By David Scott
Boston Sports Media
• What was the biggest thing missing from the Wednesday/Thursday Manny Mayhem? How about one – just one – of the city’s general sports columnists’ take on “blind to Francona’s ‘bind’” Ramirez? The Globe went with Gordon Edes, the Herald with on-fire, Tony Mazz and not one other “opinion person” was […]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media
EDGARTOWN, Mass. – At one point, Shots tipped off readers to the notion that whenever there’s a dateline attached to this space, you’re in for a special treat. It’s time to amend that statement: Sometimes datelines will proffer up valuable rantings.
Other times, you get this:
• San Diego native Lya Vallat is […]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media
• Some ‘step back from the moment’ observations re: last week’s Michael Gee story. I’m trying to serve as my own Ombudsblogger here, so feel free to tell me how the experiment goes:
• The Gee story dominated the email subject lines at shots Mac Mail Inbox. Dominated like no other single […]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media
Gee Gone – Again
• Scott’s Shots has learned that former Boston Herald sports columnist, Michael Gee, is, according to Boston University director of media relations, Colin Riley, “no longer teaching this term” at BU, a result of Gee’s somewhat suggestive observations regarding a female student.
Those words – made on a public […]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media
• And the award for Most Crowded TV Studio Set ever goes to: The Boston Red Sox and NESN, who last night held their ring raffle drawing with approximately 32 individuals crammed behind the desk – poor Johnny pesky had to sit on Tom Werner’s lap. Louie Tiant head butted Jim […]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media
• Patriots season tickets arrived on Thursday, thus launching football season in earnest. This year’s package comes in mini-book format (approximately 6in. x 8in., perfect/staple-bound) and each ticket’s main picture is blown up larger on the accompanying page, thus leaving yet another keepsake at the end of the season. The upper […]

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