Jay Paris screws up a ballot.
(Hat tip to Jeff from Rotowire.)
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You wonder who helped him at least select a rookie defenseman…. Did he have a young child to help him? 2 out of 3 ain’t good mind in this case.
Oh, sportswriters! You are a never-ending source of hilarity.
I know you have absolutely no control over this, but I can’t stand the new ESPN site. I hated it when I insider tested it on beta, and still do.
Someone go grab firejayparis dot com before it’s gone!
Completely agree with you Matt H. Maybe it will be better once I get used to it.
I’m pretty unenthused with San Diego sports writers as a whole anyway. I know that hometown media are generally (in most markets) biased FOR their home teams (with Philly, Boston, and NY often biased AGAINST), but it can get absurd out here at times. Contradiction and homerism is rampant. Brian Giles a wife-beater? Nah, had to be someone else! Tony Gwynn doing a lousy coaching job at SDSU? No worries – the stadium is named after him and he has a job for life. SDSU football is an embarassment, and they go through the occasional coaching change, but that last guy they had was supposed to bring the program to national prominence. A season-opening loss to Cal Poly dashed those hopes!
Here’s to a hundred loss season for the Padres!
In fairness, Philadelphia media is usually biased against everything, not just the home teams.
It is weird that, in both of these cases, the San Diego writer erred while voting for rookies from Cincinnati.
“Rookies”
I agree Joe. Gwynn has been given a complete pass from the Union Tribune. After all, how difficult can it really be to succeed as a baseball coach at San Diego State? The talent pool is arguably second-to-none and they only have USD to compete with in the county. Baseball isn’t exactly like football and basketball where the major conferences are always going to dominate on the field(look at Fresno St.) or with recruits. You can win at San Diego State. Add to it great weather and top facilities and the tolerance for running an underachieving program should be nil.
Good news for 2009: its virtually impossible for San Diegans to have a worse sports year than 08′:)
Just looking at calender year 2008, the Chargers went to the AFC Championship game and played the Pats close. Although in 2009, they did just beat the Colts again. Not all bad.
Kevin, you should look into the sports scene in Seattle sometime.
Kevin: Yes, it always blows my mind how overlooked Gwynn’s failures as a coach have been by the UT, and I’ve always argued against him using the very same reasons you just gave: year round great weather, phenomenal facilities, and a ridiculous talent pool with little competition. Not to mention a chance to play for Tony Gwynn, who knows a little about what it takes to make it in the bigs. I’d think his name alone would sell recruits. But what do I know…
For as good as some of the high school baseball teams are out here, SDSU should at least be in the upper-tier of college baseball programs every year.
Speaking of consistency……..
Following the usual moronic tradition, someone left Rickey Henderson off their HOF ballot. That someone is Corky Simpson.
Wasn’t sure where else to put this, but I just noticed ESPN has its HoF ballot up. Keith, I know you can’t comment (or shouldn’t, I guess), but I do think that the rest of us are embarrassed for you. How did Morris get 7 out of 11 votes? And Jayson Stark — what’s up with this line (from another ESPN page)? “But here’s the reason I convinced myself [Rice] deserved this vote: The Fear Factor.” This is the baseball equivalent of saying, “But there’s only really one reason I can’t support Columbus’s expedition: The Flat Earth Factor.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof09/news/story?id=3819625
In any event, I suppose it is too easy to get worked up about something that doesn’t mean much. However, I’m glad nevertheless that you’ll get a vote in a few years.