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Dear dimwit on the phone

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Starman, Jan 21, 2010.

  1. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    Tryouts for an under-9 baseball team? Really?
     
  2. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    You have to get in as many baseball games as possible before the 8th grade coaches demand the kids drop baseball for summer weights, team camp and 7-on-7.
     
  3. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    You've potentially cost an entire team of rug rats scholarships. Well done!
     
  4. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Did he piss in it your pool, too? If so, we might have a story there. Sort of serial pisser on the loose.
     
  5. BillyT

    BillyT Active Member

    Dude: Tell me they don't do this shit in Rhode Island.
     
  6. flexmaster33

    flexmaster33 Well-Known Member

    Yes, fall ball is the biggest joke going.
    That kind of specialization drives me nuts...and is a main reason my paper celebrates the top "Three-Sport" athletes at our area high schools at the end of each school year.

    There's great value in switching it up...volleyball is big in my area and you see these juniors and seniors in high school with terrible knees because they are jumping up and down in front of a net 12 months a year. Silly.
     
  7. BillyT

    BillyT Active Member

    Shouldn't you be talking to 12-year-olds. ;) /crossthread.
     
  8. JBHawkEye

    JBHawkEye Well-Known Member

    We have a group here trying to raise money to build an indoor facility for winter baseball/softball tournaments.
     
  9. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    Caller wanted to know why we don't cover the football team at Columbus (Miss.) High School.

    Well, I said, it's because we don't sell papers there -- it's 70 miles away and outside of our circulation footprint.

    That really didn't suit her. She was confident that we "had something against" that team.

    Did I mention that her grandson is an assistant coach there? Of course he is.
     
  10. BillyT

    BillyT Active Member

    Henry: I walways worry when I see a post at 11:15 on a Friday night. ;)
     
  11. Tarheel316

    Tarheel316 Well-Known Member

    One of the greatest posts in SJ history. Simply awesome.
     
  12. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    Dear local tennis nut,
    It's football season. I hate to say it, but no one really gives a damn about this team tennis crap going on in Alabama.

    KY
     
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