This time it's in response to Branyan's heading to the DL. For whom it may concern, Russell Branyan, Laynce Nix, does it really matter? I mean these guys are both definitions of career AAAA players. They will have super hot streaks at AAA, come up and play well for a few weeks and then sputter out in a triumphantly un-noticeable cold streak, then get sent back to AAA for another 2 years, until they are "ready to make a difference". Yet people still feel the need to argue and mince words about nobodies.
Anyways, here's Hardicourt's response to his own blog post. As per usual it starts off with someone calling him an amateur journalist, which he is because instead of finding out why Branyan was heading to the DL, he just made up a reason saying he was hurt this whole time. So Hardicourt fires back saying:
"To those who think they know more about reporting than we do, we've asked Yost many times over the past week or so why Counsell was playing more than Branyan. Each time, he just said he wanted Counsell in there because he "was producing."
The same excuse he already used in his original blog post, alas that was not good enough for Tom. When someone who actually does some reporting finally broke the real story, which was that Branyan hurt himself in BP last night, he then fires back with a real whopper.
"As brewersoptimist pointed out, Gord Ash said in a radio interview this morning that Branyan hurt his oblique in BP last night. So, for all of those amateur "journalists" who took immediate potshots at me for "missing" something with Branyan, I'll be waiting for your apologies. But I won't hold my breath. Know-nothings who live to toss out insults rarely admit they were wrong."
How exactly were they incorrect for calling you an amateur Tom? I think you just proved your own point by pointing out that someone else broke the story before you did and you are one of the two main reporters(I'd argue that you are the top dog, but clearly you're being paid to train Witrado as your replacement) for Milwaukee's main newspaper. Seems like sloppy work to put up a blog report about a roster move and not have all the facts beforehand.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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Amateur... you mean anonymous "hacks" like you who write "humorous" blogs like this one.
I'm not the one getting paid to be the professional =]
Bad News from the brewers.com mailbag:
Yost said Monday morning that he has several top-secret scenarios in mind for his starting rotation down the stretch. He could stay the course and simply bump all five starters back a day when the team is off, but even that won't work during the week of Aug. 25, when the team plays a two-game series in St. Louis sandwiched between off-days. If he changes things and keeps Sabathia and Sheets as close as possible to pitching every fifth day, it leaves them unavailable or only partially available for some of the biggest remaining series. Neither would pitch in St. Louis, and Sheets would miss a three-game series against the Mets in early September and all six remaining games against the Cubs.
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