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Boston Sportswriters: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
cdj
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Post by cdj on Aug 4, 2023 20:54:36 GMT -5
Are there any good sports writers in Boston. Tomase sucks. All they do is complain. Big experts. Mike Reiss is probably tops for the big 4 sports (imo) There ain’t a lot of good ones |
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Aug 4, 2023 20:57:23 GMT -5
Are there any good sports writers in Boston. Tomase sucks. All they do is complain. Big experts. Baseball: I prefer Alex Speier (bonus points for knowing the minor leagues). Tomase not only sucks he once wrote a bogus Patriots story that his newspaper at the time (The Boston Herald) had to apologize for and issue a retraction. He should have a different career. |
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 4, 2023 21:56:17 GMT -5
Are there any good sports writers in Boston. Tomase sucks. All they do is complain. Big experts. Mike Reiss is probably tops for the big 4 sports (imo) There ain’t a lot of good ones Mike Reiss is overall the best beat writer in all of Boston sports. Alex Spreier is a close second. Phil Perry is top notch as well. And Steve Balasteri. Patriots have much better writers. |
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TearsIn04
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Post by TearsIn04 on Aug 4, 2023 22:51:50 GMT -5
Best Boston sports writer in my time: Bob Ryan
Best Boston sports reporter: Peter Gammons
Honorable Mention to Jackie MacMullan, Alex Speier and probably one or two others whose names I'm too tired to remember just before midnight on a Friday.
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Post by wcsoxfan on Aug 4, 2023 23:13:21 GMT -5
I feel there should be a Reiss-Tomase scale to measure how full of $%#@ a reporter may be.
So Speier might be a 90-10 while Jim Bowden would be a 0-100
(Sorry for going off topic)
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Post by ephus on Aug 4, 2023 23:24:43 GMT -5
I feel there should be a Reiss-Tomase scale to measure how full of $%#@ a reporter may be. So Speier might be a 90-10 while Jim Bowden would be a 0-100 (Sorry for going off topic) I’m in. So in regular discourse, you’d say a report is “10-90 Tomase” or “75-25 Reiss?” |
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Aug 5, 2023 0:31:22 GMT -5
I liked Tim Britton when he had the Red Sox beat for the Providence Journal. The Providence Journal was really solid for sports when they had Britton for the Sox and Mark Daniels covering the Patriots, who is still there and also good.
Jeff Howe used to be a Patriots beat writer for the Herald and was also good.
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Post by radiohix on Aug 5, 2023 12:48:39 GMT -5
Brian MacPherson & Tim Britton at the Providence Journal were like Manny and Big Papi in the middle of the Red Sox lineup. I miss them and miss their top notch podcast for the Projo.com
Other than them, I love reading Alex Speier of course and Sean McAdam. The Athletic duo Jen McCaffrey and Chad Jennings are good too.
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TearsIn04
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Post by TearsIn04 on Aug 5, 2023 12:51:31 GMT -5
I don't expect a deluge of "likes" for this post, lol. But the extreme Tomase hate is pretty silly. He screwed up badly in his job 20 years ago. He let his competitiveness and desire to break a big story override his caution. But it was 20 friggin' years ago. Has anyone on here not screwed up in their job once in the last 20 years?
It's not like his careless mistake caused the rest of the NFL or fans to think that HC NEP was a cheater. That cake was already baked. The journalistic screwup was akin to accusing Willie Sutton of robbing a bank that he didn't really rob. It was neutral in terms of affecting anyone's reputation.
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cdj
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Post by cdj on Aug 5, 2023 16:38:34 GMT -5
I don't expect a deluge of "likes" for this post, lol. But the extreme Tomase hate is pretty silly. He screwed up badly in his job 20 years ago. He let his competitiveness and desire to break a big story override his caution. But it was 20 friggin' years ago. Has anyone on here not screwed up in their job once in the last 20 years? It's not like his careless mistake caused the rest of the NFL or fans to think that HC NEP was a cheater. That cake was already baked. The journalistic screwup was akin to accusing Willie Sutton of robbing a bank that he didn't really rob. It was neutral in terms of affecting anyone's reputation. That’s not a screwup, what he did completely lacked in ethics. He is also terrible at radio despite having a face for it. He also clearly hasn’t learned www.concordmonitor.com/Sports/Patriots-Blog/Tomase-confirms-reality-is-upside-downHe is a total moron and he should’ve been out of journalism for good about 2 decades ago. The fact he has a job in this city is insane. |
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Aug 5, 2023 16:55:58 GMT -5
I don't expect a deluge of "likes" for this post, lol. But the extreme Tomase hate is pretty silly. He screwed up badly in his job 20 years ago. He let his competitiveness and desire to break a big story override his caution. But it was 20 friggin' years ago. Has anyone on here not screwed up in their job once in the last 20 years? It's not like his careless mistake caused the rest of the NFL or fans to think that HC NEP was a cheater. That cake was already baked. The journalistic screwup was akin to accusing Willie Sutton of robbing a bank that he didn't really rob. It was neutral in terms of affecting anyone's reputation. You have the facts of this all wrong: it was 15 years ago, not 20; as cited in the Dave Brown column above, it was not his "one-off" mistake, he is a habitual; it was not a "careless" mistake, it was a disgraceful & shameful abuse of a national platform; BB is not a cheater, but thanks to the likes of Tomase he is thought to be so. I had supported all of my claims in a previous post that got eaten by the ether -- if you care to look for yourself, you will see I have invented zero claims. If not, I will likely return eventually to play point/counterpoint with whomever tries to smear my coach & team based on nonsense written by the likes of John Tomase. |
