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Padres consider allowing bloggers in the press box

Alderson: The other thing we’ve been toying around with is allowing people like yourself into the press box. I know there’s a lot of controversy about that among mainstream media and so forth, but our attitude is, the more access, the better. In Paul’s case, it’s a chance for him to express himself on an unflitered basis. He doesn’t get interpreted by [radio host] Philly Billy [Werndl] or [newspaper columnist] Tim Sullivan or somebody else. It’s an unvarnished line of communication.

knucklehead7 Posted: June 18, 2008 at 02:48 PM | 37 comment(s)
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1. Guapo Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:04 PM (#2824711)

God, and I thought Bissinger hated bloggers.

2. Shooty misses Bill King Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:05 PM (#2824712)

DePo has to sit somewhere, I guess.

3. Justin Zeth, dog Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:05 PM (#2824713)

4. Shooty misses Bill King Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:07 PM (#2824721)

Yeah, I hope they go ahead and do that, but I'll tell you, if you're going to be a blogger going into the press box, you had better have balls of steel AND be good at endearing yourself to people, because you're going to get some kind of reception there, let me tell you.

No way. I go all Bill Murray in a slob comedy on those uptight ########. Woody the Wabbit! Woody the Wabbit! I would purposefully justify their hatred in 10 seconds. The first thing I would say: Where's the grub?

5. Alex Vila Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:15 PM (#2824728)

That will get them out of their mother's basements.

6. scareduck Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:26 PM (#2824746)

DePo has to sit somewhere, I guess.

That's hilarious. Seriously, a press box is a really annoying place to be; I was at one once for a minor league game (Jered Weaver's professional debut), and it's just depressing. You have to swallow your native instincts to cheer or boo or whatever.

7. Justin T Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:29 PM (#2824754)

If they act like professionals (even if they aren't), then I think the overt rudeness would end quickly. The bloggers would never get in the "club" that the newspaper guys have, but I doubt they'd want to be in it anyway.

Just don't be like the New York Islanders bloggers who would head down to the room after the games to conduct interviews wearing their jerseys.

8. Shooty misses Bill King Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:30 PM (#2824756)

Just don't be like the New York Islanders bloggers who would head down to the room after the games to conduct interviews wearing their jerseys.

I'm picturing Chris Farley-like interviews here...

9. Shredder Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:40 PM (#2824772)

Good Christ, someone is still employing Bill Werndl? For God's sake, why?!

10. Craig Calcaterra Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:43 PM (#2824777)

Can you drink beer in a press box anymore? I don't think I could watch a game live and in person without drinking a beer. At home, sure, I do it all the time, but not at a stadium.

11. Hey, it's what Johan uses (Matt) Posted: June 18, 2008 at 03:49 PM (#2824787)

Can you drink beer in a press box anymore?

In MLB press boxes, no.

12. Craig Calcaterra Posted: June 18, 2008 at 04:08 PM (#2824828)

In MLB press boxes, no.

In that case, I will continue to be comfortable maintaining my outsider status.

13. neknhaM yrraL Posted: June 18, 2008 at 04:08 PM (#2824829)

I don't think there would be a negative reaction to blogger in the box. In DC and Baltimore, except when the Yankees or Red Sox are in town, there are plenty of empty seats.

If you're professional, you'll get along with most writers just fine. The vast majority of them are fun guys.

14. SoSH U at work Posted: June 18, 2008 at 04:12 PM (#2824834)

If you're professional, you'll get along with most writers just fine. The vast majority of them are fun guys.

Careful Larry, comments like that may violate BTF's TOS.

15. B. Selig Posted: June 18, 2008 at 04:15 PM (#2824841)

I told you gay marriage would lead to this kind of thing.

16. Esoteric roots for the two worst teams in baseball Posted: June 18, 2008 at 04:28 PM (#2824858)

Larry knows more about how the professional behave in the press box, but he can't tell you.

17. Master of the small sample size Posted: June 18, 2008 at 04:29 PM (#2824860)

Fungis?

18. The Bones McCoy of THT Posted: June 18, 2008 at 04:30 PM (#2824862)

I've never been warmly received in the press box (although it may have more to do with my infrequent visits). However, find the oldest, craggiest, most disheveled guy there and get him talking.

