Announcing My Intention to Turn Pro
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by user Manny Stiles
Rant Warning! Rant Warning!
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter S Thompson
Twice in One Day!@!!!
TWICE in the SAME DAY!@!!
Those bastardized versions of "writers" stole my stories!!! I opened up ESPN.com today and felt like I was reading my own articles... not one by chance, same idea article... TWO articles.
Keep in mind, since Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Wiley died, I hardly ever read ESPN for anything other than news wire and scoreboards, (also TMQ and Uniwatch) the better content is here...
OK, it's entirely possible one could come up with the same ideas I had months ago... Anyway, Bill Simmons finally got one right (for the most part) only about TWO months after the Stilesman... Simmons basically reiterated everything I said... IN NOVEMBER!!! Maybe he just took a while to get to it with all of the TV watching he does...
Witness: Exhibit A - Bad Start, So What?
Exhibit B - What's wrong with Amare and the Suns... - also includes "The moment the Suns season changed", which also coincided with start of the 15 game win streak...
Exhibit C - Why we should have had a 28 game winning streak
OK, the Suns are good... MAYBE it was a coincidence an unabashed Suns basher finally saw the light that has been beaming here in the Valley for years.
OK, just coincidence...
Then I turned the browser in the direction of Jim Caple. Normally, Caple and I agree on some Yankee hating points, but I feel he has turned turdward for quite a while now... He had a story about stats, I love stats... fun!
So I perused his article it starts out about the websites he reads and it was an Interview with Sean Forman!!! Yeah, I didn't do THAT FOUR MONTHS AGO!!! Son of a...
CLEARLY Jim Caple reads ArmchairGM... Where's the props at fellas? Where's the shout out? Are we THAT threatening? Is this site SO good that people are afraid to mention it and give away their secret sports stash?
God, WHAT am I doing here? Maybe I died long ago and this is hell....
I started writing sports on the web at the urging of my wife. I wrote and wrote about everything else for the love of writing. I didn't want to be a "Sportswriter". Sportwriters do not live in a realm that includes creativity or imagination. But wifey said more people would read it, I talk about sports all day anyway, no brainer.
I wanted to inject some creativity into sports journalism. I can't help but imagine what would happen IF I ACTUALLY TRIED... These jackasses have 2-3 articles to write a week and STILL have to leach (AND leech) their material from "the people". Now I sit here with the taste of puke in my mouth and rage flowing through my veins... What's next??
If I see something similar to this, I might have to do something very drastic... like pull the veil back on OZ.
So, screw it... I am declaring my intentions to turn pro. Obviously I already do the work. ESPN, Sporting News, SI etc...all of you... I'm tired of your tired ideas. I'm tired of you blatently stealing, robbing and pilfering the "good stuff".here at Armchair. Send your best offers to MannyStiles@aol.com (apologies and thanks are also welcomed, Jim and Bill)
With my turning pro, I promise my league-leading and often controversial commenting will NOT be part of the package. I'll even promise to write less about myself! Seriously. I can get WAAAY better.
Give me the opportunity to quit my job and do this creative writing stuff full time I'll give you more than you can imagine (and probably WAY more than you can handle) Here's my ever expanding resume.
If you want fresh, original content MONTHS before you'd think of it on your own, give me and/or the ArmchairGM community a call...
In the meantime, prepare for a very angry, motivated and focused Manny Stiles. Grrr!
I know I'm not the only one who has had this happen. So I ask of the ACGM Nation, if you feel you've had your articles ripped off by the big bad COMMERCIAL media add 'em in comments.... Thanks! --E--
