwestern-City_Water-Vapor

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Whitey Fisk — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:46:11 EDT

I disapprove of Eddie Munster.

Whitey Fisk

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Frank Pentangeli — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:45:53 EDT

who are these 59 people?

Frank Pentangeli

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MisterC — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:44:56 EDT

SOO MUCH BLOOOOOD

MisterC

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Jack Clark Griswold — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:43:28 EDT

4.3 percent approval? Obviously Jay's parents and siblings have been stuffing the ballot box with "approve" votes.

Jack Clark Griswold

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RachelRayIsTheDevil — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:43:21 EDT

Media Approval Ratings leaderboard

[ballhype.com]

Can't wait till the Woody Paige execution.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

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DucksOnPondScum — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:41:19 EDT

Why it's called Chicago Scum-Times. 100% disapprove

DucksOnPondScum

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Dan Levy — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:41:12 EDT

How can 53 people who know about this site look at this vote and think, "yeah, I'm buyin' what this guy is sellin'?"

This should be like the Obama Match campaign. Every time someone votes no, another person who already voted will match that vote.

Dan Levy

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Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:41:06 EDT

I punched the screen when the page loaded and I saw his face show up. Can that count as a second Disapprove for me?

Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies

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AkAggie — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:40:12 EDT

A little respect gentlemen, you are writing about Around the Horn's all-time wins leader.

Saving my vote for Usama.

AkAggie

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Bob Loblaw — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:39:39 EDT

50 approval votes presently? Unless Marriotti has 50 computers, there are 49 folks who should lose their internetting privileges.

Bob Loblaw

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ghostsoftheSCupcountry — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:36:37 EDT

HELL NO!!!

Concerning the large number of "approves", he does work in Chicago...nuff said.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

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A Pimp Named DaveR — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:36:32 EDT

Feh!

A Pimp Named DaveR

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Frank Beamers Goiter — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:35:01 EDT

@Jehovahs Witness Protection Program: Agreed, Lupica with a dash of Bizzinger.

Frank Beamers Goiter

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Little Wooden Boy — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:34:49 EDT

@Afino: Mariotti deserves the hounds with bees in their mouths AND the Richard Simmons bot.

And who the hell approved?

Little Wooden Boy

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formerly Chief Wahoo — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:34:20 EDT

@TheStarterWife: You're probably thinking about the time we voted on Pol Pot, who was slightly more popular.

formerly Chief Wahoo

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RachelRayIsTheDevil — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:34:11 EDT

Tiki, Packer, and Lupica sit at the bottom of the M.A.R.'s with a 9% Approval. Jay is in the driver's seat to obliterate these guys. GO MARIOTTI...c'mon....GO MARIOTTI !!

RachelRayIsTheDevil

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Sheepblog — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:33:54 EDT

"...no buzz, first you type "h" "t" "t" "p" then...no I don't know what the fuck it stands for you just do it...you done?...then a colon then a backslash then anoth...no, the one with the question mark on it, yes two of them then type "deadspin dot com"...I don't know why there are no double-ewe's I am just reading this paper and I really need your help -- now what?..."dead" "d" "e" "a....ah fuck it I will vote myself..."

Sheepblog

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Carmen McFanzone — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:32:57 EDT

Seriously, what an asshole.

Adding nothing here but wanted it on the record.

Carmen McFanzone

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Sherrill-Theory — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:32:40 EDT

A full five points behind Lupica - who plans to write an ostensible sympathy column which actually blames Mariotti for the Yankees being in fourth place.

Sherrill-Theory

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Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:32:10 EDT

I'm loving where his ranking curently stands.

Disapprove.

And I'd like to beat whoever approved with a rubber hose

Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies

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Detective Bunk — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:31:46 EDT

We're up to 35 people that should not have access to the internet.

Either that or all 35 come from the same computer at the Sun-Times.

Detective Bunk

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WillieMcGeeForever — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:31:34 EDT

The guy who took that picture for the JC Penny's Spring '85 catalog just gave Mariotti two thumbs and a rat tail straight up.

WillieMcGeeForever

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formerly Chief Wahoo — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:31:14 EDT

You're kidding, right? No.

formerly Chief Wahoo

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:30:05 EDT

Does anybody know which cookie to delete so we can vote against him again ?

