Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?
- Thread starter John Marzano Olympic Hero
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As they correctly point out, Shaughnessy uses an incredible amount of "we", "our", and "us", which makes sense since he has decided he's the official voice speaking for all Boston sports fans.
That graph is misleading for Shank since he never says 'I' or 'me' he (humblebraggedly) always says 'this typist'.
It's also misleading because does it matter? I bet Reiss and Posnanski's columns would be right up there with 'I' and 'me' because they work hard to present the articles they write as opinions grounded in research.
Noticed this doozy from his column yesterday:
Don't these two sentences contradict each other? Are the Bucs running too many short plays or not enough?
Don't these two sentences contradict each other? Are the Bucs running too many short plays or not enough?
That's Greg Bedard's article, and he definitely meant to say that they were too reliant on deep, or non-short plays.
Just sloppy writing. You know, what he's paid to do? Write? Yea, he isn't good at it.
He also doesn't appear to be aware of the existence of the semicolon.
Oh hey, I always wondered...
Oh!
Why is this an interesting tweet? It's not interesting at all; it's shit stirring and a ham-fisted way of mentioning AH.
And what would this accomplish, exactly? Wilf was convicted not two months ago. He bought the team in 2005. There were no charges, much less a judgment, against Wilf when he bought the team.
"Hey, I'm Peter King, look at how knowledgeable I am when it comes to minor league teams!" (Also, Houston was much worse than even the Twins, but it wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that King thinks that they were contracted).
Here's the funny thing about that, Peter: he got caught once, and while most players who get caught once never wipe off the stink of PED use, Pettitte's version of the story is taken as gospel.
Nobody likes a coffee nerd. Peter King is a coffee nerd. Ergo, nobody likes Peter King.
Talib's troubles:drleather2001 said:
Fight with teammates on 2 separate occasions. That's interesting, right Steve Smith?
Simple battery of cab driver from back seat of cab. That's interesting, right Hugh Douglass, Kwame Harris, Jeremy Stevens and about 500 other NFL players?
Dropped charges from "assault with gun". No credible witnesses, no evidence. That's interesting, right AH?
drleather2001 said:
Yeah, Talib is probably a serial killer.
drleather2001 said:
Racketeers? In the NFL?
Maybe they can put him in charge of selling the 14 team playoff scenario?
drleather2001 said:
Guy cheated, ratted out his cheater mentor because his wife told him the Bible said to, and then lied in court. This is a total selective whitewash and I don't even care that much about PEDs. If King had just said, "Whatever, I like the guy--it's an emotional game sometimes and my feelings will not always be rational," then at least I could accept it. It's the BS that is silly.
drleather2001 said:
He seems to be one of these guys who doesn't really that he's just drinking, as some European critics call it, sugared milk flavored with espresso.
You don't see little kids preening like this about their chocolate milk.
I don't think the Tweet was interesting. As noted, it was Breer (who is not exactly getting along with BB these days) trolling.
I do think that it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall in the discussions between BB and Kraft on the subject of a Talib extension. There is probably an interesting little note or story that one could write about that decision for the Pats, and what factors might they be looking at differently in light of the Aaron Hernandez mess, or even whether it would have any impact at all (BB and Kraft both said they would be looking at the way they evaluate players to try to learn from this). Maybe if someone was well connected with NFL sources he might be able to make a few phone calls and ask some questions about this, maybe even some questions to someone in the Pats front office, on the subject of Aqib Talib, a talented guy playing great for the Pats who has some question marks in his past. Those questions are unlikely to be answered (by the Pats at least) but you have to try right? That's what reporters do, right?
Nah, it is easier to quote someone else's Tweet without expounding on it.
I do think that it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall in the discussions between BB and Kraft on the subject of a Talib extension. There is probably an interesting little note or story that one could write about that decision for the Pats, and what factors might they be looking at differently in light of the Aaron Hernandez mess, or even whether it would have any impact at all (BB and Kraft both said they would be looking at the way they evaluate players to try to learn from this). Maybe if someone was well connected with NFL sources he might be able to make a few phone calls and ask some questions about this, maybe even some questions to someone in the Pats front office, on the subject of Aqib Talib, a talented guy playing great for the Pats who has some question marks in his past. Those questions are unlikely to be answered (by the Pats at least) but you have to try right? That's what reporters do, right?
Nah, it is easier to quote someone else's Tweet without expounding on it.
Ralphwiggum said:
Thinking about it longer and tabling King's tremendous laziness, King may not have any access to BB at all. In retrospect, King's opening column on his site with Brady told us absolutely nothing about anything. Sure, Brady mentioned his respect for Manning and how he has moved on from the AH bullshit but there wasn't one piece of new news in that entire craptastic piece. Further, King's reporting on the whole spygate affair most likely slammed the proverbial door on King's ability to access BB. When was the last time King reported anything after speaking with BB, even in the offseason?
Ralphwiggum said:
I get where you're coming from, but the thing is, King has completely missed how the decision would be made from a football perspective. The only thing that matters from a team business perspective is likelihood and severity of a suspension based on off the field conduct. From a moral standpoint, there;s a huge difference, but from a business standpoint, but from the business standpoint, shooting a guy and consecutive failed drug tests can be pretty similar if they both resulted in year or more long suspensions.
It's not intuitive, obviously, but that's why the professional writers who cover the game are supposed to provide the perspective. The severity of Sherm Leaf's crimes don't actually change the risk calculation for the team with respect to other potential problem cases; can't play is can't play.
