Murray Chass' grudge against the NYTimes knows no limits

I just made your head explode.

 

Remember, kids: You don't get to 41,000+ posts by making sense.

 

Yeah, a look at BYH's posting history will tell you that.

 

I agree.

 

Ay yi yi

 

Well, Murray's old and cranky. How about that? I'm just happy he's still energetic and working more than five years after a major heart attack and subsequent brain surgery.

And I can't begin to tell you how tired I am of 28-year-old, stat-head bloggers falling over themselves to criticize a 71-year-old baseball writer who hasn't embraced statistics like VORP and WAR.

If you want to judge Murray by his work the past five years, knock yourself out. I'm sure it's great fodder for yet another snarky Web post. But be aware that people familiar with Murray's work from the previous 40 years are laughing at your ignorance.

 

Abridged version of Murray's past 40 years work:

Players union good , MLB team owners bad.
Marvin Miller good, Bud Selig bad.

 

If you get forced out/bought out/laid off/fired from a paper, I think you've earned the right to hold a grudge against it until death.

 

Yes, Boom, knowing right from wrong certainly helped Murray win a Spink Award. If you go back and look at his work from the '70s and '80s you'd think he was a prophet compared with any among the long list of writers who bought everything Bowie Kuhn or Peter Ueberroth or Bud Selig told them.

I cringe at a lot of Murray's recent work, too, but I have the common sense to put it in perspective. He's an old man who hasn't been the same (although he was probably born cranky) since he returned to work following his health issues.

As undignified as it might be to grow old publicly I see far less dignity in his blog critics. I hope I never drool on my shirt.

 

God bless you, Mizzou. Hell, I hold grudges against places that lay off or force out my pals in this business. Especially those who didn't have it coming.