tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post900471906757469886..comments2023-10-17T10:45:07.796-04:00Comments on FJB: Hey Boz! Turn Off the ESPN Classic and Watch a Ball Game Will Ya?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-40762334726823045262008-09-13T10:17:00.000-04:002008-09-13T10:17:00.000-04:00Hey I was around in the '90s. Maybe I didn't take ...Hey I was around in the '90s. Maybe I didn't take it all in, but I was there.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I've already got some ballin' seats.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623942656223669008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-45079121493900136422008-09-12T22:41:00.000-04:002008-09-12T22:41:00.000-04:00@Will--Here's the point re: "dawg." It's really un...@Will--<BR/><BR/>Here's the point re: "dawg." It's really unusual for any paper to use this kind of slang-y spelling, especially in a serious news story.<BR/><BR/>You also don't see serious papers spelling words to emphasize accents, like quoting George Bush as, "Al Qaeda better run. We're gon' git 'em," or Sarah Palin, "Ya know the difference between a hawk-ey mawm and a pitbull?"<BR/><BR/>But in this story they decided to use this alternative slang spelling for some reason. You're basically saying that they were trying to emphasize his youth. Perhaps. I tend to think they're trying to draw attention to his race and to associate him with hip hop culture.<BR/><BR/>Regardless, in a serious crime story, if you're going to include the content of the voice mail at all (and I don't think they should have), dog should have been spelled "dog."<BR/><BR/>PS We had "hip" in the 70s. And we had "dawg" in the 90s. Study hard, and maybe someday you'll have enough bling to get yourself some real pimpin' seats at Nationals Park. But come back to the blog any time. Your comment was off the heezy.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109288910583404941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-44529034228931421042008-09-12T17:30:00.000-04:002008-09-12T17:30:00.000-04:00by the way, good points about Scott Olson. where ...by the way, good points about Scott Olson. where are the stories in the paper in every city he visits about being a miscreant and menace to society?Dave Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310191107811609232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-53034131676003442772008-09-12T16:47:00.000-04:002008-09-12T16:47:00.000-04:00Hey, wouldn't you want a newspaper to be up with t...Hey, wouldn't you want a newspaper to be up with the latest trends?<BR/><BR/>I was going to say "hip" but I thought maybe you were too old to understand that. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623942656223669008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-19274722016179938292008-09-12T15:25:00.000-04:002008-09-12T15:25:00.000-04:00Welcome to the high school set.It's good to see th...Welcome to the high school set.<BR/><BR/>It's good to see the St. Pete Times is so in touch with the youth voice. ;)Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109288910583404941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-8229579365782618302008-09-12T15:10:00.000-04:002008-09-12T15:10:00.000-04:00"How did they decide that 'dog' is spelled 'dawg?'..."How did they decide that 'dog' is spelled 'dawg?'"<BR/><BR/>Well, as a sophomore in high school, I can say that most young people who refer to other people as "dog" or "dawg" spell it d-a-w-g when they write it. But that's just been my experience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623942656223669008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-24184192215628751232008-09-12T12:47:00.000-04:002008-09-12T12:47:00.000-04:00The racism hasn't been all that evident in the Pos...The racism hasn't been all that evident in the Post coverage--their bias has been more towards sensationalism.<BR/><BR/>But the St. Pete Times's coverage is really quite racist. Look at this article:<BR/>http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/23/Tampabay/Ballplayer_s_wife__He.shtml<BR/><BR/>How did they decide that "dog" is spelled "dawg?"<BR/><BR/>Look at the picture of him, and that of his wife. She's supposedly a sweet little school teacher and he's basically a rottweiler.<BR/><BR/>If this is an article about a true death threat, how is it relevant to list the names of his kids and their mothers?<BR/><BR/>Why in their timeline "ten years of trouble" do they fluff up the list with crimes where Dukes is the *victim*, as if that's all his fault too?<BR/><BR/>Why is Dukes and his personal life worthy of a whole feature section of the newspaper to begin with??<BR/><BR/>The Times clearly made an editorial decision that it would help them sell papers to have a lot of headlines about "scary black man plays baseball! lock your doors!"Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109288910583404941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-23243019979464297682008-09-12T12:33:00.000-04:002008-09-12T12:33:00.000-04:00It's far from clear to me that the Post is interes...It's far from clear to me that the <I>Post</I> is interested in being a credible baseball paper. (Or a credible anything paper, but let me not digress.)<BR/><BR/>But if it is, it needs a real baseball columnist. Either get Sheinin to up the frequency, or move Marc Fisher over, or turn the gamers over to an intern and let Harlan do it.<BR/><BR/>Anything besides what we've got now.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915120760049904431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-55365157780844248592008-09-12T12:24:00.000-04:002008-09-12T12:24:00.000-04:00what would Boz know about being toxic in the Nats ...what would Boz know about being toxic in the Nats clubhouse? this only the second time this summer he's written about the Nats.<BR/><BR/>it bothered me in Harlan's gamer how he pitted Zim's comments agaisnt what Milledge said. it's like Harlan was TRYING to create a rift.<BR/><BR/>with the constant undertones of subliminal racism permeating the media coverage of Dukes, it's no wonder the kid has an over-reaching and potentially dangerous sense of "prove them wrong" mentality. it's obviously what drives him on a daily basis, makes him the ballplayer that he is, but ultimately could drive him from the game and society.<BR/><BR/>stay classy Elijah. celebrate in the clubhouse. don't let your emotion motivate your opponent. let your immense talent do your chest-thumping and kiss blowing for you.Dave Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310191107811609232noreply@blogger.com