Some Mailbag Fun: No Love for Bloggers
by Matt Birch on Sep 10, 2010 12:14 PM EDT
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PrintI receive a fair amount of e-mails from jerks, and I'm sure John B. and David probably receive even more than I do. Maybe it's because I come off as a bit abrasive, and am a hardcore Jets' homer and cannot stand the Cheats or Fish. Whatever, it's in the blood, no reason to beat around the bush and be fake.
Normally I shrug them off. Again, John is even better in this regard than I am. I received a particular e-mail last night, that I figured I'd let you all respond to. I assume this is in response to my divisional predictions article yesterday. Nothing I said was over-the-top or lacking facts, but this guy obviously had too much time on his hands, as the bingo club closes promptly at 8 PM.
There are some interesting things in here for sure! This guy cites the Jets' videotaping of the Patriots' playoff game back in 2007 at Gillette Stadium as being equal to what the Patriots did during Spygate --- and it isn't. He conveniently left out the most important detail --- that the Jets had PERMISSION from the NFL to tape from both end zones. The Cheats DIDN'T and never informed the NFL. As usual, they were looking for ways to cut corners and gain an advantage on their opponents, just like the steroids their defensive unit was imbibing. Also, this took place during the Mangini era of football, and not the current regime. So his argument is completely invalid.
He also mentions the Yankees as an organization which is "bastardizing" sports and hurting small market teams. Maybe he has a point, but are the Red Sox any better? Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house!
Here's the e-mail, which btw, is from someone whom I have never conversed with in my life. He just felt like contacting me because he had nothing better to do. Maybe he can come to our stadium this year for the week 2 matchup and put his money where his mouth is? I hope the New Meadowlands has just as many ketchup/mustard packets and toilet paper rolls as the old one did....
Hey dumbass – just in case you can’t recall history well, the NY Jets were called into the NFL office in Manhattan and "talked to" about there camera work that occurred in a "certain" playoff game. Either you don’t know about this – I wonder how you can be considered an investigative reporter and not know this, or you decide to look the other way when it’s your POS team – which is what approximately 30% of the NFL did when the Patriots got slapped with the fines.
To call the Patriots cheaters for their camera work (what 4 years ago) you’re asshole that deserves to sell refrigerator magnets for living and at the rate you’re going, you might want to adapt the resume to reflect the change in careers.
P.S. You’re probably a POS Yankees fan – they bastardized sports in general as they have cheated everyone from the rape and pillaging of the small teams top players to the average fan – it was laughable to see them ask for top dollar seats at their great new stadium only to have ALL their loyal POS fans thumb their noses at them until the dropped to the prices to just insane levels.
I think I'm going to head out now, as I have a big refrigerator magnet convention to attend..... and business calls! Anyone need any magnets?
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Put me down for 20 magnets now with the option to buy 50 in the future depending on quality of service ;-)
Getting these emails used to bother me, but like you said John is adept at dealing with these and he taught me to take them with a smile a long time ago. Usually they don’t start coming in until rival weeks though, so you are ahead of the curve this year ;-)
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Also, I'll throw in a free bumper sticker with purchase of the 50 magnets
Managing Editor/Writer for Gang Green Nation --- covering all things NY Jets! J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!!!
COUNTING DOWN THE MINUTES UNTIL FOOTBALL KICKS OFF AT http://www.ganggreennation.com
What’s the bumper sticker going to say?
Writer/Assistant editor
Eternal optimist
New York Jets
Gang Green Nation
www.ganggreennation.com
Jets/Knicks/Rangers/Marshall/ND
by David_Wyatt on Sep 10, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
haha ill take a magnet
just goes to show the class of some patriot fans. I wont say all of their fans because going to school in new england (but being from jersey) i know some of them are knowledgable. but really… show some class and as i like to say… shake it off
yup, like Dave said above, just gotta shake it off.
I honestly laughed when I saw this, didn’t get upset for a second. From time to time I do get a little heated, but this, just made me crack up laughing.
What a clown!
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Birch! Hook me up.
I can never find a magnet that spells my name right. It’s C-o-l-i-n. Not C-o-l-o-n like I need more butt jokes in my life. Come thru Bro! lol
by colinyoung on Sep 10, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah Matt, You Tell 'Em!
