OCR to flood the zone on Angels opener

"If you knew the guy running the sports department, it wouldn't surprise you in the least."

Who is running the sports dept.?

 

I'm looking forward to see what they do. I know if it is a hit, others will copy.

 

In a county of 3 million people, the total number of people who want to read all that shit will be ... zero.

I get that it's a gimmick. But part of being an editor is making smart choices so you produce something people can digest.

I do love that according to that memo they apparently have a reporter assigned to the plastic surgery beat.

 

In the OC, that touches people's lives more than religion would.

 

As former Herald beat writer Jeff Horrigan once observed of the Angels' ballpark "Boob job capital of the American League."

 

I think you're wrong Frank. There's a "buzz" about the Angels. For a one day thing like this, I think a lot of people will be reading. I hope the reporters talk to, as they say in Gannett, real people.That would make it more interesting.

 

Why? What will 90 percent of the John Does have to say that's remotely interesting?

"Um, yeah, I skipped work today to drink."

"Who's that big fella playing first? Never heard of him."

I'm with Frank on this one.

 

I don't think they do...

From the article (relevant part in bold):

So I suspect that much of the "reporting" will be "citizen journalism" type stuff where pre-selected fans live blog during the game or send in photos as the game is happening. And hey, at least the ad guys can take a break from not selling ads and catch a ball game.

 

But those are the people we rely on to make our living. I like to hear what "real people" have to say.

 

I like hearing what they have to say, too, if it's an intelligent, reasoned take, and not for the hell of it.

 

I could not possibly care less what "real people" have to say about a baseball game, I don't care what the reporter who normally covers the Huntington Beach city council has to say about the game, and I do not care what every professional Angels beat writer in the L.A. market has to say (no offense to all of them). Life is short, and I will read one or two stories even if there is a perfect game or Pujols is arrested for exposing himself during the Star-Spangled Banner.