Comments on: Starting World Series Day One on the Wrong Foot http://crashburnalley.com/2008/10/22/starting-world-series-day-one-on-the-wrong-foot/ Philadelphia Phillies baseball analysis that everyone can enjoy. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom http://crashburnalley.com/2008/10/22/starting-world-series-day-one-on-the-wrong-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-5842 Tom Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:16:15 +0000 http://crashburnalley.com/?p=231#comment-5842 "The great Yankee Clipper was one of the last players who actually played for baseball’s one dynamic moment: the crack of the ball against the bat." Not to mention a crack at Marilyn Monroe! So DiMaggio was the Yankees' highest-paid player and dated a famous female entertainer... how exactly was he different than A-Rod? Really, though, this is like shooting fish in a barrel. After all, this guy teaches "corporate communications", which is the job of putting a positive spin on business losses, product liability lawsuits, etc. No doubt the same rhetorical techniques displayed here are taught in his course. “The great Yankee Clipper was one of the last players who actually played for baseball’s one dynamic moment: the crack of the ball against the bat.”

Not to mention a crack at Marilyn Monroe! So DiMaggio was the Yankees’ highest-paid player and dated a famous female entertainer… how exactly was he different than A-Rod?

Really, though, this is like shooting fish in a barrel. After all, this guy teaches “corporate communications”, which is the job of putting a positive spin on business losses, product liability lawsuits, etc. No doubt the same rhetorical techniques displayed here are taught in his course.

]]> By: Matt http://crashburnalley.com/2008/10/22/starting-world-series-day-one-on-the-wrong-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-5791 Matt Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:13:02 +0000 http://crashburnalley.com/?p=231#comment-5791 "The Baseball Almanac says the longest professional baseball game ever played was a 25-inning game between the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers in 1984." Not just cherry-picking, but misleading. That's the longest game in terms of time, but he denotes the length of the game using innings as his unit. The longest professional baseball game by innings was between two AAA teams, the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, in 1981. Pawsox won 3-2 in 33 innings. “The Baseball Almanac says the longest professional baseball game ever played was a 25-inning game between the Chicago White Sox and the Milwaukee Brewers in 1984.”

Not just cherry-picking, but misleading. That’s the longest game in terms of time, but he denotes the length of the game using innings as his unit. The longest professional baseball game by innings was between two AAA teams, the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, in 1981. Pawsox won 3-2 in 33 innings.

]]> By: King Kaufman http://crashburnalley.com/2008/10/22/starting-world-series-day-one-on-the-wrong-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-5778 King Kaufman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:46:49 +0000 http://crashburnalley.com/?p=231#comment-5778 "’m amazed when people wail about the salaries of CEOs but think nothing of the fact that Alex Rodriguez will make $28 million this year." Why is this amazing? The CEOs that people are talking about when they're complaining about CEO compensation make two or three times that. And it can be shown that A-Rod actually earns his salary a lot easier than it can be shown that, say, the CEO of Merrill Lynch earned his $83 million last year. “’m amazed when people wail about the salaries of CEOs but think nothing of the fact that Alex Rodriguez will make $28 million this year.”

Why is this amazing? The CEOs that people are talking about when they’re complaining about CEO compensation make two or three times that. And it can be shown that A-Rod actually earns his salary a lot easier than it can be shown that, say, the CEO of Merrill Lynch earned his $83 million last year.

]]> By: Ernie http://crashburnalley.com/2008/10/22/starting-world-series-day-one-on-the-wrong-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-5774 Ernie Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:37:02 +0000 http://crashburnalley.com/?p=231#comment-5774 "Joe certainly did not do it for the money ($100,000 annually for his last three years." Now, I dont know about you, but 100K today seems like a lot of money to me now. I'm sure that was a pretty astronomical number back in the late 40's-early 50's. I'm sure Joe loved the game, but its not like he was playing for peanuts. Plus, didnt he get into contract disputes about how he deserved more money? I thought there was a story about that somewhere (maybe it was mantle?) “Joe certainly did not do it for the money ($100,000 annually for his last three years.”

Now, I dont know about you, but 100K today seems like a lot of money to me now. I’m sure that was a pretty astronomical number back in the late 40′s-early 50′s. I’m sure Joe loved the game, but its not like he was playing for peanuts. Plus, didnt he get into contract disputes about how he deserved more money? I thought there was a story about that somewhere (maybe it was mantle?)

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