Just shake it off brother. Apparently you struck a nerve?
What, is he worried that the CHEATS will get swept this year? And don’t worry about the Yankee thing either, Just the pot calling the kettle black. Lol
What a deuschbag……….Hopefully Rex sees this email and uses it as bulletin board material for Week 2..I hate all Boston sports teams and fans….I think they may be worse than Philly fans as their accents are more annoying.
Ok, so you call out a guy for writing a stupid E-mail
But then you go on insulting an entire fanbase for their accents? How is what your saying any better than his e-mail?
by colinyoung on Sep 10, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
As a person who probably has as much free time on his hands as this guy.
I have to say I can’t understand the amount time people spend on thoughtless, moronic crap like this. Why not try to add something interesting to a conversation? Talk about something different. Use your mind, your creativity. There a million and a half different ways to put down any team (Jets and Yankees included), so why not excercise the muscle between your ears before you end up farting out of your mouth?
by colinyoung on Sep 10, 2010 12:51 PM EDT reply actions
Just another Hater
He’s just a dumbass Pats fan ranting off…. nothing to take seriously. Just incoherent rambling. But you’re right, these Pats/Phins fans have way too much time on their hands…. like this guy:
Interesting. lol
I do give the phinphanatic a few more brain cells over Birch’s love letter author tho. At least the guy had the ability to use a phrase like “self-aggrandizing”. That guy at least seems to be an intellegent kind of moron… wait that might actually be worse, if fact.
by colinyoung on Sep 10, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
EXACTLY
Was thinking the same thing: he comes off as someone that’s trying to sound intelligent and well-spoken, but is really an uneducated idiot.
Agree wholeheartedly.
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Dolphins love talking about the Jets for some reason.
The weirdest thing I took from this email is the imaginary job he gave you….I mean it’s not your normal run of the mill put down is it lol I don’t know if this is his job, or someone he knows. Just seems like a strange job to randomly think up.
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New York Jets
Gang Green Nation
www.ganggreennation.com
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Everyones entitled to their opinion....
Well, almost everyone. This gene-shortened dude didn’t have the decency to post on-line, rather sent an e-mail to Matt directly away from the GGN site. FAIL!
Mentioning the N.Y. Yankees? WTF? Didn’t realize they traded in their pinstripes for green. And since he’s a N.E. fan, he speaks about the Yankees jacking the best players from smaller markets. Seems he forgot to mention the Red Sox. FAIL!
Dude, should you read this, there’s probably medication for your condition. Getting a pair to face us within this site….Priceless!
by oldskooljet on Sep 10, 2010 1:09 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Being able to slam him on GGN ---- Priceless!
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COUNTING DOWN THE MINUTES UNTIL FOOTBALL KICKS OFF AT http://www.ganggreennation.com
Intolerable
First of all, one of my favorite things about angry posts is that more often than not, they begin with a slight about the original poster’s intelligence (ie: dumbass, idiot, retarded) yet are riddled with poor sentence structure, spelling errors, and blatant misuse of there/they’re/their.
Second, I cannot recall a single time that Matt claimed to be an investigative reporter. He is a blogger, offering opinions and personal insight. With absolutely no disrespect to Matt, he is not an investigative reporter, so now this guy can stop wondering how Matt considers himself to be one.
Last, I offer a list of names: Manny Ramirez, Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling, Keith Foulke, David Ortiz, Johnny Damon, Josh Beckett, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Mike Lowell, JD Drew, John Lackey, Victor Martinez, Adrian Beltre, and Mike Cameron. All of these players came from the small teams that were “raped and pillaged” from small market teams, the same small market teams that choose to have minimal payrolls and make 50% profits off their ticket sales and the revenue sharing. The Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Angels, White Sox, Cubs, Phillies, and Braves have large payrolls because it is an option afforded to them under the CBA, and they pay for it.
The teams and fans should not be chided for their desire to be competitive and win championships. The true “POS” is the fan that refuses to understand these facets of sports and relentlessly berates the educated fan with a contrary opinion.
by BleedingGreen86 on Sep 10, 2010 1:38 PM EDT reply actions
Matt
Reply back to the e-mail…. Subject line: Another POS Yankee fan!
