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FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
edited September 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
If you haven't heard, there's a new book out today detailing the behind-the-scenes drama over the last few decades. A lot of what I've read and heard so far it's pretty interesting, with tales of excess and debauchery. Who's banging who and who's an asshole.

Anybody reading this now or plan on checking it out?
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,730
    Interested in it but probably won't read it. Read a bunch of exceprts on Deadspin though. Lots of dirt.

    Espn is the worst.
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Yeah, the stuff on Deadspin is crazy. I think I'm gonna order it on amazon. We all knew Chris Berman was a dick, but I love the Simmons stuff and the Andrews/Beadle catfight.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Nothing like Bristol, CT!
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,824
    I'll definitely be picking this one up...
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Yeah, the stuff on Deadspin is crazy. I think I'm gonna order it on amazon. We all knew Chris Berman was a dick, but I love the Simmons stuff and the Andrews/Beadle catfight.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i read excerpts of keith olbermann being a gigantic tool...really, is there anything in this book we don't already know? ;):lol:
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,566
    norm wrote:
    i read excerpts of keith olbermann being a gigantic tool...really, is there anything in this book we don't already know? ;):lol:

    i despise keith olberman.

    glad to hear this is out now. i'll definitely pick it up.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
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  • dCowboyPJdCowboyPJ Posts: 479
    once i'm done the book i'm reading i'm buying this right away.
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,040
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Who's banging who
    Anyone banging Sage Steele? She's a hottie
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  • Brain of mJBrain of mJ Posts: 786
    I normally refuse to buy ebooks on Amazon that cost more than a physical copy of the book on principal. But the fact that this one is almost 800 pages makes me seriously reconsider this. I've been awaiting this book for months now since I first found out about it. If anybody likes SNL, these guys did a great oral history about that 8-10 years ago that is in this same style format.
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,566
    LukinFan wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Who's banging who
    Anyone banging Sage Steele? She's a hottie

    +1 :thumbup:
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  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    I was watching the Dan Patrick show last Friday and he was discussing it for a while. The stuff he was talking about sounded really interesting.

    Think I'm gonna pick this up for the summer and read a chapter every once and a while.
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Yeah, Sage Steele is a cutie.

    I think it's funny the story about the Matthew Barnaby-Michelle Beadle office romance.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,182
    LukinFan wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Who's banging who
    Anyone banging Sage Steele? She's a hottie

    She's from Baltimore, MD and did sports there before taking off to Bristol. I believe she was or still is married and had a child last year. SHe does look good and she has a perfect sports announcer's name.

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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Posts: 11,378
    It all makes sense considering how much ESPN has come to suck in the past 10-15 years.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    It all makes sense considering how much ESPN has come to suck in the past 10-15 years.
    Stu Scott
    Steven A Smith
    Skip Bayless
    Colin Cowherd

    Yeah, a lot of shitty guys in the fold now. And the Baseball Tonight crew has gone down since Gammons left.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    It all makes sense considering how much ESPN has come to suck in the past 10-15 years.
    Stu Scott
    Steven A Smith
    Skip Bayless
    Colin Cowherd

    Yeah, a lot of shitty guys in the fold now. And the Baseball Tonight crew has gone down since Gammons left.
    It's fun to watch Skip debate on 1st and 10. He loves A-Rod and LeBron.
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,824
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    It all makes sense considering how much ESPN has come to suck in the past 10-15 years.
    Stu Scott
    Steven A Smith
    Skip Bayless
    Colin Cowherd

    Yeah, a lot of shitty guys in the fold now. And the Baseball Tonight crew has gone down since Gammons left.


    Baseball Tonight has suffered big time with Gammons gone. I've been liking the MLB Network a lot more lately.
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Posts: 11,378
    Indifference71 wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    It all makes sense considering how much ESPN has come to suck in the past 10-15 years.
    Stu Scott
    Steven A Smith
    Skip Bayless
    Colin Cowherd

    Yeah, a lot of shitty guys in the fold now. And the Baseball Tonight crew has gone down since Gammons left.

    Baseball Tonight has suffered big time with Gammons gone. I've been liking the MLB Network a lot more lately.

    Bobby Valentine? Seriously? :roll: As Fixer says, ESPN has become the TMZ of sports.

    Stephen A. - couldn't believe that guy got paid to write "articles" in the Inquirer - then really couldn't believe he got paid to be on TV! What a jackass.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Posts: 9,237
    I can't wait read to see the pages that describe how they fucked over my first job out of college.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
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    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
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    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    After seeing these excerpts I just submitted my resume to ESPN :D

    I will have to pick up this gem. Love reading on the beach in the summer
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Posts: 9,237
    Flipped through in it in Barnes and Noble. It's a sequel to the Uncensored History book about ESPN that I read many years ago when I worked for an ignored division of the company.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • dCowboyPJdCowboyPJ Posts: 479
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    Flipped through in it in Barnes and Noble. It's a sequel to the Uncensored History book about ESPN that I read many years ago when I worked for an ignored division of the company.
    care to explain more about that?
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,566
    dCowboyPJ wrote:
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    Flipped through in it in Barnes and Noble. It's a sequel to the Uncensored History book about ESPN that I read many years ago when I worked for an ignored division of the company.
    care to explain more about that?

    my interest is peaked as well...
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  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    bought this book at the airport for my flight back to philly on tuesday. 3 chapters into this beast (easy read though, so it's going quick). just starting to get good. was cool reading about how the station started...there was a ton of luck involved for those guys
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    I finished it last night. Parts of it are great, but it was a lot of talk about negotiating big deals with a bunch of people I didn't know. They should have had some kind of index or put who the people were by their name every time they talked because I could not keep them straight and ended up not caring enough to look back to see who was who.

    That said, there were some fascinating parts. Overall I'd give it a B-/C+.
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  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    rrivers wrote:
    I finished it last night. Parts of it are great, but it was a lot of talk about negotiating big deals with a bunch of people I didn't know. They should have had some kind of index or put who the people were by their name every time they talked because I could not keep them straight and ended up not caring enough to look back to see who was who.

    That said, there were some fascinating parts. Overall I'd give it a B-/C+.

    Haha, I have been doing the same thing. There are too many Rasmussens
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,824
    The Fixer wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    I finished it last night. Parts of it are great, but it was a lot of talk about negotiating big deals with a bunch of people I didn't know. They should have had some kind of index or put who the people were by their name every time they talked because I could not keep them straight and ended up not caring enough to look back to see who was who.

    That said, there were some fascinating parts. Overall I'd give it a B-/C+.

    Haha, I have been doing the same thing. There are too many Rasmussens


    Yeah, it is hard to keep track of all these execs from when ESPN first started. I'm only up to about the late 1980s....only 500 pages more to go!
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    340 pages in and I'm not quite halfway through this thing. I'm enjoying it though. The story about Dan Patrick and the minor league manager was good stuff
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