Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
Personally, I took no offense and found this kind of funny:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060816
"10. Cleveland
Not sure what happened with these guys. The Indians would have made a much better roto team.
(Note: Normally I'd have more to say, but I'm tired of Cleveland readers complaining every time I write something even mildly negative about one of their teams, no matter how accurate that assessment might be. Now I'm thinking that Cleveland fans are like women -- if they ask you how they look, just tell them, "You look fine, you look great" or else you're in for 20 minutes of pure hell. So to recap, the Indians look fine, they look great. Let's move on.)"
0 recs |
14
comments
Comments
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
by afh4 on Aug 17, 2006 10:07 PM EDT 0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
"The most common mistake in pro sports? A franchise overpaying a name player who isn't a sure thing, with the reason usually being, "Look, we spent all this money, we're serious, we want to win!" (Just look at what happened in the NBA this summer -- Peja for $64 million, Nene for $60M and whatever Al Harrington ends up getting ... this might be the first summer where 90 percent of the teams actually got worse.) You can absorb those mistakes when you're the Yanks or the Red Sox, but for a medium-sized team like the Mariners, it's like playing Russian roulette: Sure, you might win, but do you really want to go there? Probably not. And by the way, I LIKE Beltre, he's playing hard and seems like he gives a crap. But $65 million for someone coming off a fluke statistical season in the Steroid Era for a team that already got killed by Bret Boone? Come on."
by woodsmeister on Aug 17, 2006 10:49 PM EDT 0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
by Rayman on Aug 17, 2006 11:41 PM EDT 0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
by dctribefan on
Aug 18, 2006 11:49 AM EDT
up
0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
Thank god there aren't 'max-contracts' and mid-level exemptions in MLB. It far from perfect, but at least MLB approximates a dynamic marketplace... NBA contracts seemingly have more to do with timing and convenience than real performance. Roster size and the distribution of playing time make it difficult to compare the NBA to MLB, but I still feel like the NBA is doing something wrong.
by homelytourist on
Aug 18, 2006 12:24 PM EDT
up
0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
by hans on
Aug 18, 2006 1:20 PM EDT
up
0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
http://www.swerbsblurbs.com/article_detail.php?id=706
by Rayman on Aug 18, 2006 1:28 PM EDT 0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
by hans on
Aug 18, 2006 1:39 PM EDT
up
0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
by JulioBernazard on
Aug 18, 2006 2:41 PM EDT
up
0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
I still enjoy Bill Simmons sometimes, but my biggest problem is the legion of hacks aping his style all over Deadspin and the rest of the web.
by mkwng on Aug 18, 2006 10:46 PM EDT 0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
On the other hand, I actually think he knows a lot about the NBA. I think he puts in his time following the whole league there, and there are so few interesting writers on the NBA.
by dgcambridge on
Aug 18, 2006 10:55 PM EDT
up
0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
by Rayman on Aug 19, 2006 12:10 AM EDT 0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
by oxforddave on
Aug 19, 2006 2:47 PM EDT
up
0 recs
Re: Bill Simmons on Cleveland/Tribe fans
by southernfeatherhead on Aug 21, 2006 10:03 AM EDT 0 recs