Lunatic Fringe

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FEAST — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:30:05 EDT

[www.chicagoreader.com]

Just look at those curls!!

FEAST

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Master of Karate and Friendship — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:29:20 EDT

@Schluby: No guarantees on that

Master of Karate and Friendship

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Slick Rick's Bookie — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:28:13 EDT

Will is puttin' together his list, he's checkin' it twice...

abso-fucking-lutely dis-a-fucking-prove!

Slick Rick's Bookie

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Jehovahs Witness Protection Program — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:28:04 EDT

Ranks a shade below Mike Lupica on the all-time most annoying journalists countdown. In other words, the second-worst of all time.

Jehovahs Witness Protection Program

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Magnakai Haaskivi — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:26:10 EDT

@Schluby: Jhospeh would be the approved misspelling for the day.

Magnakai Haaskivi

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Jefferson Short Bus — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:25:43 EDT

The 25 people who have voted "Approve" should start wearing their helmets to bed.

Jefferson Short Bus

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Magnakai Haaskivi — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:25:39 EDT

@MoBot: Way to evoke the feeeling of what it's like to place a vote. W.C. Heinz would be proud.

Magnakai Haaskivi

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Schluby — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:25:37 EDT

Only I could mis-spell Joseph.

Schluby

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DeepFriar — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:24:53 EDT

@TheStarterWife: that would be Dan "Miami Marrioti" leBatard

DeepFriar

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Schluby — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:24:53 EDT

Unless Joeseph Goebbels gets nominated for the media approval ratings, I don't think we'll see a lower mark.

Schluby

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Brazil Thrill — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:24:44 EDT

@Master of Karate and Friendship: He has also read all of W.C. Heinz's work.

Brazil Thrill

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Sherrill-Theory — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:24:43 EDT

@RachelRayIsTheDevil: The awkward part is they were taken by Clemens.

Sherrill-Theory

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Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:24:13 EDT

@Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!: I know a chimp who would say otherwise.

Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner

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Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah! — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:55 EDT

The Good: Possibly didn't start the AIDS epedemic.

The Bad: Everything else.

Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!

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Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:48 EDT

@JFKFC: Well you better get going, you've only got about two hours until the buffet line opens.

Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner

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Sucko-T — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:37 EDT

He's a fag.

Dissapprove

//In my country, you call someone something like that and it is not the same as it is in this country."

Sucko-T

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FEAST — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:31 EDT

@Doyle McPoyle: +1

Especially when he does that stupid finger swipe chalk-one-up move. I wish I could vote disapprove 1000 times for that alone.

FEAST

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GTB — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:30 EDT

Ozzie Guillen has voted twenty times in the affirmative? What a jokester.

GTB

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sba — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:26 EDT

@EditorOfTheDailyFaberian:

I hope that's where the approve votes are coming from.

sba

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Brazil Thrill — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:23 EDT

21 people (and counting) have been paid by Mariotti to vote approve.

Brazil Thrill

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Master of Karate and Friendship — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:08 EDT

Approve. I find his columns insightful and thought provoking. A great read all around and a beacon to modern sports journalism. - Buzz Bissinger

Master of Karate and Friendship

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UkraineNotWeak — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:22:01 EDT

@Christmas Ape:

How it go, Ape?

UkraineNotWeak

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Sandy Magic Jackson — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:21:29 EDT

@sba: Yes, it should. It really should.

Sandy Magic Jackson

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RachelRayIsTheDevil — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:21:21 EDT

@Suss--: Clearly he has naked pictures of you gangbanging a mexican minor.

RachelRayIsTheDevil

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2ndBase — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:21:17 EDT

Whoever votes approve should get their commenting privelages revoked.

2ndBase

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JFKFC — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:20:49 EDT

@Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner: Why yes, you are correct. And not surprisingly, I am a retired orthodontist from Yonkers named Herschel Lebowitz. I love Boca this time of year...

JFKFC

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Civil Negligence — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:20:31 EDT

Looks too much like Jay Sherman.

It stinks!

Disapprove.

Civil Negligence

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TheStarterWife — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:19:45 EDT

I could have sworn we have voted on Mariotti before.

