Comments on: Friday Night Lights Out for In-the-Dark Buzz http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/2008/04/friday-night-lights-out-for-in-the-dark-buzz/ Sports Media News and Analysis Fri, 16 May 2008 04:53:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Chris http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/2008/04/friday-night-lights-out-for-in-the-dark-buzz/#comment-467 Chris Fri, 02 May 2008 00:14:21 +0000 http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=589#comment-467 This is clearly Shaughnessy v. '38 Pitches' writ large. The mainstream media are incensed that the conveyance of information not go through THEIR filter and THEIR pipeline. The haughty and elitist posture taken by that 'journalist' was, at the same time, hysterical and sad. This guy--and many like him--are 'gray-hairs' in an industry that has decided to go off on a different direction. The 'How DARE They' attitude comes back to bite them in the form of collapsing TV news viewership and newspaper readership. Only a fool would suggest the two don't go hand-in-hand. This is clearly Shaughnessy v. ‘38 Pitches’ writ large. The mainstream media are incensed that the conveyance of information not go through THEIR filter and THEIR pipeline. The haughty and elitist posture taken by that ‘journalist’ was, at the same time, hysterical and sad. This guy–and many like him–are ‘gray-hairs’ in an industry that has decided to go off on a different direction. The ‘How DARE They’ attitude comes back to bite them in the form of collapsing TV news viewership and newspaper readership. Only a fool would suggest the two don’t go hand-in-hand.

]]> By: jvwalt http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/2008/04/friday-night-lights-out-for-in-the-dark-buzz/#comment-462 jvwalt Thu, 01 May 2008 01:46:42 +0000 http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=589#comment-462 Correction: Not "Friday Night Lights," but "3 Nights in August." Sorry, I'm typing this in my PJ's in my basement. Correction: Not “Friday Night Lights,” but “3 Nights in August.”

Sorry, I’m typing this in my PJ’s in my basement.

]]> By: jvwalt http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/2008/04/friday-night-lights-out-for-in-the-dark-buzz/#comment-461 jvwalt Thu, 01 May 2008 01:45:53 +0000 http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=589#comment-461 If you read the paperback edition of "Friday Night Lights," you'll have a lovely experience and learn a lot about the game of baseball. And then you'll be disgusted by Bissinger's Afterword, in which he rants about sabermetrics in the same way he ranted about blogs last night. I don't know where all this hate comes from; Bissinger is such a great writer and insightful observer of people and events. But certain things just absolutely piss him off in a way that he's completely unable to control. Weird. If you read the paperback edition of “Friday Night Lights,” you’ll have a lovely experience and learn a lot about the game of baseball. And then you’ll be disgusted by Bissinger’s Afterword, in which he rants about sabermetrics in the same way he ranted about blogs last night. I don’t know where all this hate comes from; Bissinger is such a great writer and insightful observer of people and events. But certain things just absolutely piss him off in a way that he’s completely unable to control. Weird.

]]> By: DaveR http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/2008/04/friday-night-lights-out-for-in-the-dark-buzz/#comment-460 DaveR Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:16:14 +0000 http://shots.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=589#comment-460 Not only don't you blame Albom for something Sharp wrote, but you fact-check first, Bob. Daulerio didn't write the piece he mentioned. Not only don’t you blame Albom for something Sharp wrote, but you fact-check first, Bob. Daulerio didn’t write the piece he mentioned.

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