Comments on FIRE JOE MORGAN: JoeChat

A Chester Jesterton sighting! I am honored.Reader...

2007-08-31T02:58:00.000-04:00

A Chester Jesterton sighting! I am honored.

Reader Robert writes in with a sentient echoed by many like-minded individuals:

Here’s the thing that annoyed me most about this week’s chat: Morgan has spent years deflecting any question about someone’s chances of election to the Hall by saying that as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Hall of Fame, he shouldn’t comment on whether he thinks someone should be in or not. (Examples: 7/14/07 JoeChat, 4/19/06 JoeChat.) And yet here he is, actively stumping for Dave Concepcion – naturally, a friend and former teammate – to be elected to the Hall of Fame. It’s not that I’m surprised – Joe apparently thinks everyone on the Big Red Machine should be in the Hall, up to and including Ed Armbrister – but wow. Just when you thought this guy couldn’t sink any lower.

I believe it was Sixto Lezcano who said, "Momentum...

2007-08-30T17:46:00.000-04:00

I believe it was Sixto Lezcano who said, "Momentum is only as good as your next day's most important part of pitching."

KT: good explanation. Satisfying. Would still ra...

2007-08-30T13:51:00.000-04:00

KT: good explanation. Satisfying. Would still rather call that "bullpen exhaustion" instead of "momentum," only because momentum gets thrown around so much in sports as an intangible, spectral thing.

Also, Lieberman fans, remember Joementum?

I believe this post qualifies for "food metaphors"...

2007-08-30T02:04:00.000-04:00

I believe this post qualifies for "food metaphors" label status, no?

I believe in actual momentum; that is: in a short ...

2007-08-29T23:28:00.000-04:00

I believe in actual momentum; that is: in a short series, scoring 14 runs in Game One forced the BoSox to blow a bunch of bullpen innings early, which was rough because they had only a couple of 68 year-olds (Wells and Wake) to throw in 2 and 3.

Take that, smartass.

1. I would like to add to the followingThey also b...

2007-08-29T21:05:00.000-04:00

1. I would like to add to the following

They also buzzed the Red Sox in the ALDS, thanks to decent pitching, but also to 14 runs off Matt Clement and a bunch of scrubs in Game 1 and the resultant momentum.

the words "to the extent to which you believe in that sort of thing, which I'm not sure that in the case of you, Ken Tremendous, is very much."

2. It appears that Jack from Rancho Cucamonga ("Now that the always consistent Gary Sheffield is on the DL, do the Tigers -- even if they play the game the right way -- have a chance to make the playoffs? Or is it too early to tell?") is something of a Joe baiter, what with his mentions of

a) Sheffield
b) the word "consistent"
c) "play the game the right way"

and the way he gives Joe an out to ride the fence.

3. HatGuy sez: Sweet Gold Medal Ribbon ref! Get it? "Sweet"!