Author Topic: Boswell has a column today...READ IT (May 2016) (Read 3077 times)

PC · « **Topic Start:** May 26, 2016, 08:19:02 AM »

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/tight-lipped-nats-not-always-willing-to-face-the-music/2016/05/25/bcee982e-229c-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html

OldChelsea · « **Reply #1:** May 26, 2016, 08:28:39 AM »

Quote from: PC on May 26, 2016, 08:19:02 AM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/tight-lipped-nats-not-always-willing-to-face-the-music/2016/05/25/bcee982e-229c-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html

It would mean so much more if Boswell weren't such an Orioles-loving piece of rubbish.

mitlen · « **Reply #2:** May 26, 2016, 08:32:05 AM »

Quote from: OldChelsea on May 26, 2016, 08:28:39 AM

It would mean so much more if Boswell weren't such an Orioles-loving piece of rubbish.

Listened to Feinstein on 106.7 last week and he said Boswell is in the Nats' pocket.

OldChelsea · « **Reply #3:** May 26, 2016, 08:35:27 AM »

Quote from: mitlen on May 26, 2016, 08:32:05 AM

Listened to Feinstein on 106.7 last week and he said Boswell is in the Nats' pocket.

He needs to go back to the Post archives of the 1980's/1990's and read all the slobbering Boswell did over Cal Ripken Jr and the Orioles organisation...but then again Feinstein's métier is college hoops, with little demonstated expertise in the area of baseball (or of any other sport for that matter), so one cannot expect much authoritative there.

Minty Fresh · « **Reply #4:** May 26, 2016, 08:41:50 AM »

Quote from: OldChelsea on May 26, 2016, 08:35:27 AM

He needs to go back to the Post archives of the 1980's/1990's and read all the slobbering Boswell did over Cal Ripken Jr and the Orioles organisation...

What other baseball team was he supposed to follow during that time frame?

That might be the dumbest statement I've ever seen here.

OldChelsea · « **Reply #5:** May 26, 2016, 08:43:16 AM »

Quote from: Minty Fresh on May 26, 2016, 08:41:50 AM

What other baseball team was he supposed to follow during that time frame?

That might be the dumbest statement I've ever seen here.

This is not Baltimore. Washington had no MLB team from 1972-2004.

houston-nat · « **Reply #6:** May 26, 2016, 08:50:53 AM »

Quote from: PC on May 26, 2016, 08:19:02 AM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/tight-lipped-nats-not-always-willing-to-face-the-music/2016/05/25/bcee982e-229c-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html

The Matt Harvey version of this was dumb. This one's dumb too.

I think the whole press conference thing in general is dumb. These guys are held accountable more than the goddamn president, and the media nages when they take a night off? What if these clowns had to cover someone who's actually important, like Hillary?

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #7:** May 26, 2016, 08:51:16 AM »

I read the article. Don't see what the point of it is. I don't see any correlation between giving answers to the media and performance. Steve Carlton didn't talk to the media for years. Press doesn't like it because they build stories around quotes. I understand that but to equate to in the field work is ludicrous.

mitlen · « **Reply #8:** May 26, 2016, 08:56:36 AM »

Yeah, I don't get the "issue" either. I get paid to play ball, not provide quotes for your job.

OldChelsea · « **Reply #9:** May 26, 2016, 09:02:58 AM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on May 26, 2016, 08:51:16 AM

[...]Steve Carlton didn't talk to the media for years.[...]

...which makes it all the more shocking that he got into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility (add to that the fact that he's pretty right-wing politically; most journos - journos do the Hall of Fame regular-phase voting - are politically liberal).

Slateman · « **Reply #10:** May 26, 2016, 09:20:41 AM »

Quote from: mitlen on May 26, 2016, 08:32:05 AM

Listened to Feinstein on 106.7 last week and he said Boswell is in the Nats' pocket.

Feinstein is a complete tool

mitlen · « **Reply #11:** May 26, 2016, 09:21:31 AM »

Quote from: Slateman on May 26, 2016, 09:20:41 AM

Feinstein is a complete tool

... but he can be right. Somewhere in my conspiratorial little brain, I think Boz has a source (a buddy) in the Nats' hierarchy. I believe it's Mark Lerner. However, he probably has ties to Rizzo and Boras as well. Boz usually looks out for the Nats' management at least. Maybe he can complain about Mr. Lerner's (Ted) not talking to him. Then again, maybe Ted is the tie.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #12:** May 26, 2016, 09:22:52 AM »

Quote from: OldChelsea on May 26, 2016, 09:02:58 AM

...which makes it all the more shocking that he got into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility (add to that the fact that he's pretty right-wing politically; most journos - journos do the Hall of Fame regular-phase voting - are politically liberal).

