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Thursday, August 28, 2008
You knew this was coming.
Word of Jay Mariotti’s split with the Chicago Sun-Times reached the White Sox’ clubhouse minutes after their victory Tuesday night against the Baltimore Orioles, and the reaction could be heard outside.
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Ozzie Guillen—the top target of the venom-spewing columnist who called for the Sox to fire their manager this season despite the team being in first place—said his e-mail inbox had a record number of new arrivals by Wednesday afternoon.
It was a steady stream of digital high-fives.
‘’When people wish the worst on people, you have to be careful because the baseball gods are going to get you,’’ Guillen said. ‘’He was not asking just for my job, he was asking for thousands and thousands of people’s jobs over the years. I’m not going to say I will get the last laugh because I will get fired from this job. But the day I get fired is the day I lose interest in this game.
‘’Am I enjoying this? Yes, because he tried to make my life miserable. He did everything in his power to make my life go the wrong way, but he didn’t make me miserable because I don’t believe him. Maybe if somebody else wrote that stuff about me, then I would put attention on it. And that’s what he wanted. He wanted attention. He has to thank me because I gave him a lot of [stuff] to work with. I know I helped him the last four years to make his money, and, obviously, he did not help me at all to make my money.’’
Also read the end, the official statement from a Sun-Times editor. By far the best put-down in the history of Newspaper Sportswriting.
Gamingboy
Posted: August 28, 2008 at 11:51 AM | 125 comment(s)
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He's a lazy, hard-working hack, if that makes any sense. Not many columnists can match his output in terms of columns and inches.
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word.
i want to see simers and shaughnessey and richard griffin gone too. is there anyone else i'm forgetting?
Geoff Baker. He deserves it just for that "White Jays" article.
i want to see simers and shaughnessey and richard griffin gone too. is there anyone else i'm forgetting?
Lupica
"Promoted"? Not sure what business is more imperiled than the newspaper business, where getting a job there would be a promotion. Maybe someone from UAL's in-flight magazine can take Mariotti's place.
One objection to removing Bob Ryan. Please replace with Skip Bayless.
GGC,
I never imagined I'd ever see something like this from a newspaper. It's one thing to celebrate a dickish co-worker's exit inside the office walls, but to share that joy with readers in print/online has got to be damn near unprecedented.
Was his departure this much fun?
How lucky are the Cubs? They're going to the playoffs and the 2 biggest sports dopes in town - Mariotti and North - BOTH voluntarily quit their jobs.
Never saw that coming
I moved away in February so I am out of the Chicago media loop but North's departure is good news.
No. Lincicome was just gone one day.
Woah, when did North quit and why did he quit?
He didn't quit. His contract was up, The Score offered him a lower salary - to go along with his lower ratings - and he refused. He played out the string and disappeared.
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