Comments on: The Tide Has Turned on A-Rod: The Target, Inexplicably, Is Now Selena Roberts http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/ Not just another sports blog. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:50:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike NYChttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398876 Mike NYC Tue, 05 May 2009 14:05:23 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398876 <blockquote>LOL, right, because all the conservative journalists took the exact opposite view.</blockquote>Oh, please. This was the <em>perfect storm</em> for liberal commentators to get on their high horse and convict three private students of a rape they didn't commit before all of the facts were in. The rich, white, athletic young males vs. the poor, black, I-have-to-strip-for-my-money female. And it wasn't just Roberts, Feinstein and the other media hacks. It was those ivory tower, <a href="http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2006/11/group-of-88s-three-d-response.html" rel="nofollow">over-educated professors</a> as well. Shameful.

LOL, right, because all the conservative journalists took the exact opposite view.

Oh, please. This was the perfect storm for liberal commentators to get on their high horse and convict three private students of a rape they didn’t commit before all of the facts were in. The rich, white, athletic young males vs. the poor, black, I-have-to-strip-for-my-money female. And it wasn’t just Roberts, Feinstein and the other media hacks. It was those ivory tower, over-educated professors as well. Shameful.

]]> By: EFhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398821 EF Tue, 05 May 2009 13:24:09 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398821 I have no intention of buying and/or reading her "book" on ARod. As several people have written above me, there are way too many questions and speculation surrounding both Roberts and ARod. He embellishes his stories, she uses people as sources who say that ARod's bench pressing in high school "was probably due to steroids" - probably?, she already has a shaky reputation (accused of snooping around ARod's neighborhood and the well-known Duke Lacrosse flub), and as someone said yesterday on the radio, some passages are written as though she was in ARod's head. If you are going to write a book/tabloid on one of sports' biggest stars, print FACTS, research, find CREDIBLE sources who have proof. I don't want to read nor have sports radio and everything else overwhelmed with discussion on your story which really only deserved to be published in a rag like US Weekly or OK Magazine. By writing this, she may have tried to position herself as the Jose Canseco of the sports journalism world as the catalyst for exposing steroids and ARod, but frankly, she has lowered her credibility to zero. I have no intention of buying and/or reading her “book” on ARod. As several people have written above me, there are way too many questions and speculation surrounding both Roberts and ARod. He embellishes his stories, she uses people as sources who say that ARod’s bench pressing in high school “was probably due to steroids” – probably?, she already has a shaky reputation (accused of snooping around ARod’s neighborhood and the well-known Duke Lacrosse flub), and as someone said yesterday on the radio, some passages are written as though she was in ARod’s head.

If you are going to write a book/tabloid on one of sports’ biggest stars, print FACTS, research, find CREDIBLE sources who have proof. I don’t want to read nor have sports radio and everything else overwhelmed with discussion on your story which really only deserved to be published in a rag like US Weekly or OK Magazine.
By writing this, she may have tried to position herself as the Jose Canseco of the sports journalism world as the catalyst for exposing steroids and ARod, but frankly, she has lowered her credibility to zero.

]]> By: odessastepshttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398759 odessasteps Tue, 05 May 2009 12:04:49 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398759 Carton going after someone for rumour-mongering is hilarious.Signed, Eric Lindros Carton going after someone for rumour-mongering is hilarious.

Signed, Eric Lindros

]]> By: Duder678http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398701 Duder678 Tue, 05 May 2009 03:12:08 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398701 <blockquote>Fuck this book, read Johnny U or The GM if you want to read a real biographical sports book.</blockquote>I prefer Laugh With a Ginger: The Carrot Top Story.

Fuck this book, read Johnny U or The GM if you want to read a real biographical sports book.

I prefer Laugh With a Ginger: The Carrot Top Story.

]]> By: Brucehttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398700 Bruce Tue, 05 May 2009 03:11:13 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398700 <blockquote>Whitlock's interview was really good and I think you all should take a listen over at the .com.</blockquote>I heard the interview, and Whitlock sounded like the same whiny bitch he's been for the last few years, including playing the "blogs are evil" card whenever he had the opportunity. Let me know when he stops sounding like the angriest man alive.

Whitlock’s interview was really good and I think you all should take a listen over at the .com.

I heard the interview, and Whitlock sounded like the same whiny bitch he’s been for the last few years, including playing the “blogs are evil” card whenever he had the opportunity. Let me know when he stops sounding like the angriest man alive.

]]> By: Crookednosehttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398697 Crookednose Tue, 05 May 2009 03:08:55 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398697 Duffy, I have a hard time understanding why readers can't appreciate the need (or want) for sources to be off the record. Granted, she doesn't have an impeccable record, but does that mean you should automatically shoot the messenger? The steroid allegations don't interest me at this point, but the pitch-tipping is new ground. I find it hard to believe that her story about that is going to die here; from the accounts, several Rangers players knew of it. Frankly, I think that's newsworthy, and I can understand why players would want to be off the record. Meanwhile, I can understand questioning her methodology and/or journalistic credibility. But let's let things shake out first. This revelation just came to light, so it's reasonable to think that whoever is the basis of this story is grappling with the possibility of owning up to it. Duffy, I have a hard time understanding why readers can’t appreciate the need (or want) for sources to be off the record. Granted, she doesn’t have an impeccable record, but does that mean you should automatically shoot the messenger? The steroid allegations don’t interest me at this point, but the pitch-tipping is new ground. I find it hard to believe that her story about that is going to die here; from the accounts, several Rangers players knew of it. Frankly, I think that’s newsworthy, and I can understand why players would want to be off the record. Meanwhile, I can understand questioning her methodology and/or journalistic credibility. But let’s let things shake out first. This revelation just came to light, so it’s reasonable to think that whoever is the basis of this story is grappling with the possibility of owning up to it.

]]> By: bsanders37http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398695 bsanders37 Tue, 05 May 2009 03:05:48 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398695 Fuck this book, read Johnny U or The GM if you want to read a real biographical sports book. Fuck this book, read Johnny U or The GM if you want to read a real biographical sports book.

]]> By: tyduffyhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398689 tyduffy Tue, 05 May 2009 02:56:47 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398689 <blockquote>Duffy, have you read the book? I'd simply say you reserve judgment till then.</blockquote>I'm going on the information that was released. Roberts confirmed that information was accurate.

Duffy, have you read the book? I’d simply say you reserve judgment till then.

I’m going on the information that was released. Roberts confirmed that information was accurate.

]]> By: J2Bhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398684 J2B Tue, 05 May 2009 02:51:08 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398684 in regard to Carton - <blockquote>He sounds like a sad Yankee apologist.</blockquote>He actually is a big Mets fan who hates the Yankees. He just has a problem with the way Roberts went about writing this book in regard to Carton –
He sounds like a sad Yankee apologist.

He actually is a big Mets fan who hates the Yankees. He just has a problem with the way Roberts went about writing this book

]]> By: Crookednosehttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2009/05/04/the-tide-has-turned-on-a-rod/comment-page-2/#comment-398677 Crookednose Tue, 05 May 2009 02:45:05 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=13887#comment-398677 Duffy, have you read the book? I'd simply say you reserve judgment till then. Duffy, have you read the book? I’d simply say you reserve judgment till then.

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