Rare whiff by ESPN ombud

If another city will pay for a stadium, that sounds like shrewd business to me. If the city leaders thought their patrons would go ape shit if they let their team leave, they'd pony up. It supports my theory on the passion level not being as high. I'm not saying the city should have paid for the stadiums, but you wouldn't see Philly, NY or Boston officials allowing current teams to leave.

It's a fun argument, no matter how far we stray from the original topic.

 

On the ESPN scroll this morning, they included the AAA results for one of those POS Yankee pitchers who only spnited would care about.

Besides ESPN's hometown team, the Red Sox, do you think ESPN is carrying the AAA results on the scroll for any of the 28 other teams?

 

Do you deny that more people care about POS Yankee pitchers than POS Anaheim pitchers?

It may not be right but I can understand why they do it. I'm always surprised that people get upset about it, it really doesn't seem different from how ESPN does anything else.

 

I agree with this. ESPN is what it is at this point. No one should expect anything different. If you want local that badly, watch a regional sports network. I'm betting most of you have one.

 

Has ESPN a different ombudsman now?

It's been nearly two months since her last column.

 

Oh yeah, well generally, you suck

It's easy to talk about passion when the Dodgers are in the NLCS :

 

What does that have to do with the NFL situation in L.A.?

 

Vince Doria finally got her to join the Borg... resistance is futile...

 

I thought the argument had been changed. And what NFL situation in LA?

 

Buck was responding to YOUR argument about L.A. trying to get an NFL team.

Are you trying to be stupid?

 

Attendance figures = passion? If you say so. My point is LA lost teams to Oakland and St. Louis. Both due to stadium issues. And who decides public funding for stadiums? Politicians. And what drives politicians? Getting re-elected. That's still my point.