Great stories, great fun and they love talking to the young bucks about the good ol' days--when it's about baseball it's wicked awesome.

Best Regards

John

19. Justin T Posted: June 18, 2008 at 04:33 PM (#2824866)

they love talking to the young bucks about the good ol' days

What do they like talking to you about?

20. The Tailor of the Garden of Tea (Crispix Attacks) Posted: June 18, 2008 at 05:17 PM (#2824906)

However, find the oldest, craggiest, most disheveled guy there and get him talking.

I'll look for you, but I don't really want to hear a bunch of stories about Kelly Gruber and Lloyd Moseby.

21. B. Selig Posted: June 18, 2008 at 05:20 PM (#2824908)

I'll look for you, but I don't really want to hear a bunch of stories about Kelly Gruber and Lloyd Moseby.

Hell, I do. Tell us another Rance Mulliniks story, grandpa.

22. Stevens Posted: June 18, 2008 at 05:22 PM (#2824910)

HOF votes can't be far now!

23. Red Juice Posted: June 18, 2008 at 05:23 PM (#2824911)

Well in the Padres case we are only talking about three or four bloggers, and they are all very professional. So I don't see what this could hurt unless Padre blogs start firing up everywhere over night.

24. The Bones McCoy of THT Posted: June 18, 2008 at 05:25 PM (#2824916)

What do they like talking to you about?

The best lines to use to get young bucks to pull their fingers.

Best Regards

John

25. bads85 Posted: June 18, 2008 at 05:28 PM (#2824918)

you had better have balls of steel AND be good at endearing yourself to people, because you're going to get some kind of reception there, let me tell you.

What are the meany press boys going to do; stab the bloggers with a pencil? For all the MSM huffing and puffing about the geeks from their mamas' basements, sportswriters are also pretty low on the pecking order of cool. Any confrontation between the two groups will be like Trekies squaring off against the D&D;lads.

26. Stevens Posted: June 18, 2008 at 05:41 PM (#2824924)

27. Monty Posted: June 18, 2008 at 05:58 PM (#2824945)

Pencil weapons? I'll take the D&D;lads any time. They're more used to fantasizing about melee combat.

Plus you can throw dice pretty hard.

28. jwb Posted: June 18, 2008 at 06:15 PM (#2824961)

Don't Phase me, bro!

29. Billy Wagner's tears Posted: June 18, 2008 at 06:28 PM (#2824977)

Plus you can throw dice pretty hard.

Just don't throw my 20-sided, I still use that for SOM.

30. flournoy Posted: June 18, 2008 at 07:03 PM (#2825033)

Why do people use a semicolon and no space after D&D;?

EDIT: ... uh, and I swear I didn't put that semicolon there myself, it was added automatically. Why would that happen?

31. Repoz Posted: June 18, 2008 at 07:12 PM (#2825046)

HOF votes can't be far now!

Blogger gets creds...hangs around bresspox for a while...writers buy him mucho cocktails...gets HOF vote.

Lederer votes no on Blyleven.

32. jwb Posted: June 18, 2008 at 07:22 PM (#2825056)

It's the & thing. The HTML parser thinks you're giving it a code and adds a seperator ( ; ) after it. D & D should work.

33. Monty Posted: June 18, 2008 at 07:24 PM (#2825057)

uh, and I swear I didn't put that semicolon there myself, it was added automatically. Why would that happen?

The parser thinks an ampersand indicates a special code, so it "helpfully" adds a semicolon. You can get around it by typing D&D for D&D (which uses &, which is the special code for ampersands themselves).

34. flournoy Posted: June 18, 2008 at 07:27 PM (#2825063)

That makes sense.

I thought I just wasn't cool enough to understand D&D.

35. jwb Posted: June 18, 2008 at 07:37 PM (#2825073)

And if you do a View|Source and find the second occurrence of "Monty," you'll see all the fun he had typing that post.

36. White Sox Fan in Japan Posted: June 19, 2008 at 02:20 AM (#2825656)

A discussion on how to correctly punctuate D & D in HTML?

Wow.

37. White Sox Fan in Japan Posted: June 19, 2008 at 02:20 AM (#2825657)

(note - I love it)

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