SMG Peter Abraham interview

[Pulitzer Wannabe]

http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/peter-abraham/

 

[Pulitzer Wannabe]

And, of course, here come the comments on a baseball fan site (re: Abraham's 70-80 hour work week comment):

4. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy Posted: April 04, 2008 at 11:57 AM (#2730456)

Its probably much less time if you are actually literate and learn how to really type.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Bad link.

 

[Pulitzer Wannabe]

Bad link.

No, you've got to register.
That's always annoyed me about that site.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Well, ****abuncha that.
I like Peter Abraham but, no...

 

[henryhenry]

Bad link.

No, you've got to register.
That's always annoyed me about that site.

i got it without registering.

you don't have to.

good interview. he's a pro.

 

[hockeybeat]

Bad link.

No, you've got to register.
That's always annoyed me about that site.

i got it without registering.

you don't have to.

good interview. he's a pro.

I tried to get it without registering and it wouldn't let me. After I registered, I tried to copy and paste the interview here, but the damned Bad Request command popped up.

That pointlessness aside, SMG grabbed one hell of an interesting interview. SMG is what TBL would be, if TBL had a bit of ethics to him.

 

[In Exile]

Sometimes I get the interviews, sometimes I don't. I've tried to register but never received confirmation back - too many glitches for me to bother with anymore, and that's too bad.

 

[henryhenry]

found this post on Baseball Think Factory vis-a-vis the interview:

What do you look to a beat writer for? I don't want his analysis, and with ESPN and the internet, you don't need just those 1-2 guys following a club to break daily news anymore. I'm trying to think of the times that I actually seek out the beat writers' stories - the first thing leaps to mind is Spring Training, where half of what they report is color/background info on what type of guy Brian Schneider is, what Moises Alou did during the offseason, and Nelson Figueroa's curious path back to the majors through Mexico and Taiwain.

You're right, we don't need them for hard news any more. And I don't give a **** about the color stuff, so that's why I find them largely useless.

The most pathetic thing you can read on a blog is the sheeple posting that Mainstreamer has no sources.

Unfortunately, most of them don't. The guys like Robo add real value.

I think the real issue is that we're going from a world with 2000 (totally made up number) professional baseball writers and zero bloggers/amateurs to a world of 500 professionals and 10,000 bloggers/amateurs.

 

[WaylonJennings]

found this post on Baseball Think Factory vis-a-vis the interview:

What do you look to a beat writer for? I don't want his analysis, and with ESPN and the internet, you don't need just those 1-2 guys following a club to break daily news anymore. I'm trying to think of the times that I actually seek out the beat writers' stories - the first thing leaps to mind is Spring Training, where half of what they report is color/background info on what type of guy Brian Schneider is, what Moises Alou did during the offseason, and Nelson Figueroa's curious path back to the majors through Mexico and Taiwain.

You're right, we don't need them for hard news any more. And I don't give a **** about the color stuff, so that's why I find them largely useless.

The most pathetic thing you can read on a blog is the sheeple posting that Mainstreamer has no sources.

Unfortunately, most of them don't. The guys like Robo add real value.

I think the real issue is that we're going from a world with 2000 (totally made up number) professional baseball writers and zero bloggers/amateurs to a world of 500 professionals and 10,000 bloggers/amateurs.

Yeah, baseball writers never break any news. Great point, guy.

:

 

[henryhenry]

of course he's misguided - beat reporters are the backbone.

but you wonder why and how he came to that point - and how many fans think the same way...

 

[WaylonJennings]

of course he's misguided - beat reporters are the backbone.

but you wonder why and how he came to that point - and how many fans think the same way...

A lot of it is because those fans confuse what beat writers do:

* Keep up with the on-field and business side of the daily operation with what the Rob Neyers of the world do, which is ...

* Crunch the numbers.

There is room for both, and one doesn't diminish the other. But don't try telling that to the lunatic fringe.

 

[adamdexter]

Sometimes I get the interviews, sometimes I don't. I've tried to register but never received confirmation back - too many glitches for me to bother with anymore, and that's too bad.

@In Exile
I'm the SMG Webmaster- I just wanted to clear a few things up and try to help you out if I can.

1) The latest interviews by default are always public- meaning you do not need to log in or register to view it. There have been one or two mistakes by our editing staff with the last few interviews where they put up the latest interview as members only by accident. I have corrected this.

2) As far as registering and not getting confirmation, please check your spam filter. If the confirmation message is not there it is also possible you may have mistyped your address when registering, you can either contact me and I will help you register/register an account for you or try registering again. I apologize for the issues you have been experiencing- I have checked the system a few times and it seems to be working- but I don't necessarily doubt that you may have not received confirmation at al. So please, let me know.

This also goes for anyone who is having issues with the site or would like to report a problem.
Please email me at

Webmaster(AT)SportsMediaGuide.com
(change the (AT) to @)

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Thanks, guy.

 

[Sly]

I sure don't understand why we need to register and have a password for a sports site with sportswriter interviews. I have enough problems remembering the passwords for my bank website, Netflix, SportsJournalists.com, etc ...

 

[pseudo]

Love this answer. Kudos to that SE:

Q. How did you get into the industry?

A. My dad was a high school guidance councilor -- he had me join a Junior Achievement club in high school, much to my chagrin. One of the first things they did was tour the local paper, the Standard Times. They showed us the loading dock and the printing press and in the newsroom the Sports Editor was at his desk.

I knew who he was, and I went up to him and said, "the high school swim team is doing well but you haven't done any stories". He said, "they never bring the results down." I said, "too bad, there's a big meet Friday and you should have the results in the paper." He said, "you get them here and I'll put them in the paper." So I did, and lo and behold, it was in the paper the next day. My friends thought that was pretty good. The conference meet was a couple days later. I told the SE, and he said, "bring those results in, and while you're at it get a comment from the coach." I did that, and the next day there was a story with my name on it -- identifying me as a Standard-Times correspondent. A few days later I got a check for $10 and I thought that was the greatest thing in the world. It's the only job I've had since.
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beat, I had to replace all quotes/apostrophes/em-dashes to get the post to work...