Comments on: Media demagoguery: “Best fans in baseball” turn on team owner, GM

By: Have the Cards really missed any free agents? | Pitchers Hit Eighth :: A St Louis Cardinals blog

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:30:28 +0000

[...] brought us some great posts across the Cardinal blogosphere, not so indirectly focused toward an article that appeared [...]

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:17:13 +0000

Preach it, brother.

By: Pip

Pip — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:55:23 +0000

LOL! Thanks for checking in and for the gracious greetings, Bernie. And point well-taken on the Mulder/Carpenter deals.

I’m looking forward to seeing you at the park soon, too, so that you can give me a real-life arse kicking.

By: BernieMiklasz

BernieMiklasz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:20:04 +0000

Thanks for the impressive arse kicking, Pip. Hope you had pleasant holidays and look forward to seeing you at Busch soon. One minor defense point: Mulder and Carpenter were multi-year deals; taking a flyer on someone like Penny represents a relatively minor risk, because it is a 1-year deal.

Best Regards,
Bernie

By: kotheb

kotheb — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:22:23 +0000

YES! YES, YES, YES!

I love the way this was written and agree 100%. Thank you for stating it so clearly Pip. Well done.

By: Cardinal70

Cardinal70 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:18:06 +0000

When I was trying to think of negative blogs today, Cheap Seats was the only one I could think of, because I’d read that entry.

And thanks for your kind words as well, Pip! It is great that there are so many outlets for different viewpoints.

By: Pitchers Hit Eighth

Pitchers Hit Eighth — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:36:48 +0000

Yeah Pip I know – but it’s like a train wreck, I can’t help but go over there and read which sky is falling today!

By: Pip

Pip — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:26:29 +0000

As I said, a compelling and unique treatment of the topic from C70.

By: Pip

Pip — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:23:55 +0000

Glad to know that there are still some loyal (read: reasonable) fans out there, guys.

As for writing more on the subject, Daniel, go for it. As Kramer once said, “There’s enough juice here to keep us all fat and giggly.” And thanks for the compliments; I’m sure that you’ll give it a compelling and unique treatment as always. After all, one of the benefits of the blogosphere is that consumers aren’t beholden to one voice as they are with the old media. As the UCB is showing, the more, the merrier.

Nick: As for The View from the Cheap Seats, he’s a newspaper blog, so I’ll give him half a blogosphere point.

By: Pitchers Hit Eighth

Pitchers Hit Eighth — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:54:52 +0000

Well, I found one blog that’s losing its mind:

http://bellevillenewsdemocrat.typepad.com/viewfromthecheapseats/2009/01/fox-sports-trouble-in-st-louis.html