Baseball is such a weird and unpredictable sport. Everyone expects our lineup to mash and our pitching to be a weakness, perhaps moreso now. Yet, it would not surprise me at all if our pitching turns out to be a strength and our offence so-so. Or not. And there's always a pitcher or two that seems to come out of nowhere and excel. I wonder who that will be this year?
I also wonder what the psyche of the modern day pitcher is. If it was me, I'd spend every waking moment hoping my arm wasn't going to implode on the next pitch.
I’m enjoying your newsletter, for the most part. Others may not see any issue with this, but it didn’t sit well with me and I wanted to make a comment. Any chance you could put a little more thought into your analogies other than “gets your dick hard”. I’m sure there may have been an alternative, more professional way to make your point. Thanks
I hear you. I also have to admit that I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it and then I stopped to ask to myself, "How do I feel about how much I'm enjoying this?" at which point I answered: "I think I feel good about it"
I don't mean to push back on your criticism because I'm glad that you said something about it if it bothers you. It was something that would have been more at home in the sometimes-problematic old Drunk Jays Fans days but I was charmed by it nonetheless. I guess I just trust the writer's enough, at this point, so that I can really sit back and enjoy a self-consciously goofy remark like this. I feel like he's one of the more thoughtful and self-aware sports writers I've read, which is part of the reason I keep coming back for more.
But I get that dick references like this definitely not for everyone. But I wonder, is upsetting because it's "unprofessional" or because it's actually potentially an legit insult to some of his readers? Maybe I'm asking for clarification because you framed it something unprofessional but yet there are clearly some potentially unprofessional elements to Andrew Stoeten's writing that are huge part of why it's insightful and often funny. When I'm reading someone usually I want to to feel like they're filtering out as little of themselves as possible.
But I'm a cis man and a big fan of the band Ween so maybe my perspective is warped.
Baseball is such a weird and unpredictable sport. Everyone expects our lineup to mash and our pitching to be a weakness, perhaps moreso now. Yet, it would not surprise me at all if our pitching turns out to be a strength and our offence so-so. Or not. And there's always a pitcher or two that seems to come out of nowhere and excel. I wonder who that will be this year?
I also wonder what the psyche of the modern day pitcher is. If it was me, I'd spend every waking moment hoping my arm wasn't going to implode on the next pitch.
I’m enjoying your newsletter, for the most part. Others may not see any issue with this, but it didn’t sit well with me and I wanted to make a comment. Any chance you could put a little more thought into your analogies other than “gets your dick hard”. I’m sure there may have been an alternative, more professional way to make your point. Thanks
I hear you. I also have to admit that I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it and then I stopped to ask to myself, "How do I feel about how much I'm enjoying this?" at which point I answered: "I think I feel good about it"
I don't mean to push back on your criticism because I'm glad that you said something about it if it bothers you. It was something that would have been more at home in the sometimes-problematic old Drunk Jays Fans days but I was charmed by it nonetheless. I guess I just trust the writer's enough, at this point, so that I can really sit back and enjoy a self-consciously goofy remark like this. I feel like he's one of the more thoughtful and self-aware sports writers I've read, which is part of the reason I keep coming back for more.
But I get that dick references like this definitely not for everyone. But I wonder, is upsetting because it's "unprofessional" or because it's actually potentially an legit insult to some of his readers? Maybe I'm asking for clarification because you framed it something unprofessional but yet there are clearly some potentially unprofessional elements to Andrew Stoeten's writing that are huge part of why it's insightful and often funny. When I'm reading someone usually I want to to feel like they're filtering out as little of themselves as possible.
But I'm a cis man and a big fan of the band Ween so maybe my perspective is warped.