Recent content by SportsHack1818

Not trying to be a deck, but if the ball stayed in the infield and both plays were in the infield, the plate umpire should not be coming up to third base to help on that play in two-man mechanics. His responsibility is to help with a pulled foot at first base and to be at the plate in case of an...

Agreed 100 percent.

I don't want to out myself, so I will try to keep this fairly generic. The last daily I worked at was in a city of more than 100,000, and was in a county where the population is booming and is above 500,000. This is the only daily newspaper in that entire county. And our actual paid daily...

I just had a chance to see this. That's tremendous. I'll expect a residual check in the mail.

The LDS Church (yes, I am still going to refer to it that way) does not have issues with polygamist cults itself. It has issues with polygamists IF they still try to pass themselves off as Mormons, because they are two completely different things. Yes, the polygamists are rooted in the LDS...

As I always tell people, one wife is more than enough. The thought of more than one is terrifying.

Ah yes, the typical playbook when it comes to anything Mormon. So far we have cracks about Joseph Smith and the "special underwear," and have used "The Book of Mormon" and "South Park" as reference points. All we need are a few polygamy jokes, something about not drinking Coke and a picture of...

I certainly appreciate your reply and explanation, and likewise do not begrudge your take. I can see where you are coming from, as I must admit there hasn't really been any recent Weezer stuff that blows me away. But I love "Perfect Situation" and "Pork and Beans" and "Hash Pipe" and lots of...

I have to wonder whether we were at the same show, because your first two sentences are almost verbatim for my wife and I (we saw the start of the Pixies, but the show started earlier than expected). However, the rest of what you wrote just goes to prove how subjective musical tastes are for all...

So far, I know the Salt Lake Tribune cuts include at least two people in sports -- Jay Drew, who was there for 20-plus years, most recently as the BYU beat guy, and Lynn Worthy, a relative newcomer whom I don't know much about. I also know that Paul Rolly, a longtime news columnist, was among...

The Salt Lake Tribune announced today it has laid off 34 people in its newsroom, which is more than one-third of its editorial operation. While necessary given what how far its circulation has sunk, that's a huge number for a statewide paper of record. Best of luck to all of them moving forward...

Perhaps I should have been a bit clearer in my wording. Ogden bought the paper in Lawrence, Kansas, and immediately cleared out 60 percent of the newsroom. Bought the paper in Provo, Utah, and had two rounds of layoffs within 13 months, including an ME. Bought the paper in Ogden, and laid off a...

Didn't want this to get lost in the Salt Lake City discussion, but another Utah paper is going the layoff/buyout/whatever route. Ogden Newspapers recently bought the (no relation) Ogden Standard-Examiner, and I saw a tweet yesterday from executive editor Greg Halling about cleaning out his...

Not sure about the history of the circulation numbers relative to one another, but what I do know is the Deseret News isn't in any trouble of disappearing. The LDS Church owns it and uses it as a pretty extensive PR arm (as it does with KSL, the TV station it owns in the market), and it pours...

True, but the problem is, those two papers compete directly against each other in an effort to be the paper of record for the entire state (and with the Deseret News, the entire LDS Church) and that means a massive duplication of resources to reach those 71,000 readers. As Tweener pointed out...