tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post6713404641576230097..comments2024-03-27T19:11:37.620-04:00Comments on You Don't Say: That thing I say about baseballJohn McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-61899334277044571082009-05-26T17:00:35.624-04:002009-05-26T17:00:35.624-04:00I was at that Orioles game that the ACES idiots pr...I was at that Orioles game that the ACES idiots prevailed upon John to take us to. He was so annoyed. We had to settle for nosebleed seats. He wore, of course, his topcoat, bow tie and fedora. It was freezing cold and windy. And the Orioles were pasted by the Mariners, 14-0. John probably had a much nicer evening planned somewhere indoors.Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-8753690159946387102009-05-25T00:24:53.147-04:002009-05-25T00:24:53.147-04:00And to think, John, that I assumed you were honori...And to think, John, that I assumed you were <A HREF="http://www.collegeinsider.com/phelan/" REL="nofollow">honoring the former Mount St. Mary's basketball coach Jim Phelan on that March day in 2003</A>.<br /><br />(To Anonymous: No relation to Paul.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11258503226662220617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-67394723255442746372009-05-24T21:45:30.887-04:002009-05-24T21:45:30.887-04:00Feel sorry for you, John. Was sports copy desk chi...Feel sorry for you, John. Was sports copy desk chief at the Philly Inquirer (1980-81) and Chicago Tribune (1986-88) -- and did other cool things before and after -- and found nothing but joy in the games and game stories we monitored and (when necessary, which was rare) sculpted into printabiity on the desks. <br />Those years were the best of a satisfying career, on every level. Too bad you only appreciated a smidgen...Alan Solomonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-91318135083210523232009-05-23T22:20:07.523-04:002009-05-23T22:20:07.523-04:00Very much enjoyed reading your entry, as usual, Mr...Very much enjoyed reading your entry, as usual, Mr. Mack. <br />I'm also an editor with no particular fondness for sports, baseball least of all.<br /> I'd like nothing better than to throw something (a curve ball, maybe?) at my neighboring Sports Dept. colleagues when they begin a-hoopin' and a-hollerin' at some play on TV.<br />BUT, having said all that, I find it a very strange affectation for an editor to go out of his way to avoid gaining the snippets of knowledge about even distasteful subjects that we often need to call upon at deadline editing a - heaven forbid! - sports article.Impudent_Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03692062890979848464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-87843508910086681692009-05-23T11:17:12.754-04:002009-05-23T11:17:12.754-04:00Is Peter Blair related to Paul Blair?
And I don't...Is Peter Blair related to Paul Blair?<br /><br />And I don't think you can really attach "Orioles" to "madness" anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-2859413978750418312009-05-23T02:29:19.887-04:002009-05-23T02:29:19.887-04:00You had me until you lumped tennis in with these h...You had me until you lumped tennis in with these horrible activities. Honest to god!Kenneth M. Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666275272819956774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-71105179544297786322009-05-23T02:16:40.762-04:002009-05-23T02:16:40.762-04:00There may actually be a more pompous and pretentio...There may actually be a more pompous and pretentious priss around than John McIntyre, but he's probably not working in the news business. It's a place for blue-collar folks, those that enjoy a game and work hard to keep their jobs. I've met and listened to John McIntyre. I was singularly underwhelmed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-68727410374833446642009-05-22T22:14:37.690-04:002009-05-22T22:14:37.690-04:00I feel the same way, John. Drives the sporties nut...I feel the same way, John. Drives the sporties nuts when I ask them who's playing on the day of the World Series. (not kidding).Tony Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-74589653321963884372009-05-22T19:28:18.332-04:002009-05-22T19:28:18.332-04:00I was a huge sports fan until I was about 23, and ...I was a huge sports fan until I was about 23, and then I just...stopped. For lots of reasons, mainly all the wasted time. But these days, I find the whole enterprise obnoxious, from stadiums named after cellphone companies to rapacious owners and players to hooting, drunken, nylon-clad fans. I want nothing to do with any of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-6618420263448490532009-05-22T17:50:19.328-04:002009-05-22T17:50:19.328-04:00I did make an exception to my principles when the ...I did make an exception to my principles when the American Copy Editors Society met in Baltimore in 2000 and many of the members went down to Camden Yards. I was chatting with friends when Paul Clark, a colleague from Cincinnati, walked up and said, "I came to watch a ballgame, and I saw a miracle."John McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-71782295772377463352009-05-22T17:37:07.407-04:002009-05-22T17:37:07.407-04:00I'm almost there with you about sports, except tha...I'm almost there with you about sports, except that I enjoy watching children's sports, especially when one of my children is playing.<br /><br />I love to watch tiny ones play soccer, all of them running around the ball like a rugby scrum. Little girls' lacrosse is my all time favorite, followed by little kids playing basketball.<br /><br />Once they reach high school, I can tolerate it. College not so much except at non-sports schools like the Little Three in Massachusetts near Smith. <br /><br />I try to never watch professional sports. I've never been to a professional football game and only attend baseball games for the socializing with friends.Nancy Nicholsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-62010765755371130492009-05-22T17:12:19.925-04:002009-05-22T17:12:19.925-04:00Well, it would also been a graduation in which I w...Well, it would also been a graduation in which I would have been one in a mass of hundreds herded about like cattle in the hot sun.John McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-31641734997839541102009-05-22T15:41:39.993-04:002009-05-22T15:41:39.993-04:00I don't know, John ... skipping graduation to not ...I don't know, John ... skipping graduation to not have to walk into a sports stadium seems a bit much.CSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-49743239181954742392009-05-22T13:26:26.839-04:002009-05-22T13:26:26.839-04:00Oh, good -- you say "set foot." Where do you supp...Oh, good -- you say "set foot." Where do you suppose "stepped foot" came from?Mr. Wuxtrynoreply@blogger.com