John Sterling: The Adolescent Radio Announcer

The New York Times recently ran an enormous and mostly favorable article about the Yankees’ controversial radio announcer, John Sterling. The article quotes Sterling, who has a staggeringly high opinion of himself, as saying: “I never hear any criticism to my face.” This wasn’t always the …

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Written by Alan Hirsch on Saturday October 15, 2011

No One Likes A Loser

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Written by Alan Hirsch on Friday August 12, 2011

Hold Off on Pointless Baseball Trades

Alan Schwarz recently centered a wise and touching piece in the New York Times on his five year old son’s reaction to the Mets’ trade of pitcher, Francisco Rodriguez.  Traumatized by the sudden loss of his favorite player, whom the Mets claimed they could not afford, the poor boy offered …

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Written by Alan Hirsch on Friday July 29, 2011