A-Rod vs. Selena Roberts

[WaylonJennings]

In this corner, you have A-Rod, and he is mad.

In this other corner, you have Selena Roberts, and she is mad.


And, well ... that's about it. ;D

Thoughts?

 

[The Big Ragu]

Selena Roberts is Sandy.

 

[Moderator1]

What did I miss - what did he say about Selena?

 

[John]

What did I miss - what did he say about Selena?

He accused her of stalking him and trying to break into his house -- and that's just part of his rant.

 

[21]

It's okay. He'll be deeply regretful in a few years.

 

[Boom_70]

Well Selena was wrong about Duke Lacrosse players.

 

[Joe Williams]

The guy is a liar and he's trying to work up outrage about "this lady" allegedly "stalking" him in Miami.

Uh, that stalking is otherwise known as reporting, without which this story wouldn't have blown up in his face and ESPN wouldn't have an hour-long exclusive Peter Gammons interview.

Doesn't help himself by continually referring to "this lady" as opposed to, you know, "this reporter" or something more applicable.

And Gammons let it all pass, including A-Rod's assertion that other journalists are following "this lady" over "a cliff". WTF is he talking about?

 

[John]

I was stunned Gammons didn't ask any follow-ups about the stalking and B/E stuff. Those comments cried out for more details.

 

[daemon]

Anyone have a link to a clip of the Roberts portion of the interview? Can't find it on the .com.

 

[MileHigh]

It happened in more than one place. Multiple spots in the interview he trashed her.

 

[FreddiePatek]

I know on the other thread we're talking about how softballish Gammons was on the 'roid stuff (rightly so), but I'm really outraged toward him as a journalist for not at least asking something about Roberts. He doesn't have to defend her, but he really did need to push A-Rod more on that.

That's just me with the scribe hat on. I don't know what the viewing public now thinks of Roberts. I fear they're thinking paparazzi, which is a crying shame.

 

[DirtyDeeds]

Freddie, I started to post that on the Gammons thread. I'm thinking the general public will side with A-Rod on this issue, and that's sad. His comments were pretty mean-spirited and self-serving, so I hope the public sees through it, but I doubt it. Listening to her interview on MLB now, and she has explained all of these incidents pretty well and is calling it just a diversionary tactic.

 

[-Scoop-]

I know on the other thread we're talking about how softballish Gammons was on the 'roid stuff (rightly so), but I'm really outraged toward him as a journalist for not at least asking something about Roberts. He doesn't have to defend her, but he really did need to push A-Rod more on that.

That's just me with the scribe hat on. I don't know what the viewing public now thinks of Roberts. I fear they're thinking paparazzi, which is a crying shame.

I agree 100 percent. There's probably a lotta people out there who think SI went about this poorly while ESPN "did it right."

 

[RayKinsella]

Gammons took his scribe hat off for good when he started working for WWL.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

I was stunned Gammons didn't ask any follow-ups about the stalking and B/E stuff. Those comments cried out for more details.

Why should Gammons fight that battle?

She works for SI!

: : :

 

[WaylonJennings]

I give Gammons a pass on that portion of the interview. He was trying to change the subject. He didn't want to give A-Rod a platform to continue to drag Selena Roberts, a competitor, through the mud. He was in a bit of a no-win situation once A-Rod started bringing her up. The best thing to do was to just change the subject and hope he dropped it.

 

[cranberry]

I'd probably be annoyed by a pesky reporter following me around and trying to dig up dirt about me for an unauthorized biography? Who wouldn't? From a nuisance standpoint, it's not much different from paparazzi. But it's also part of the life of a celebrity that you have to find a way to deal with it.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Freddie, I started to post that on the Gammons thread. I'm thinking the general public will side with A-Rod on this issue, and that's sad. His comments were pretty mean-spirited and self-serving, so I hope the public sees through it, but I doubt it. Listening to her interview on MLB now, and she has explained all of these incidents pretty well and is calling it just a diversionary tactic.

I really hope you are wrong on that.
The hardcore fans may side with A-Roid. Bit I think a lot of people are going to go against him.
Yeah he admitted it, but only (SURPRISE!) after he was caught.
I think a lot of the public is really getting fed up with this bull****.

 

[Joe Williams]

A few days of questionable tactics (he claims, she refutes) vs. uncovering his steroids use and exposing him as a liar and a cheat? People who would side with A-Rod over the reporter in that circumstance are beyond reasoning with.

However, I felt a tiny bit different about the whole process when I learned that the story was broken as part of research for a book, rather than as an SI investigation. Granted, as a highly-paid staffer of the magazine, Roberts did the right thing and didn't "save" this revelation for a Barnes & Noble blockbuster (would have been nice if the Torre/A-Fraud stuff had shown up in the magazine rather than waiting for the SI writer's book).

It also would be nice if SI were the ones funding and directing this sort of sports journalism, rather than relying on the book publishers with whom its writers (some of whom aren't exactly overworked) are moonlighting.

 

[FreddiePatek]

Freddie, I started to post that on the Gammons thread. I'm thinking the general public will side with A-Rod on this issue, and that's sad. His comments were pretty mean-spirited and self-serving, so I hope the public sees through it, but I doubt it. Listening to her interview on MLB now, and she has explained all of these incidents pretty well and is calling it just a diversionary tactic.

I really hope you are wrong on that.
The hardcore fans may side with A-Roid. Bit I think a lot of people are going to go against him.
Yeah he admitted it, but only (SURPRISE!) after he was caught.
I think a lot of the public is really getting fed up with this bull****.

That's exactly what I'm hoping ... he clearly wasn't going to 'fess up to PED use before Selena Roberts broke it. I wish more people saw/understood that particular aspect on these "celebrity" apologies.