TheStarterWife

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RachelRayIsTheDevil — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:19:28 EDT

Five bucks to the first stated approval

RachelRayIsTheDevil

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Randall Tex Cobb — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:19:16 EDT

Looks like his dad has voted 15 times.

Randall Tex Cobb

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EditorOfTheDailyFaberian — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:19:15 EDT

How should I vote? I hate his writing and his tv work, but damnit do I love that picture. I laugh every time I see it.

EditorOfTheDailyFaberian

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Christmas Ape — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:19:10 EDT

Just another sportswriter Will is trying to get fired.

Christmas Ape

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HappyFeltonsGloryHole — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:18:50 EDT

"Last time I saw mouth with lips like that it had a hook through it."

HappyFeltonsGloryHole

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Windier E. Megatons — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:18:33 EDT

The worst. THE. WORST.

Windier E. Megatons

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MoBot — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:18:28 EDT

And as I clicked on the "disapprove" button, a shiver ran down my spine as I realized, this wasn't about Mariotti.

This was about every asshat who appears on "Around the Horn".

/Mariotti-ized

MoBot

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Suss-- — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:18:15 EDT

He comparatively makes me look good. Approve.

Suss--

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cromartie — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:17:57 EDT

Did this post even need an Approve option? I'm not one for Russian elections but I think in this case it's apt.

cromartie

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Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:17:57 EDT

@JFKFC: You voted in Palm Beach in 2000, didn't you?

Hank Scorpio-Steinbrenner

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GreatOdensRaven — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:17:27 EDT

Stop voting "Approve." You're just making Mariotti less famous.

GreatOdensRaven

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Afino — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:17:08 EDT

@sba:

Could be the next generation Rick Roll.

I know you have the power to make it so.

Afino

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UkraineNotWeak — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:17:07 EDT

Like I have to provide a reason for disapproval.

UkraineNotWeak

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Jen P — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:16:27 EDT

Right now, Mariotti's running around the Sun-Times newsroom voting on every computer he can find ...

wait, did I say "running"? Scratch that.

Jen P

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Doyle McPoyle — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:16:06 EDT

His appearances on Around the Horn are used to torture insurgents in Baghdad.

Doyle McPoyle

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JFKFC — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:15:51 EDT

I'm pretty sure I got so excited at the prospects of disapproving of Ol' Jay the Joke that I accidentally hit approve. So one is one me, I apologize.

Hey, this is hard work, all differentiating between words and shit...

JFKFC

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Magnakai Haaskivi — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:15:08 EDT

Disapprove because he can't identify with a drunk, single, 26-year old guy rolling out of his bed to listen to sports radio.

Magnakai Haaskivi

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The Joy of Cesc — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:15:02 EDT

Good luck making it through this round, Jay.

The Joy of Cesc

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FEAST — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:53 EDT

gasbag on parade.

Disapprove

FEAST

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sba — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:53 EDT

I look at that picture and hear him singing "Sunglasses at Night".

sba

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The Sports Hernia — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:47 EDT

Four approvals so far. Has to be Jay, Woody Page, Stat Boy and Stat Boy's teeth.

The Sports Hernia

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LosOsosdeChicago — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:45 EDT

He looks like LeBatard with a mullet and less sports knowledge. Which is difficult.

LosOsosdeChicago

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The HZA — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:42 EDT

@Chamomiles Davis: His mom.

The HZA

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Southeast Jerome — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:42 EDT

100% disapproval, plus Stat Guy just hit the Mute button, too.

Southeast Jerome

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The Ronettes Sing Medieval Agrarian History — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:27 EDT

He's fucking Ben Affleck.

The Ronettes Sing Medieval Agrarian History

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Jen P — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:26 EDT

Well, this should be a real nailbiter ...

Jen P

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PeteJayhawk — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:26 EDT

@Chamomiles Davis: Yeah, no shit. My guess is he had his interns come vote.

PeteJayhawk

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suntastic — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:26 EDT

Apparently his stylist voted for him.

suntastic

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businessorleisure — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:14:26 EDT

I can hear Jay Mariotti's ghost vacuuming the apartment above me on Saturday nights. His fluent stroke and purposeful rhythm are comforting in a time where blogs are ruining the art of writing.

Disapprove, I suppose.

businessorleisure