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What Happened to Freedom of the Press?

MFS62 Jun 12 2006 08:30 PM

Seems management of a very bad baseball team got a little testy when being asked tough questions: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2003052323_albeat10.html Comments? Later

SteveJRogers Jun 12 2006 09:34 PM

They run Wal-Mart, what do you expect.

Elster88 Jun 12 2006 09:38 PM

One of the dismissals was of a woman. That one I can understand. Women just don't belong in the broadcast booth.

Nymr83 Jun 12 2006 10:47 PM

SteveJRogers wrote: They run Wal-Mart, what do you expect. low, low prices for nice middle class folks like me thanks to foreign slave labor and union-busting none of which affects me [/end sarcasm]

RealityChuck Jun 12 2006 11:13 PM

Stupid move. You'd think they'd be trying to improve their team instead of this: now the team looks like a bunch of losers. Oh, wait . . . .

MFS62 Jun 13 2006 11:50 AM

Elster88 wrote: One of the dismissals was of a woman. That one I can understand. Women just don't belong in the broadcast booth. Is that a paean to Keith Hernandez' comment? Or is it based on listening to Suzyn Waldmann for..., say, five seconds? Later

Elster88 Jun 13 2006 11:57 AM

MFS62 wrote: ="Elster88"]One of the dismissals was of a woman. That one I can understand. Women just don't belong in the broadcast booth. Is that a paean to Keith Hernandez' comment? Yup. I was kidding around. ]Or is it based on listening to Suzyn Waldmann for..., say, five seconds? Later That's a different story. I have no problem with women broadcasters. I do have a problem with people who make you want to blow your brains in after 10 seconds of listenting time (Suzyn).