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ESPN BIAS BULLS***

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 "With the Yankees re-energized and at home, the decision to pitch Paul Byrd in Monday's Game 4 at Yankee Stadium instead of probable Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia on three days' rest might just turn out to be one the Cleveland organization regrets for years. "

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2007/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=3053879

This is but one reason why i want the yankees to burn in misery.

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Re: ESPN BIAS BULLS***
How is this bias? This is emblematic of how 'momentum' stories work.
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by crazymoloh on Oct 8, 2007 4:38 PM EDT   0 recs

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It's biased in that a "reach" decision -- starting C.C. on short rest -- is presented as the best possible option, when there's plenty of logic that says it's not the best option.

Also, that Bryant clown on ESPN claimed that Wedge AND Shapiro should be fired if this move doesn't work. That is ridiculous.

(He also said Rocket would be a difference-maker.)

by JulioBernazard on Oct 8, 2007 4:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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It's biased in that a "reach" decision -- starting C.C. on short rest -- is presented as the best possible option, when there's plenty of logic that says it's not the best option.

Dude, if you read some posts around here, a lot of people believe the same thing.

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by crazymoloh on Oct 8, 2007 4:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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Its also worth noting that Capt. Clownshoes (Bryant) picked the Yankees to win in 4! The most astute observer, he is not.
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by crazymoloh on Oct 8, 2007 4:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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ESPN HEADLINE : "BUGS HELP TRIBE DEFEAT YANKS"

You read the article and it implies that the bugs prevented the yankees from win. Because of course the bugs went away when Carmona pitched right?

Im sick of the yankees period. So maybe im being too sensitive, w/e.

by Gladiator on Oct 8, 2007 4:40 PM EDT   0 recs

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I don't know. If the bugs affected our guys, I would have felt that the headline was warranted.

I do agree that there is a bias. I believe this bias is not in the quality of coverage, but rather in the quantity of coverage.

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by crazymoloh on Oct 8, 2007 4:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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I have to say that its in both quality and quantity.  Even in articles I've been reading this past week, the article might start out as being about the Indians, but really the meat of the articles and points made are all about the Yankees.  If the title of an article is "CC is a Great pitcher" but the article is all about how the Yankees offense is going to do against him with tags to CC at the beginning and end, I have to say that's a Yankee article and not truly giving substantive coverage to the Tribe.

Let's face it, the Indians win tonight and 7/8 of the articles will be how the Yankees lost and how Torre is fired.

Apparently headed towards a solid 2nd and 3rd in the LGT Fantasy Leagues. Eh...

by mjmarble on Oct 8, 2007 4:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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Ok, it sounds like you are making my point. I guess I should be clear on what I mean by 'quality'. Assessments of the Indians are rooted in reality versus some fiction of how the Yankees are the unstoppable juggernaut. Their coverage of the Indians isn't Fox News-esque in quality.
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by crazymoloh on Oct 8, 2007 4:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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When the Indians win tonight, I won't give a rat's ass about how the media covers it.

by mrich on Oct 8, 2007 4:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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Word.
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by crazymoloh on Oct 8, 2007 4:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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David Foster Wallace, on bias:

May I assume that some readers are as tired as I am of this word as a kneejerk derogative? Or, rather, tired of the legerdemain of collapsing the word's neutral meaning -- `preference, inclination' -- into the pejorative one of `unfairness stemming from prejudice'? It's the same thing that's happened with `discrimination,' which started as a good and valuable word, but now no one can even hear it without seeming to lose their mind.

by mkwng on Oct 8, 2007 5:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Re: ESPN BIAS BULLS***
Oh, if only we had a decent level of discourse here!  You know, over on the Yankees blog, they're citing Vonnegut and Joyce!

by Jay on Oct 8, 2007 5:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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Whose them be?  I'm from Cleveerbemalnd.  it's near corn.

We got them bugs.

by NickFantana on Oct 8, 2007 6:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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"...might just turn out to be one the Cleveland organization regrets for years. "

Nope, not at all.

by JulioBernazard on Oct 9, 2007 1:34 AM EDT   0 recs

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