Thanks For Stopping By, Deadspin
July 6, 2009 at 8:50 am | Posted in Bill Plaschke, Deadspin | 9 CommentsOh, Deadspin. I thought we were friends? I read you every day, link to you occasionally, have even pulled a link back on your page. I’m pretty sure I even saw Will Leitch in a bar down the street from me here in NYC, once, and I give you full credit for presenting me with what remains one of the three funniest things I’ve ever read on the internet (slightly NSFW-ish).
So you can imagine my surprise when this story rolls up on my RSS feed, just now:
Professional grumpypants Bill Plaschke really hates Manny Ramirez. In fact, the only thing he hates more than Manny is people who refuse to hate Manny as much as he does. Why can’t they see what Bill Plaschke sees?
Okay: off to a good start here. As you may or may not have noticed, I can’t stand Bill Plaschke either! So seeing this get some more national recognition is a good thing, to be sure.
This whole situation is putting such a strain on Bill that there’s concern he may be starting to crack. Four of his last five columns in the L.A. Times have been Manny-centric–the fifth was his predictable harrumphing about the Ron Artest signing–with the overarching theme being that Manny has not been punished enough for his crimes against baseball’s humanity.
Yes! Perfect. Love it. Bill Plaschke is a joke of a “reporter”, and the more people who know this, the better. Go on…
Of course, all of these missives came after his brave Twitter stance that he was not going to be a party to this comeback charade.
I didn’t go to albuquerque, and I won’t go anywhere else he “rehabs.”.
He shouldn’t be allowed to touch a bat for 50 games periodHis very next Tweet?
Just got to lake elsinore for second stop in manny rehab tour. Its
about 200 degrees. Poor manny. A teammate probably assigned to fan himSo I guess by “won’t go” he really meant to say “will definitely be at.”
Hmm… wait a minute. This all sounds slightly familiar to me. But why? Oh, yes. That’s because I did the exact same thing last week.
No, here’s what really caught my eye: the fact that Bill Plaschke drove out to Riverside County to watch Manny play for the 66ers. Because, if you didn’t know, Bill’s got a Twitter page, and this is exactly what he said just 4 days ago:
Yet here you are, just a few short days later, doing just that. It’s even better when you see his next post right on top of this one (Twitter posts are listed chronologically, newest at the top):
Such a short ride from “I refuse to go!” to “okay, I’ll go, but only to make fun of him and try to create a story that doesn’t exist”, isn’t it, Bill? If only the distance between “journalism” and whatever exactly it is you do was that short.
Boo, I say. Boo. Far be it from me to impede Plaschke-bashing in any form, of course, but: give a blog some love, no?
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You should go straight to their editor in chief. It’s outright plagiarism. It’s the biggest taboo for a professional writer. Some jerk is making money off copying and pasting your work. Shame.
Comment by Brandon— July 6, 2009 #
I don’t think they’re plagiarizing. Plaschke’s Twitter account is public, and I actually saw it and made fun of it (just in my own mind) before I came here and saw you write about it the next day.
What you wrote about it was better than what Deadspin had to say, though.
Comment by Erin— July 6, 2009 #
I don’t think they’re plagiarizing. Plaschke’s Twitter account is public, and I actually saw it and made fun of it (just in my own mind) before I came here and saw you write about it the next day.
What you wrote about it was better than what Deadspin had to say, though.
Comment by Erin— July 6, 2009 #
Of course after reading the Deadspin article I have to recant my first post. It’s not plagiarism. I was under the assumption the final excerpt in your column came from their page, not your own.
Comment by Brandon— July 6, 2009 #
Yeah, I don’t really think they’re outright plagarizing… and I have no idea if they ever come to this blog. Just saw their post this morning and was like, “hey, that’s a good idea… WAIT!”
Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness— July 6, 2009 #
No plagiarism here – it’s Bill Plaschke, after all! More often than not, it’s obvious how to take him for ride:
Manny Ramirez, in his second game after being released from baseball’s drug jail, was a human sparkler.
This blogger, sitting in his mother’s basement after having sat there blogging about me, was angry.
Ronald Belisario, a week after being released from police custody after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, was a complete dud.
That foreigner, a year after having learned english after visiting the Bill Plaschke Institute of Visiting To Learn English, was something else.
Ramirez began it with a crushing home run.
This blogger began it with an unfair accusal.
Belisario ended it with a crushing bout of wildness.
That foreigner ended it with an inevitable imitation.
Comment by ColinCragus— July 6, 2009 #
No plagiarism here – it’s Bill Plaschke, after all! More often than not, it’s obvious how to take him for ride:
Manny Ramirez, in his second game after being released from baseball’s drug jail, was a human sparkler.
This blogger, sitting in his mother’s basement after having sat there blogging about me, was angry.
Ronald Belisario, a week after being released from police custody after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, was a complete dud.
That foreigner, a year after having learned english after visiting the Bill Plaschke Institute of Visiting To Learn English, was something else.
Ramirez began it with a crushing home run.
This blogger began it with an unfair accusal.
Belisario ended it with a crushing bout of wildness.
That foreigner ended it with an inevitable imitation.
Comment by ColinCragus— July 6, 2009 #
No plagiarism here – it’s Bill Plaschke, after all! More often than not, it’s obvious how to take him for ride:
Manny Ramirez, in his second game after being released from baseball’s drug jail, was a human sparkler.
This blogger, sitting in his mother’s basement after having sat there blogging about me, was angry.
Ronald Belisario, a week after being released from police custody after being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, was a complete dud.
That foreigner, a year after having learned english after visiting the Bill Plaschke Institute of Visiting To Learn English, was something else.
Ramirez began it with a crushing home run.
This blogger began it with an unfair accusal.
Belisario ended it with a crushing bout of wildness.
That foreigner ended it with an inevitable imitation.
Comment by ColinCragus— July 6, 2009 #
Ouch – sorry! Please delete the first one…
Comment by ColinCragus— July 6, 2009 #