Layoffs at MLB.com claim a few

[SnoopyBoy]

MLB.com, which I thought was about as stable as it comes in this business, has laid off 20-25 people, including seven in editorial. Included are Jim Molony, Jack O'Connell, Mike Scarr, Justice Hill, Robert Falkoff and Kevin Czerwinski.

Apologies if posted elsewhere...

 

[Moderator1]

Jeez.
Will they still have a "beat guy" for every team?

 

[BYH]

This is really ****ing disgusting.

They are PRINTING money at mlb.com. PRINTING IT. It's not like they're operating a dying medium. MLB.com is profitable a zillion times over. Yet these rotten bastards are STILL cutting people and STILL cutting space. It's the ****ing Internet! There's no space restrictions! Yet there are fewer and fewer stories every year.

The end game is interns doing everything and the place just existing to sell T-shirts. Book it.

A lot of good people lost their jobs there. **** you, mlb.com.

 

[Mediator]

I can't believe this. It's every day now. And no one works harder than a baseball writer with no space restraints. I just don't know what to think anymore...

 

[playthrough]

Hope someone reminds Bud about this the next time he blathers on and on about baseball's health.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

MLB.com isn't filling correspondent openings with seasoned pros, either. Mostly green ex-collegians. Big surprise there.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

This is really ****ing disgusting.

They are PRINTING money at mlb.com. PRINTING IT. It's not like they're operating a dying medium. MLB.com is profitable a zillion times over. Yet these rotten bastards are STILL cutting people and STILL cutting space. It's the ****ing Internet! There's no space restrictions! Yet there are fewer and fewer stories every year.

The end game is interns doing everything and the place just existing to sell T-shirts. Book it.

<b>A lot of good people lost their jobs there. **** you, mlb.com.</b>

Amen. Slimy bastards.

 

[BYH]

MLB.com isn't filling correspondent openings with seasoned pros, either. Mostly green ex-collegians. Big surprise there.

Not mostly. Completely.

Baseball is doing just fine. But there's always more fat to cut for Bob DuPuy and the rest of the rotten pieces of ****.

 

[SF_Express]

Know a number of people there, so was concerned for former collleagues, but not any of these. Still sucks, though.

 

[GBNF]

Damn, man, Justice is a good dude. This sucks. Again. It always sucks. ****.

 

[In Exile]

Bud made $14.5 million in 2005.

Note to Bud: See auto industry. Meet you there in a few.

 

[Joe Williams]

[....... waiting for Jim Jenks to weigh in on the cuts and on working with all green ex-collegians rather than seasoned pros ....... ]

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

It's a great time in the business to be inexperienced and know nothing.

 

[Jersey_Guy]

[....... waiting for Jim Jenks to weigh in on the cuts and on working with all green ex-collegians rather than seasoned pros ....... ]

My guess is you'll be waiting a long time.

 

[GBNF]

It's a great time in the business to be inexperienced and know nothing.

I would say the two of those are mutually exclusive. You can be inexperienced and still be a good writer and good reporter. ****, Graham Bensinger is one of the best interviewers I've heard, and he's what, 19, 20?

 

[Hookem06]

Justice was a class guy. I spoke to him at a couple job fairs last year. I hope he lands on his feet.

 

[jeff.pearlman]

This isn't an original thought, but I think it applies to many of the situations right now: Too many corporations—MLB included, I'd guess—use a poor economy as an excuse to hand employees their papers. MLB is making tons upon tons of money but who would complain about layoffs at a time like this, when it's happening to everyone?

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

MLB's bean counters, and I am close to one, are not losing their jobs. That's for sure.

 

[jakewriter82]

It's a great time in the business to be inexperienced and know nothing.

I respectfully disagree.
It's not a great time in the business for anyone. experienced, inexperienced, old, young, everyone.

 

[spnited]

Oh, ****, There are two guys on that list who I've worked with and know are good people and good writers.

For one of them I think this is his third layoff. How can good people constantly get screwed like this?