Every article includes:
The "Evil" Stoney.
How Ozzie called him a burrito.
or
Ozzie's hatred of burritos
How Ozzie called Mags a "Venezuelan S___"
How Reinsdorf is cheap, greedy
Wrigley is falling apart/has nets
He consistently mentions stuff like this, from this last Feb,
Quote:
After slurring Magglio Ordonez and the gay community, demeaning the heritage of Alex Rodriguez, blowing off the White House for a winter vacation, upsetting the Sox-fan mayor and ordering a kid pitcher to bean an opposing batter -- among so many other episodes, I've lost count --
How old is this? Didn't this all happen a couple years ago? Drop it already. It's stuff like this that makes me think he's just filling in a template every once in a while with clips of fresh material.
Mariotti is much better, MUCH better, when writing about College events. MUCH better when he's not grinding his axe.
For those of you who think he don't pick on the Cubs, in every article he will mention Bartman, Goat, Towel Drills, and Dusty dude.
On March 3rd we were treated to the fill in the blanks article about the Lou Pinella explosion machine. It was about the Marquis situation, and Jay managed to blow it way out of proportion.
Quote:
One full month before Opening Day, Piniella flipped like Simon Cowell listening to a William Hung solo.
Flipped like Simon Cowell? William Hung? Is this 2002 again? This is the hotshot English Major sportswriter in town?
Quote:
The Imp-Lou-sion was in full burn now.
Furious? Imp-Lou-sion? This could have been written by Mrs. McGreevy's 4th grade school paper.
How often do we get treated to a Mariotti nickname? Turnoverasaurus Rex, The AlBentross, the Blizzard of Ozz, Carmody Central, Bug Bum
Quote:
From this point on, a sporting miracle will be known in American life as a ``Hoffarber.''
I don't think you have that kind of pull, Jay.
Quote:
Not since John McDonough distributed Beanie Babies and Mark Grace told the female fans where he drank beer has there been such breathless panting in Wrigleyville.
Don't you have anything from the 21st century to reference?
Quote:
Here I thought Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness, was the sorriest person alive with that given name.
This sounds like something my stepmother would say. "That Ozzy is such a terrible person, he
peed on the Alamo!"
Ugh. Mariotti seems lazy to me. He does not go to the clubhouses. he prints quotes that his colleagues generated. He shows prejudice in every article.
Do people really buy this newspaper to read Mariotti? I doubt it.
_________________
"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014
bigfan wrote:
Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.