Guide posts: Browns, Tribe, Tiger
– The TV talk this weekend will center around Tiger Woods and The Masters. This usually signals the beginning of golf season in NE Ohio. With temperatures in the 40s this weekend, maybe the Browns minicamp in May would be a better starting point.
– Is C.C. Sabathia struggling with expectations? Many thought that he turned the corner last season. But the playoffs. The contract talks. The slow start this season. Maybe it is all starting to add up.
– The NHL has to pleased with Alexander Ovechkin being in the playoffs. We get to take a look tonight on Versus and Sunday on NBC.
– I have seen a couple of folks saying Brady Quinn would be the No. 1 pick in this draft. Then how does he not beat out a player who was cut from his first NFL team and another player who becomes the backup with the Seahawks. I think Quinn still needs a lot of work, and obviously the Browns agree.
– Red Sox and Tigers coming to town early next week. We'll get an early indication of what to expect this year in the American League.
– Coming on Ohio.com on Saturday and Sunday, is Patrick McManamon writing about Fausto Carmona, free throw shooting and other random thoughts. Also we'll have coverage of the Masters, the Cavs finish of the season, the Tribe-A's series and a wrapup of the Zips spring football camp.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
"McManamon" and "other random thoughts" is redundant.
And Ron, what's the deal with his outright theft of Pluto's pretentious one-sentence paragraph style? I know that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but you'd think that McManamon would steal … uh, I mean imitate something that deserves some semblance of flattery.
Lastly, for God's sakes, for the love of all that is holy, please tell the guy to lose that incredibly stupid Sunday column signoff catchphrase. Walter Cronkite he's not.
April 11th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
"The NHL has to pleased with Alexander Ovechkin being in the playoffs", "the Cavs finish of the season", and "I have seen a couple of folks"… among other stammering, unimpressive grammatical errors.
Seriously, Ron, ask your boss if I can have your job? How long did it take for you to assemble this steaming pile of "journalism"? Stayed up all night I'm sure…
Coming tomorrow on Ohio.com, is The Balanced Ledger trying to sound like a respectable journalistic article instead of a 10 year old with a laptop in front of him, and other random thoughts.
Good heavens…
April 11th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Oh, Jesus Christ, Josh, who gives a crap how something is spelled or whatever the hell the grammar is like. It's a freakin' blog, not the Old Testament. Take a pill with your 3.2 beer, and get some rest.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Anyone still ready to back up the Brinks truck to C.C.'s front door?
Anyone think that Aaron Laffey and his great sinkerball wouldn't be doing at least as, uh, "good" as C.C. this season?
Everyone needs to get a grip, and realize that just because C.C. is big, has been here a long time, and occassionally throws a nice game, he is BY NO MEANS irreplaceable. And most certainly not worth anything c-l-o-s-e to $20-mil. What are people smokin', anyway?
April 12th, 2008 at 8:07 am
C.C. has always struggled when he pushes too hard, which might be what happens until he signs a new contract.
But he's gotten better at handling his emotions every year. He's still a left-hander who throws in the mid-90s, wins games at a pace that could get him into the hall of fame, just won the Cy Young and is just entering his prime.
I'd say he is worth "something close" to $20 million, if anyone is.
McManaman's still working on his schtick but at least he's been working on getting word count down a little, lately. The signoff doesn't bother me much because it comes as a relief but the "Beside the Point" header doesn't make sense unless it's some copy editor's prank.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Dont be intimidated by me, Alan. I'm not here to steal your thunder, simply to point out the idiocy that reigns supreme on this site day to day. Dont be a part of it, ok?
If anyone needs to take his meds, it appears the cranky old man snapping at people on a blog post. Oh please, grandpa, dont swing your cane at me!!