pearlman on sports writing

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/080519

I'm not a huge fan, and this is pretty self-indulgent. But it also made me laugh several times.

 

pretty good.

i'm not bitter by experience on the job. i'm bitter because i work for a crumbling mound of shit newspaper and my wife doubles my salary.

 

I was about to say. ... didn't he forget something? I recall the poor guy getting hounded by reporters (with TV cameras rolling) in the press box while he was trying to do his own work.

 

"wondering why I have to dig out $8 from my own pocket for the Shea Stadium press box buffet. (OK, ESPN reimburses me. But, damn it, that's not the point.)"

And that's where I stopped reading.

 

And that's why I won't start reading. Thanks for the heads-up.

 

If your sugar-mama wife has a sister, tell her I said hi.

 

she does have a sister. but she ain't dumb enough to date a sportswriter ...

 

Your Mets book was a bore, Jeff.

 

'November 7, 1996 -- Following a week of angry calls to the sports department, my editor sends me to cover Lipscomb's next game. As I stand along the sideline near the end of the fourth quarter, Kirkau -- surrounded by a dozen teammates -- swaggers up to me and says, "Don't you ever show your face around here again!" The next day, I am scheduled to leave Nashville and accept a job as a fact checker at Sports Illustrated."

Interesting. Receiving a threat from a high school player - that's big time.

 

touche

 

I've got to think Rocker was "plus a few points" toward his career total ...