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Post by cdj on Aug 5, 2023 17:17:05 GMT -5
It’s no coincidence WEEI put him on the radio and they now have zero money
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Post by aladaz on Aug 5, 2023 18:53:20 GMT -5
Reiss is awesome. Evan Lazar is awesome. Alex Barth and Taylor Kyles do a good job, too. All Patriots writers
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cdj
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Post by cdj on Aug 5, 2023 18:56:01 GMT -5
Not all pats writers….volin still exists
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Post by aladaz on Aug 5, 2023 19:18:02 GMT -5
Not all pats writers….volin still exists lol I just meant all 4 are patriots writers… |
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Post by pawtucketwalt on Aug 5, 2023 19:49:55 GMT -5
Know idea what he did whenever. We should tracking what he says the Sox should or shouldn't do and see how many times he's right. Did he sound like the Sox should sign Otani.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 5, 2023 20:28:51 GMT -5
I like what Jen McCafferty writes on the Sox for the Athletic
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Post by cdj on Aug 5, 2023 20:35:10 GMT -5
Not all pats writers….volin still exists lol I just meant all 4 are patriots writers… Lol I’m oblivious my b It did give me a good chance to trash Trollin Volin tho |
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Post by mobaz on Aug 5, 2023 21:00:48 GMT -5
lol I just meant all 4 are patriots writers… Lol I’m oblivious my b It did give me a good chance to trash Trollin Volin tho Volin is the Abraham of the Pats beat. Don’t want to be a "they aren't even from here" guy but they still act like their from their old beats. The Globe has done an awful job developing or retaining talent the past decade after running such a legendary department. |
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Post by wcsoxfan on Aug 5, 2023 21:08:38 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, between Tomase and Bowden, who do you guys think is worse?
Bowden seems to consistently make up stories for clicks, but the stories tend to not be hurtful (have a feeling ill regret saying that). He also was run out of baseball management after multiple scandals.
On a side note: every time I see Tomase he looks like a human sized bobble-head, so I tend not to take him seriously.
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Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Aug 6, 2023 14:19:10 GMT -5
I usually listen to the radio with the mlb tv broadcast but listening to tv today. Man they are not good at all. Can’t listen to them. DOB basically regurgitates all the terrible takes from Abraham and those guys
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Post by pawtucketwalt on Aug 6, 2023 15:28:13 GMT -5
How bout the on air guys from WEEI and NBCBoston. Whatcha think.
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Post by jimmydugan on Aug 6, 2023 16:02:34 GMT -5
Are there any good sports writers in Boston. Tomase sucks. All they do is complain. Big experts. Mike Reiss is probably tops for the big 4 sports (imo) There ain’t a lot of good ones Thanks for starting this thread. I’ve been tuning out Sox news and basically relying on this site for years. As great as it is, it’s great to have some other sources as well to supplement. |
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cdj
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Post by cdj on Aug 6, 2023 16:21:22 GMT -5
Mike Reiss is probably tops for the big 4 sports (imo) There ain’t a lot of good ones Thanks for starting this thread. I’ve been tuning out Sox news and basically relying on this site for years. As great as it is, it’s great to have some other sources as well to supplement. Wish I could take credit as I was simply detailing another thread with off topic stuff, credit goes to the mods lol |
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Post by zoot on Aug 8, 2023 9:21:08 GMT -5
I'm not at all versed in the statistical analysis that so many of the others here are adept with, but I find the dialogue here - and to a significant extent, at SOSH - informative, straight forward and largely free of the snark and personality conflicts in other threads (hello BSJ). Mods do a great job of keeping us all on topic. So, yes, Sox Prospects is a wonderful alternative venue for information exchange and meaningful discussion.
In traditional media, I vote yes on Speier and Reiss, esp. Speier's minor league coverage, and also Sean McAdams, if I can ever figure out who he's posting with at the moment. Gammons for sheer amusement at his intelligent analysis, although he's a bit frozen in time now.
On the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, there's CHB. He's not funny, he indulges in creating unsubstantiated rumors, usually by negative inference, and expanding on them once they go live, in general, the kind of guy you see occasionally in a crowded bar mocking the short guy with thick glasses and trying to provoke a fight. The problem is, he's influenced some of the younger Globe staff writers to emulate him (Abraham and Finn, to varying degrees).
But we're talking about baseball writer, and if he ever was one, he's far past his sell by date.
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