Carrying a purse!!!!
Copy and past the whole link (It’s a picture of Tom Beiber in a yankees hat while carrying what looks like a purse)
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/CAVQjibu33w/SMFC7VfObzI/AAAAAAAAAq0/U7GpkOoNr5w/s400/tom-brady-yankees-hat-man-purse.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.overthemonster.com/2009/3/11/789697/reclamation-nation&h=287&w=338&sz=14&tbnid=LEMi4TyImNCr-M:&tbnh=101&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtom%2Bbrady%2Byankees%2Bhat&zoom=1&q=tom+brady+yankees+hat&hl=en&usg=_lfJLH33r1vT6W_JrCvr-Yx3hgrw=&sa=X&ei=ApuKTJe8BYH6sAO77ry4BA&sqi=2&ved=0CCQQ9QEwAg
That’s so funny you said that bro ‘cause I’m one of those assholes who fire ketchup packets at other teams’ fans. The only thing worse than losing at home to the Patriots is listening to some douche bag in a Brady jersey talking shit about it the whole game. Staining said jersey with globs of yellow mustard is therapeutic, invigorating, and highly recommended.
The fans at Gellete are alot more creative
My wife and I got tickets to the Jets Pats game in NE 2 years ago. The one we won with Favre in overtime. Leon ran one back in that game. When my wife and I stood up to cheer we got pelted with liquid soap bags from the bathrooms that were cut open. It was disgusting. I had the last laugh tho. We were sitting on the home side where all the season ticket holders were. 5 people lost their season tickets that night.
by colinyoung on Sep 10, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I just love it
When Red Sox fans use the payroll argument and actually think they are one of the small market teams. LMFAO Of course, every team has it’s population of ignorant fans. I’m afraid a lot of villages are missing their idiots right now,
They are also still the biggest example to date of a so called team "buying a championship"...
the 2004 WS team had not one homegrown everyday player in its starting line-up, the only regular was Trot Nixon and he was platooned. They just did it gauging small market teams through trades more than free agency.
Hey your not much of an asshole
but this isnt what all Pat fans think, and making it seem like that is kind of low. Also calling a team Cheats, did you think of that on you own how smart of you for thinking of that, all I can say is how apt of you. Any way best of luck and please stop thinking you guys are the best till you win a game, after that you can chant all you want whatever it is you chant.
I think you’re taking this a little out of context. This was a reply to this particular e-mail. Like I said above, every fan base has it’s little band of merry village idiots, and I can assure you that the Jets and Yankees are no different in this regard. They don’t represent all the other fans of those respective teams. I can also assure you that the guys over at Pats Pulpit get similar e-mails on a daily basis…with the names changed, of course. Good luck to the Pats as well, we’ll see you in Week 2.
I still think Pats fans > Fish fans.
Pats are cheats as long as Bellicheat is the coach.
please stop thinking you guys are the best till you win a game, after that you can chant all you want whatever it is you chant.
Please reflect on that comment, I think any teams fans usually have the opinion that their teams the best, or has the potential to be, especially when they are in the upper echelon of the league, which the Jets are (not sure if Detroit fans are thinking this). I don’t think we’ve been any more boastful than Pats fans, Fish fans, Charger fans, Ravens fans, etc. etc.. The media hype about it is probably whats been warping your view, and that mostly comes from Ryans boasts, with him being very honest and open and being on hard knocks, and in NY, have just gotten more publicity and attention than most teams. If your coach is not telling the team they should be in the super bowl, they are the best team, then he’s not doing his job. Every fan knows this has to be proven, but bravado is essential in sports.
Right but no other coach does what RR does
no other coach puts the target on his players back like that to the media thats not doing your job right.
by Patsfan4life on Sep 11, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
But thats not the fans, so its not us guys...
But as a fan I find the honesty and openness refreshing. Certainly better then Bellicheick who will lie about or hide injuries, and not tell the fans or the media anything.
As far as the targets on players’ backs, I actually don’t mind it. I want to see how they handle it. This is football, after all. What other fans neglect to notice is how Rex always takes the attention away from his players during tough times.
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