There is a story told by one of Cincinnati Reds’ radio people. He was interviewing a Reds winning pitcher (Jack Armstrong, I think) and said something to the nature of, ‘So we did pretty well out there today, huh?’ The pitcher paused and replied, ‘We? I didn’t see YOU out there playing.’

Whitlock’s article was full of ‘us’, ‘we’, ‘ours’, and the like. That isn’t objectivity, that is making it all personal…. and him thinking that he’s a part of that team. I’ll be willing to bet that those Cardinal players and coaches don’t see him that way.

His piece reads like a total hatchet job.

mike – i’m kinda surprised that a guy who’s avatar is an Apple logo can’t see the obvious similarities between what ESPN has become and microsoft.

business is business, but there’s more to it than ‘if it’s good for shareholders then no one gets to complain’

pulled a groin – that’s not what I meant. and more importantly, you’re not funny

MTV developed illegal file-sharing and perfected archaic business methods?

The development and implementation of that technology killed their profits, absolutely, but I am referring to the demise of music as a true art form. It became a product because of MTV bastardizing the art form into processed cheese. The same is happening to sports thanks to ESPN. Genuine sports moments are wringed dry of their purity, overnight superstars are created on a weekly basis, and tabloid sensationalism drives the ticker at the bottom of the screen. ESPN has also changed the way athletes behave, and not for the better. It’s like an eye dropper constantly polluting the water supply. Some see it and some don’t.

Tread lightly.

/700 billion dollars

I’m not trying to disparage Ball State or anything. It seems to me they have had more coverage than they deserve, because of Letterman and Whitlock. I’ve seen BSU discussed on PTI, ATH, SportsCenter, Gameday, and elsewhere, not sure what else you want.

My last question, if this was Eastern Michigan and not BSU, would he have written this article? Doubtful. I don’t recall him being upset when Roethlisberger’s Miami (oh) team was left out of the BCS.

/sportsdork