Tigers Beat Writers Lionizing Sub-Replacement Level Ex-Tigers

[chasfh]

He definitely has creepy hockey assistant coach vibe.

[oblong]

I think he knows about this thread.  Do people reply to his tweets about the weirdness?

 

[chasfh]

I've been noodling possible reasons why McCosky is so besotted with all these substandard players from another Tigers era, guys who were nobodies going nowhere in a hurry, but were treated like somebodies who were the present and future of a badly-broken organization.

Psychobabble Me is landing on McCosky misses Al Avila, the way Avila used to go stream-of-consciousness and say all the quiet parts out loud. McCosky misses that because it made his job writing about the Tigers a lot easier, and the Harris administration's tight lips make his job harder. And if there's one thing McCosky needs, it's something anything that will make his job easier, because he's not exactly a diligent journalist.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

And if there's one thing McCosky needs, it's something anything that will make his job easier, because he's not exactly a diligent journalist.

I think this. It's easy, it creates a bit of a niche where he's not competing against anyone, and some people certainly do find it interesting, though the comment about Grossman enjoying success at the hand of his old team seemed almost to be gleeful at the thought of the Tigers losing, which is sort of ass for a your local reporter.

semi-related: I also saw Carlos Monarrez with another Tiger column (to say he thinks they will catch Minny) and he reported that he has been spending more time with the team. I wonder if one of the current Freep guys is about to move off the Tigers or if the Freep is just expanding the level of resourcing on the team.

[oblong]

Chris trying to sound like one of the boys commiserating with the struggles of the game. 

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, oblong said:

Chris trying to sound like one of the boys commiserating with the struggles of the game. 

He really had no clue what he was talking about.

 

 

[Tigeraholic1]

Then he deletes his tweet lol

[Tenacious D]

[oblong]

8 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Ok who is that??!?!! Out yourself now. 

[VegasTiger]

1 hour ago, oblong said:

Ok who is that??!?!! Out yourself now. 

hmmm...maybe he just did.

[romad1]

8 hours ago, oblong said:

Ok who is that??!?!! Out yourself now. 

What we say in public is less important than what we say on this board. 

[chasfh]

McCosky obviously loafing on the job … how could he not highlight this?

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-tyler-holton-deserved-his-down-ballot-mvp-vote/

Steven Moya led the CPBL with 30 home runs this season. The 33-year-old former Detroit Tigers outfielder was in his first year in Taiwan, playing for the TSG Hawks.

[Tiger337]

On 9/17/2024 at 11:53 AM, chasfh said:

I've been noodling possible reasons why McCosky is so besotted with all these substandard players from another Tigers era, guys who were nobodies going nowhere in a hurry, but were treated like somebodies who were the present and future of a badly-broken organization.

Psychobabble Me is landing on McCosky misses Al Avila, the way Avila used to go stream-of-consciousness and say all the quiet parts out loud. McCosky misses that because it made his job writing about the Tigers a lot easier, and the Harris administration's tight lips make his job harder. And if there's one thing McCosky needs, it's something anything that will make his job easier, because he's not exactly a diligent journalist.

I think he does it simply because he thinks it is humorous.