The Last Great SJ Thread

[henryhenry]

This is funny, sort of.

http://sportsmediaguide.com/announcements/the-last-great-blog-post/

Maybe Wojo won't think so.

 

[imjustagirl]

The point is fine, but the horrible, snarky way it's written just undercuts the point. You don't get to call people out for being unoriginal when your post is snarky takedowns of other things.

Pass.

 

[Boom_70]

The point is fine, but the horrible, snarky way it's written just undercuts the point. You don't get to call people out for being unoriginal when your post is snarky takedowns of other things.

Pass.

I guess that's it. The queen of sj has spoken.

In the list writer forgot the best of "the last" -
Tom Wolfe's "The Last American Hero" about Junior Johnson. Maybe it does not count because it was originally Esquire story.

 

[Alma]

You don't get to call people out for being unoriginal when your post is snarky takedowns of other things.

You don't? You want a measured, nuanced meditation on how publishing houses use the word "last" in what they think is a way of selling a few extra books?

I'll pass on the book. Well, maybe not. I'd like to see how it "changed basketball."

 

[Azrael]

Fred Perry was many times over a tennis champion.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perry

Unfunny and factually incorrect is no way to go through life.

 

[henryhenry]

Fred Perry was many times over a tennis champion.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perry

Unfunny and factually incorrect is no way to go through life.

you wants facts?

factually, was he the last champion?

 

[imjustagirl]

You don't get to call people out for being unoriginal when your post is snarky takedowns of other things.

You don't? You want a measured, nuanced meditation on how publishing houses use the word "last" in what they think is a way of selling a few extra books?

I'll pass on the book. Well, maybe not. I'd like to see how it "changed basketball."

No. What I want is some modicum of effort beyond "google last in book title" and "google Fred Perry."

 

[imjustagirl]

The point is fine, but the horrible, snarky way it's written just undercuts the point. You don't get to call people out for being unoriginal when your post is snarky takedowns of other things.

Pass.

I guess that's it. The queen of sj has spoken.

In the list writer forgot the best of "the last" -
Tom Wolfe's "The Last American Hero" about Junior Johnson. Maybe it does not count because it was originally Esquire story.

And FTR, your wifey is and forever will be queen of SportsJournalists.com. So you can take your sanctimonious bull**** somewhere else. I said I WOULD PASS. Not "everyone should stop reading this thread because I have weighed in now."

**** off, Boom.

 

[Boom_70]

You don't get to call people out for being unoriginal when your post is snarky takedowns of other things.

You don't? You want a measured, nuanced meditation on how publishing houses use the word "last" in what they think is a way of selling a few extra books?

I'll pass on the book. Well, maybe not. I'd like to see how it "changed basketball."

I too would like to see how it "changed" basketball.

Perhaps it was a simple as putting a big man on player taking ball out.

 

[Azrael]

Fred Perry was many times over a tennis champion.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perry

Unfunny and factually incorrect is no way to go through life.

you wants facts?

factually, was he the last champion?

Of course not.

But the lazy punchline in the case of the Fred Perry entry is neither funny nor correct.

 

[deskslave]

Fred Perry was many times over a tennis champion.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perry

Unfunny and factually incorrect is no way to go through life.

you wants facts?

factually, was he the last champion?

In a particular sense? Yes. And still is.

 

[henryhenry]

Fred Perry was many times over a tennis champion.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perry

Unfunny and factually incorrect is no way to go through life.

you wants facts?

factually, was he the last champion?

In a particular sense? Yes. And still is.

explain.

 

[Boom_70]

The point is fine, but the horrible, snarky way it's written just undercuts the point. You don't get to call people out for being unoriginal when your post is snarky takedowns of other things.

Pass.

I guess that's it. The queen of sj has spoken.

In the list writer forgot the best of "the last" -
Tom Wolfe's "The Last American Hero" about Junior Johnson. Maybe it does not count because it was originally Esquire story.

And FTR, your wifey is and forever will be queen of SportsJournalists.com. So you can take your sanctimonious bull**** somewhere else. I said I WOULD PASS. Not "everyone should stop reading this thread because I have weighed in now."

**** off, Boom.

**** you igag. Why did we need to know that "you passed" You answered snark with snark.

 

[imjustagirl]

That. Was. The. Point.

Also, generally, and I'll try to type slowly for you here: When people post on a message board thread, it's to express their opinion. So if I said "I really liked that blog post," would you really feel the need to say "Why did we need to know you liked it?"

I mean, it's kind of what we do here, yes?

 

[deskslave]

Fred Perry was many times over a tennis champion.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perry

Unfunny and factually incorrect is no way to go through life.

you wants facts?

factually, was he the last champion?

In a particular sense? Yes. And still is.

explain.

See that wiki link? The answer's in the first paragraph.

 

[henryhenry]

Fred Perry was many times over a tennis champion.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perry

Unfunny and factually incorrect is no way to go through life.

you wants facts?

factually, was he the last champion?

In a particular sense? Yes. And still is.

explain.

See that wiki link? The answer's in the first paragraph.

He was the last British Wimbledon champion. why not put that in the title?

 

[Boom_70]

I always thought that Fred Perry was more known for his sport shirts than his shoes. The gold standard for tennis shoes are the Stan Smith's. I always thought the Fred Perry shoes were a bit on the effete side.

One little known fact about Fred Perry was that he invented the sweat band.

 

[deskslave]

Fred Perry was many times over a tennis champion.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perry

Unfunny and factually incorrect is no way to go through life.

you wants facts?

factually, was he the last champion?

In a particular sense? Yes. And still is.

explain.

See that wiki link? The answer's in the first paragraph.

He was the last British Wimbledon champion. why not put that in the title?

Because in what I would venture is the target market for the book, it's common knowledge.

 

[dixiehack]

The thread title is the last great example of false advertising.

 

[YankeeFan]

The point is fine, but the horrible, snarky way it's written just undercuts the point. You don't get to call people out for being unoriginal when your post is snarky takedowns of other things.

Pass.

I guess that's it. The queen of sj has spoken.

In the list writer forgot the best of "the last" -
Tom Wolfe's "The Last American Hero" about Junior Johnson. Maybe it does not count because it was originally Esquire story.

And FTR, your wifey is and forever will be queen of SportsJournalists.com. So you can take your sanctimonious bull**** somewhere else. I said I WOULD PASS. Not "everyone should stop reading this thread because I have weighed in now."

**** off, Boom.

What happened to you?