Comments on: Okay, I Have To Do It

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:51:17 +0000

You should talk to different people.

By: turin07

turin07 — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:29:50 +0000

sigh…

I am shocked to see more here. Bedard’s value is debatable perhaps. No one I talk to is happy with the acquisition. No one.

To the original point:

1. Steve Kelly wrote a piece and sarcastically wrote about apologizing to Bedard for commentary against him.
2. He berated the pitcher pretty good with the piece.
3. This ‘Dave’ wrote the piece “Okay, I Have To Do It”
4. He wrote, among other zingers, “Iâ€™m sorry, didnâ€™t you say that you owed Bedard an apology?”

The author does not understand the sarcasm in the Kelley piece. Certainly.

By: Marinerman1979

Marinerman1979 — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:21:25 +0000

[too far]

By: Toddk

Toddk — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:29:41 +0000

We all agree Bedard has been lame at best.

I seriously hope that this was missed sarcasm. If not you should really look into what he has done the last 2 years while injured and compare other (healthy) pitchers numbers to his. I think “lame” is far from what you’ll find.

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:37:07 +0000

We all agree Bedard has been lame at best.

No, we don’t.

By: SunDevil1

SunDevil1 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:33:18 +0000

I need to make an apology for the double post.

By: SunDevil1

SunDevil1 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:05:16 +0000

[dupe]

By: SunDevil1

SunDevil1 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:05:12 +0000

When I read the original, I thought it was a very lame apology, sort of the kind my kids give which are loaded with excuses and explanations of impulses beyond their control which made them do the offending deed. Kelley sort of but doesn’t really take responsibility for what he’d written. I would suggest that there is a difference between reporting and commentary which is that the latter is most often an expression of opinion while the former ought not to be. I think Kelley writes commentary. Too often expressions of opinion help form the opinions of others – people are generally lazy and if someone like Kelley doesn’t like a ballplayer, there are all too many who will take that as gospel without ever wondering if there’s validity to the criticism. That Kelley had little idea of what was going on in Bedard’s body (no more idea than I had) and took Bedard’s personality with the media personally, published his stuff (and was allowed to do so by the Times’ editorial staff), is bad.

Dave is correct to write what he posted.

By: turin07

turin07 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:55:41 +0000

But seriously, why are we so hostile to Steve Kelley who is a gifted writer (see spelling, grammar, etc. ~more sarcasm) and an outstanding sports commentator. He’s pointing out the lameness of Bedard. He is not apologizing! (see sarcasm) We all agree Bedard has been lame at best.

By: 95Ms

95Ms — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:52:36 +0000

Thank you for writing this post. I agree. So many people, it seems like esp those in roles w/more leadership, do not understand basic ethics anymore. How hard is it to make an apology w/o ripping a person? It’s not that hard. IMO, we need to all teach each other the basics again. Yikes.

It just shows me another reason why blogs (good ones that is) are more relevant than newspapers in lots of ways. Someone is keeping it real and has common sense. Thanks.