Dude thinks he's a coffee nerd just because he knows how to make a macchiato? You get your coffee from fucking Starbucks. It's mass-produced coffee for people that have the need to feel intellectual. No wonder he goes there.
I'd be more impressed if he talked about going to independent shops or understood the actual roasting process or how to properly grind and tamp to pull a proper shot. Not how to fucking pour milk over coffee. He thinks just because he goes to fucking Starbucks and Peet's that he's some kind of coffee aficionado.
I mean, can you really be a coffee nerd when you NEVER MAKE YOUR OWN COFFEE??
Why are writers like King and Cafardo so quick to exonerate Andy Pettitte? And How does King know that Pettitte only did PEDs once? It's amazing to me how quickly these people throw out all of their PED anger and moral objectives when it comes to a guy that they like.
And you know what, that's okay. We as fans do this all the time. I have no problems with Manny or (allegedly) Ortiz or any of the other Red Sox that took PEDs because they're on my team. And yes, I hated Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield and the rest of the Yankees who roided up because they were Yankees and screw them. But I admit the hypocrisy, I don't understand why writers can't do the same. Do they think it makes them look less objective? Do they think that it makes them look weak or fan boys? Because their writing belies the fact that they aren't objective and that they're fan boys.
This is precisely the problem of American sports writing in the early 21st century, the writers have an increased self-importance that isn't earned. They can't check their team allegiances at the door, but they can't do so with player allegiances. That's okay, the writers aren't robots. But they like to pretend they do ("You know, I just call it like I see it.") and that's why we have a subforum dedicated their idiocy. They think that they're pulling one over on us ("WE're object, YOU're fans"; "WE know the real scoop, YOU don't), but they're not. They may know 10% more than the fan (this is being generous BTW and most of that is gossip) but their information isn't anything a perceptive fan couldn't glean by watching the games.
Wait, does King think a macchiato is made with milk foam on the bottom and espresso added on top?
Coffee nerd, my ass.
Coffee nerd, my ass.
PK is totally, completely wrong about this. The easy way to spot tourists in NYC is to look for the people who wait for the light to change before crossing the street. The locals never wait and constantly jaywalk. And I don't read the Post or watch the local news, but I'm not aware of "daily" stories about people getting plowed over by cabs. I did a quick search on the Post's website, and there was one story from a few months ago about a tourist getting hit. Nothing at all like "daily".
The irony here is that PK is trying to signal that he's an awesome, sophisticated NYC local ("let me tell you country bumpkins a story about what it's like living in the big bad city"). and he's inadvertently highlighting that he's really just a pretentious poseur.
To be fair, I often waiting for the Walk sign when I lived/worked in NYC, usually because I was listening to earphones and didn't want to be bothered being cautious.
That being said, if I was crossing an obviously empty street, yea, I'd jaywalk.
That being said, if I was crossing an obviously empty street, yea, I'd jaywalk.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
His one detour into PEDs... when his abilities were declining and he finally actually needed them to compete.
Corsi said:
Because he doesn't know that he's actually drinking a macchiato latte.
coremiller said:
With the UN between 1st ave and the river, isn't Crossing 2nd Av "10 blocks north of the UN" something of a useless / self-aggrandizing non-sequitur. But I guess it would have sounded less regal if he had said, "crossing 2nd ave and 53rd street"
And if this is accurate, then he's cranky because he was interrupted by an emergency vehicle:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Street-Closure-Traffic-Change-United-Nations-General-Assembly-Delay-New-York-City-Midtown-224846772.html
So much build up for zero pay off. I'd imagine that PK is the type of person that if you spend a day around him you get to hear him recount all his boring anecdotes of the day to any poor schlub within ear shot.
"Even for us Manhattenites the traffic can be pretty crazy sometimes."
"Pardon me?"
"Yeah I almost got hit on the way to work today. Just when a fella thinks he's got the basic rules the crosswalk down-- pow! curveball from left field..." (drone) (drone) (drone)
LOOK AT ME. He may be a pro footbal player. But I told him something "rewarding." Pretty neat trick, Decker didn't even realize that King was using Decker's tongue to fellate King.
On Dungy's HOF-ness:
He gives himself another tongue bath for an interpretation of English ("pioneer" = "contributions") that is likely shared by 103% of voters. (not saying they all agree on Dungy, just that no sentient human would say "Yes, he's a pioneer, but his pioneering does not fit within "contribution.")
The Catholics might prefer Ryan Fitzpatrick.
And the Jews don't give a shit?
pappymojo said:
"Pete, it's beer . . . it's cold . . . it's wet. Sometimes it comes in a bottle; sometimes in a can. I dont get involved in the other stuff. I leave it up to the brewers to tell me when its ready. When they do, I drink it. We dont talk about the beers that aren't ready to be drunk. When they're ready, we'll try to figure out the best way to drink them."
He did spend a huge portion of the summer traveling, eating crap from restaurants, drinking 5 starbucks specialty coffees a day and drinking insane amounts of beer.
How much exercise do you think he got?
How much exercise do you think he got?
coremiller said:
100% correct. I've lived here for a decade and sometimes wonder why you never hear about cabs hitting people. He is a fucking moron.
Fuck him forever for this. Fuck him for being an idiot, and fuck him for this forced Sox fan magnanimity great-guy bullshit.
You know what, I have no problem with him wearing hats or jerseys of teams other than the Sox. But Jesus man, get a brim on that cap. You look like an asshole.
