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Post by Classicblast on Sept 26, 2006 19:47:10 GMT -5
Sometimes I get a little tired of reading some newspaper writers take on a team or about me when this guy has no idea about what is going on and why things are this way.
Ok ok ok, if he watches me play and says "Classicblast has not performed like a veteran 3rdbaseman should."
I can live with that. He has watched the game, has an opinion and he is free to express it.
A fan has the right to call a radio talk program and say "Classicblast has not brough the veteran play that our team acquired him to bring."
Again I'm ok about that this person paid their money to go to a game and if me or the team players don't meet their satisfaction they are perfectly at right to say so.
What I hate is when they say things like "A 31 year old minor leaguer hangs onto this because it's playing baseball for a living he doesn't really care about his team or the game just that he can stay in baseball in some capacity."
There's no need for someone who has never talked to me to tell you the readers or listeners how I feel. That person doesn't know to start with how I feel.
So That's what really frosts me.
Or they say that if I try a 34 bat it's going to improve my swing over a 33 bat. Ok and this person knows my swing well enough to determine which bat is better for me? Awwwww, no!
I have no problem with them making and voicing an opinion on what they can see like my hitting, running or fielding. That's all open floor and I'll never say mean things to them for an opinion. If they feel that "Rodriguez, Gomez, or Taylor would be a better choice for the lineup I can handle that too.
BUT media, DON'T TELL ME HOW I FEEL, THEY don't know!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Phil on Sept 27, 2006 13:53:55 GMT -5
Its job security for them to have people read their opinion on your job. In a messed up way that's true.
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Post by dannyboy on Sept 27, 2006 21:03:34 GMT -5
Sometimes I think they have no real news pertaining to the matters at hand so they speculate what can be other people's thoughts believing it can make their program interesting when there's nothing really newsworthy to discuss.
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Post by Blastgirl on Sept 30, 2006 22:52:55 GMT -5
It's sometimes more bothersome to me than it is to Classic.
At least Classic seperates it if their critique is about the game he understands that the press reporter has a right to opinion. But sometimes they speculate the personal life of the guys when they don't even know.
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Post by Phil on Oct 2, 2006 14:15:26 GMT -5
Where I work they have 'meetings' to please union members and workers but they have no intention of taking any suggestions. It's done as a way of blowing smoke you can guess where.
The people who actually make the decisions are people who either have never done the hands on parts of the job or did it so badly they were given a desk job. Go figure.
At least in a sports situation most of the coaches are former players. So at least they have played the game.
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Post by Blastgirl on Oct 3, 2006 0:34:36 GMT -5
It does probably make you wonder why such meetings are had if they have no intention of making any changes.
They do that kind of thing where I work too but hardly does any effort to make improvments get made. They all say "Good Idea." They even go as far as to discuss how it can be applied but again they usually just forget it. It gets brought up at the next similar meeting or two they say "We're working on it," and eventually the ideas get forgotten.
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Post by Phil on Oct 3, 2006 16:22:38 GMT -5
That does seem like a waste of time they just do it to make us thing they care about what we have to say. Its just like that here too that 'we're looking into it' thing.
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Post by Classicblast on Oct 4, 2006 19:22:26 GMT -5
Maybe someday I'll make Wikipedia.
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Post by sasukeandnarutorock on Oct 5, 2006 9:52:47 GMT -5
maybe someday I'll make a google
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Post by Hatson on Oct 5, 2006 10:48:14 GMT -5
I have to say I'm pretty lucky. I have a service manager who is very cool other than that there's not much else of people who determine the working conditions.
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Post by Classicblast on Oct 5, 2006 23:02:17 GMT -5
I have to say I'm pretty lucky. I have a service manager who is very cool other than that there's not much else of people who determine the working conditions. The people I work for have always been decent to me too. Managers and administration. It's writers and callers in to radio discussion shows that are the most annoying. |
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Post by Peon on Oct 6, 2006 9:31:29 GMT -5
Duuuuude. maybe someday I'll make an ebay.
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Post by Phil on Oct 6, 2006 12:24:12 GMT -5
What would you want to buy or sell on ebay?
I use it all the time. I think it makes for shopping made easier. No crowds no hastle, and packages come to your door.
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Post by sasukeandnarutorock on Oct 6, 2006 20:14:59 GMT -5
No, I think he means he wants to make an ebay. Not an auction on it.
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Post by Classicblast on Oct 7, 2006 22:33:07 GMT -5
I think if you could establish your own auction site similar to EBay and have it take off you would need to spend at least 8didits to set that up and yet I think you would be in the black within a few months if it really took off. I think that would be super.
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Post by _glitch_ on Oct 21, 2006 11:15:19 GMT -5
Yeah... people who sell their opinion as fact tick me off. Bad.
_glitch_
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Post by Kimm on Oct 21, 2006 11:35:09 GMT -5
Yeah... people who sell their opinion as fact tick me off. Bad. _glitch_ Thats right. If someone tells you something its their opinion but if you heard it from me then it must be fact. Just kidding. ;D |
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Post by Classicblast on Nov 18, 2006 23:57:17 GMT -5
I decided to post in this old topic rather than post another whole new topic about the same thing.
I just got through reading the area's off-season publication about baseball.
This fat blimp is at it again. He has four or five paragraphs saying that I should hang it up.
I'll type it putting Classicblast in as my name.
... following nearly a decade in a comfortable sanctuary father time finally found Classicblast of the #City Team# and the youth movement sent the 31 year old longball hitter packing. Classicblast told the associated press "I am not about to hang it up right now, I'm going to play some ball in 2006 it's just a question of where but it will happen don't you worry about that."
With some persistance Classicblast was able to back that statement up by landing a position in spring training with league rival #new team# just 90 miles along the interstate and his career resumes for now.
While the aging infielder continues to reach the leftfield bleachers on fairly regular intervals, Classicblast will be 32 years old when the league's veterans report to Florida in February for spring training. That is if he is still a member of that team on opening day.
It's doubtful that Classicblast will hang onto his position more than another season even though he continues to rank among the leaders in homeruns. Being a long-ball hitter when you're 32 years old is a great thing to boast when you're in major league baseball but a double A slugger just can't stay on board much past the age 30 and Classicblast is on borrowed time now.
Now It's me again.
I suppose that's a good editorial from a reporting point of view but I have to admit it's bothersome. I got called by the radio station that covers the games' play-by-play to see if I wanted to say anything about it and I declined.
There is a lot of truth to what was said but there's much this guy has no idea about and that side never seems to get considered.
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