Sheriff Sully genially notes that Dan Shaughnessy could not get basic facts about Matt Hasselback right - such as Shaughnessy having him winning a Massachusetts schoolboy award that doesn't exist.
Bruce picks up on that report and adds how CHB missed an even better local angle on the Super Bowl. Maybe he should stick to running the Red Sox?
For this one post, Beth could change the name of her blog to Cursed to Worst, because she skewers know-it-all sportswriters who have to rain on the parade of happy Sox fans instead of actually trying to discover new facts:
... I want to know the conversations Theo had, with John Henry, with his friends and family, with a player on the team, perhaps? I want to have been a fly on the wall. I desperately want to know what happened.
A lonely Nation no longer turns its eyes to you, Theo Epstein.
Charley on Blue Mass. Group: I don't know what he'll be doing, but I like having him around. Best sports news this winter.
Red Sox Soul:Welcome to Theopolis!
I can't WAIT to hear the new title, although I'm pretty sure it's not Larry's Bitch...
In today's deliciously snippy if ultimately irrelevant to 99.9% of us column by Alex Beam, we learn that Alex doesn't make $250,000 a year for writing two columns a week. Hmm, but how much, one wonders, does Dan "Five Columns in One Week" Shaughnessy pull down? Although one also wonders if he gets docked for recycling month-old columns.
Jonelle wishes the world to know she has had quite enough of the CHB. Also, that she wishes she didn't have to decide between New England and Denver.
Patriots Insider: The Patriots' destiny was to set more postseason records while the Jaguars destiny was yet another disappointing postseason loss to a cold weather team.
Bob: Was that play by Watson not a thing of beauty?
Emma: I saw flashes of the Champion Patriots last night. Welcome back, guys, Time to go to work.
OK, I swear this is the last Johnny Damon post (well, of the night, anyway). The Chief once again uses his photographic memory (or his Lexis/Nexis account, your choice) to play Dan Shaughnessy against himself - apparently, Shaughnessy doesn't think anybody will remember anything he wrote three weeks ago, let alone in April.
Nobody at the Globe paid me to link to Dan Shaughnessy Watch, believe me
The Chief sums up today's Shaughnessy column on poor forgotten Bill Mueller:
... There's nothing quite like the media complaining about a subject's lack of press. ...
Dan Shaughnessy Watch is a new blog devoted to CHB fisking and dedicated to:
all those who find wrenching the mere presence of a mule like Dan Shaughnessy on the pages of a major city daily.
Via Melissa via Boston Sports Media.
I have never met Dan Shaughnessy and yet I feel compelled to post this disclosure.
Globe ombudsman Richard Chacon concludes his two-part overview of the relationship between the Red Sox and the Globe without once mentioning the whole Larry Lucchino/Dan Shaughnessy thing. And then there's the whole accepting-World-Series-rings thing, on which he backpedals.
Dan concludes:
His first column was respectful but tough. This one is, uh, respectful.
Keeping his powder dry. In response to pleas to discuss Theogate and the role of the press, Mark writes, on his blog:
Bruce sums it all up with a note on what he learned from Theo and John Henry:
All the things that were NOT reasons why Theo resigned.
Shots and Sheriff Sully provide the second-by-second commentary of the Theo press conference, along with some pre-conference notes:
Dave and a correspondent debate what should be done about Dan Shaughnessy.
Note: If you're in an office today, you can hear Epstein's 1 p.m. press conference live at www.wbz1030.com (free registration required). Read Bill Simmons's take beforehand.
Bruce writes up the losers in the disappearance of Theo Epstein - pretty much everyone involved except for Theo and the Herald - and the unfortunate Globe beat reporters left to clean up after the Curly-Haired Boyfriend's mess:
Michael knows just who's to blame for Master Theo's departure for La-La Land or wherever: Dan Shaughnessy (specifically, his Sunday j'accuse):
Beth probably does:
I really hate Dan Shaughnessy. I hate him. Most people I've ever heard from seem to agree. I mean, not just not caring for him or disliking him, but hating him. ...
David offers up exhaustive coverage of the Michael Holley vs. Dan Shaughnessy civil-rights/Carl Everett dustup that probably about 15 people saw on one of the late-Sunday sports recap shows. My head hurts.
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