You're kidding, right? I've read that piece before and it comes off as being straight out of the Cub PR department, which is exactly what I would expect from a fanboy blogger. And Wittenmyer doesn't have the "luxury" of prattling on about EBITDA for five paragraphs.

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Right, he's a fanboy blogger. But the effort and research that went into the piece was more than Wittenmeyer has ever done. I learned more from that piece than any crying Gordon has done. He could do the exact same as an offseason piece from his "objective" point of view. Gordon should have more in the know sources than a blogger from Ohio. He could put it online if the Sun-Times doesn't want to pay for the ink. BUT, that would require initiative, sourcing, consulting experts etc. The Cubs cat at least is trying to understand and piece together the situation. Wittenmeyer is too busy crying and whining.

No

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What do you mean, "no"? Of course it is.

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Except that "run support" comes off of multiple pitchers and the runs can be un-earned and.......

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Got to say, he is one pissed off writer. He gets more pissed off each time I hear the guy.

It's actually turning into it's own story.

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I was waiting for M&H to state the obvious...Ricketts wants to keep open the nuclear option of leaving Wrigley, and spending money on that stuff would reduce the weight behind the threat.

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That would require intelligence and critical thinking from the 3 of them. As former beat guys M&H would rather commiserate with Wittenmeyer for the declining quality of press box spread than call bullshit on his verbal filth.

The fact that "our hero" (the great but unlucky pitcher whose team does not support him) happens to derive "run support" from the errors of fielders on the opposing team is hardly ammunition against my basic argument, but of course I will concede the factual correctness of that portion of your statement.

As far as the "run support" coming off multiple pitchers is concerned, well yeah, and all of those pitchers aren't Pedro Martinez. It should be evident that if Chris Sale faces Felix Hernandez and Sale is awarded the loss and Hernandez the win, that Hernandez received more "run support" than Sale. But that's really just another way of saying Hernandez pitched better in that game than Sale did. Teams don't face the likes of Hernandez (or Sale) every single day. There are a lot more Klubers and Saunders and Paulinos out there. And if you're consistently ending up on the losing side against that aggregation, maybe you aren't really as great as people are saying you are.

The other answer might be that your offense is so bad that it is handicapping you to some great degree, but in the vast majority of cases, a simple examination of the run scoring done by the vast majority of teams will illustrate that in the vast majority of instances a great disparity does not exit. In fact, in most games the difference is a fraction of a run. Are we saying that Great Pitcher A cannot allow a single run less than Mediocre Pitcher B when the difference between their respective teams' average offense per game is less than a full run?

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I'll grant you that beat writers- and not just Wittenmyer- think they are entitled to some royal treatment from the teams they cover and they become resentful when they are not treated the way they believe they should be. That's due to long tradition going back to when the writers traveled with the teams on the train. But there was a quid pro quo to feasting on Champagne, steak, and lobster in the Bard's Room and having the best seat in the house, and that was that you didn't write shit the teams didn't want you to write. These modern guys should have enough sense to understand that.

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I think KC Johnson is the one guy that understands it.

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That, and the fact that there is Facebook, Twitter, internet, etc etc. so nobody has to wait until the paper prints to find things out about their favorite team.

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True. The value of the beat writer is definitely less now than it has ever been.

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With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

You have no way of knowing how hard Gordon does or doesn't work. Reporters seek answers but they don't always get them. At least Gordon isn't knob slobbering Ricketts & he has the balls to publicly criticize them for what has turned into an embarrassing PR disaster...not to mention the debt & financial difficulties that are plaguing the Ricketts.

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Yes, I do. His work is displayed everyday in the Sun-Times and frequently on the Score. He's a spoiled brat. Everyone is fully aware of the issues. Get your journalistic ass moving and find who, what, when, why etc. Unfortunately for Gordon that shit requires effort and perseverance. Chicago beat guys rather go through the motions writing up the game story, nuggets column and get tomorrow's preview done. They seem to all have the Schuster "oh my gawd, we're going to extras! waaaaaa! waaaaa!"