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Can Someone Please Tell Sports Guy I said he's a "Joke"
I saw that Sports Guy is holding a "Chat for Charity" today...
I read in ESPN the Mag that he took his kid to a game against LeBron and the Clippers....
So... I did it a week earlier. Actually my kids have been to dozens of basketball and baseball games. Both even attended Suns games In Utero!
He gives his kid ice cream to distract them. I give my kids love and attention (and the genes to not be a total dork).
Next thing you know he'll go to a Rays game, pay general admission and take pictures of mustard on his pants... oh, yeah.
While I did a running blog FROM THE PRESS BOX
Look, I'm all for people getting paid when they don't deserve it, but someone needs to inform Mr Simmons and ESPN that this guy is out there doing original content without having to rely on mailbags and TiVo to do it.
Sure, this isn't the first time I've ranted about Entertainment Guy. Hell, I stopped reading ESPN.com because he was the best remaining option and I figured I could do better!
So I did. I've paid my dues here at the 'chair and I'm not afraid of anything those vanillaminds can come up with... More Stiles to follow.
Next thing you know, Sports Chump will be touting Arizona Fall League's merits, realizing the WNBA is better than he regurgitated (and he calls himself a basketball fan) and going to NASCAR events and making them sound cool. Oh, that's right... he couldn't make an ice cube seem cool. He makes Dustin Diamond seem cool (and tough) in comparison, but that doesn't count...
But what do you expect from a mind that has been riddled with endless references of 90210 and "mancrush"ing.
I even borrowed his lightning in a bottle book a couple weeks ago from the library and read it for the first time. I think he knows he's damned well that he's luckier than he is good...
Hey Sports Dork, you might have beat me to the top, but you ain't gonna beat me... You're worn out.
You've been avoiding me long enough while tromping similar ideas...
Watch your back, world. Because I'm starting to get angry. And you'll like me even more when I'm angry!
Peace and Good Tidings... Manny Stiles
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Point being that if Simmons wasn't writing about Boston just as Boston got good or if Boston wasn't full of college age kids to read his stuff, he wouldn't have nearly the career he has had.
In his favor though is that he basically created the genre of the pop-culture referencing, snarky, internet writer.