Dog bites man.

Is this really news? A Boston Globe reporter decided to go undercover in New York, wearing Sox attire, and writes about how people reacted toward him.

I haven't seen today's paper yet, so I don't know if this is an online-only story or if it made it into the print version, too.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/10/30/sneers_loathing_greet_a_boston_fan_in_nyc/

 

Of course it's not news.

Do you really think sports sections should only print news?

It's entertaining.

What's the problem?

 

Man, not a Michael Vick justice story?

 

I so hate all the (insert team name here) Nation bullshit that I stopped reading after about six words.

 

What a waste of space.
This clown probably met/encountered/passed by thousands and thousands of people in NYC and a dozen or so railed at him for his Red Sox attire... yup, that's a great story.

 

I'm not entertained by it.

What did this foof expect? To be cheered as if he were W in the days following 9/11?

 

Just grabbed the paper ... this was on Page 1.

Page 1!

I've worn a Sox jersey in Manhattan to bars and gotten some good-natured ball-busting, but nothing more. Really don't get the point of this piece.

 

They decided to emulate the Herald for a day?

 

So then don't read it.

You would think in this age of circulation decline and general newspaper irrelevancy, a sports writer of all things would be more open to trying different things to capture readers' attention.

If the story didn't hit its mark, who cares? It's one day. At least they're trying. If I'm reading the Globe that day, that story would catch my attention more than a story about the typical Sox nation celebration.

 

Please, the Herald is smarter than publishing this drek.

 

It's not a sports story. It was placed on Page 1, packaged with the celebration story.

I am up for trying new things, but you need a news hook that's stronger than this.

 

news hook -- most overrated, over-used, outdated phrase in journalism today.

just tell a good story.