He's a true wacko. Celebrated the 80 championship by himself. But a great pitcher.

Ray D · « **Reply #13:** May 26, 2016, 09:32:04 AM »

Quote from: OldChelsea on May 26, 2016, 09:02:58 AM

...which makes it all the more shocking that he got into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility (add to that the fact that he's pretty right-wing politically; most journos - journos do the Hall of Fame regular-phase voting - are politically liberal).

If he had been a borderline hall of famer then all that might have made a difference. But he was too good for any of that to keep him out.

Smithian · « **Reply #14:** May 26, 2016, 10:02:31 AM »

Quote from: PC on May 26, 2016, 08:19:02 AM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/tight-lipped-nats-not-always-willing-to-face-the-music/2016/05/25/bcee982e-229c-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html

That article made no sense.

The first part of it was calling out Nats for being mentally weak and unaccountable. Then, change direction! Complete turnaround about how versus a brutal schedule they're on a 97 win pace with the quality of competition about to lighten up. It's like he started to write a negative article, realized Nats are still in first place halfway through, then decided things could get better.

BrandonK · « **Reply #15:** May 26, 2016, 10:11:40 AM »

Yeah, that was a terrible article.

Ray D · « **Reply #16:** May 26, 2016, 10:15:12 AM »

Quote from: Smithian on May 26, 2016, 10:02:31 AM

That article made no sense.

The first part of it was calling out Nats for being mentally weak and unaccountable. Then, change direction! Complete turnaround about how versus a brutal schedule they're on a 97 win pace with the quality of competition about to lighten up. It's like he started to write a negative article, realized Nats are still in first place halfway through, then decided things could get better.

Not only did the article not make sense, the title made even less sense: "Tight-lipped Nats not always willing to face the music". The article was rambling and incoherent. I've never been a fan of Boswell, and this article is a good example of why. He's too full of himself.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #17:** May 26, 2016, 10:41:13 AM »

Quote from: Smithian on May 26, 2016, 10:02:31 AM

That article made no sense.

The first part of it was calling out Nats for being mentally weak and unaccountable. Then, change direction! Complete turnaround about how versus a brutal schedule they're on a 97 win pace with the quality of competition about to lighten up. It's like he started to write a negative article, realized Nats are still in first place halfway through, then decided things could get better.

It's like reading a WNFF GDT.

spidernat · « **Reply #18:** May 26, 2016, 10:49:37 AM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on May 26, 2016, 10:41:13 AM

It's like reading a WNFF GDT.

yeah especially those fans who ride with one team and then switch to the other when things aren't going well.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #19:** May 26, 2016, 11:27:33 AM »

Quote from: spidernat on May 26, 2016, 10:49:37 AM

yeah especially those fans who ride with one team and then switch to the other when things aren't going well.

Not a switch.
I reassess my favorites after each season.

nicefellow31 · « **Reply #20:** May 26, 2016, 12:03:34 PM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on May 26, 2016, 10:41:13 AM

It's like reading a WNFF GDT.

I was at work yesterday during the game and decided to follow the GDT and was surprised with all the negativity.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #21:** May 26, 2016, 12:08:19 PM »

Pretty much par for the course. Haven't seen you on Twitter lately...

Quote from: nicefellow31 on May 26, 2016, 12:03:34 PM

I was at work yesterday during the game and decided to follow the GDT and was surprised with all the negativity.

The Chief · « **Reply #22:** May 26, 2016, 12:37:09 PM »

Split the new discussion from the old one.

skippy1999 · « **Reply #23:** May 26, 2016, 12:47:41 PM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on May 26, 2016, 11:27:33 AM

Not a switch.
I reassess my favorites after each season.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #24:** May 26, 2016, 12:51:28 PM »

GDTs could make Arthur Schopenhauer stick his head in an oven. Unless it's a blowout from the first pitch the nagging goes right until the "bang zoom". Losses are even worse

Quote from: nicefellow31 on May 26, 2016, 12:03:34 PM

I was at work yesterday during the game and decided to follow the GDT and was surprised with all the negativity.