Elton Brand, for the sake of all that is decent in the world, please stay in LA.
Fear The Beard —
... See, I just saw this video from LA Times Sports columnist Bill Plaschke making an impassioned plea for Elton Brand to stay in LA, and I read another ...
Jackson with serious medical issues, Bill Plaschke says he's stupid
Cage Writer —
... Thank god the "traditional/real" media is around to reign in the crazy bloggers. It would be wonderful if we could all be as measured as L.A. Times writer Bill Plaschke (pictured), also a regular on ESPN's ...
Catfish Stew: Everybody's Still Here
Baseball Toaster —
... months of the uninspiring baseball the A's have been playing since the All Star break or that Oakland's few tradable commodities are so lightly regarded by the baseball world at large, they couldn't produce enough of a return for Billy Beane to pull the trigger on a deal. So I'm afraid I don't have much to say about any of the trades that went down today... Excuse me, Phil. Maybe I can be some help in that regard My goodness! It's Sigma Delta Chi National Sports Columnist of the Year Bill Plaschke . It's an honor to have you here at Catfish Stew. ...
Of Pots, Kettles & Sports Columnists
wrigleyville23 —
... allegedly responded to criticism from one newspaper columnist by threatening to leak a story to a competitor. During the meetings, the general belief among reporters is that the executive lived up to his promise. This is the kind of stuff that fans don’t really care about, but that reflects poorly on the self-absorbed people we generally cover who don’t have the character to accept their own failures. As opposed to the self-absorbed people who do the covering who don't have the character ...
Ray’s Rapid Ramblings
The National Football Post » Hot News and Rumors —
... was agreed upon among people I talked to that this was Typical Campbell: He’ll get you in the market for a franchise QB but isn’t good enough to close the deal. I couldn’t disagree. That night of sleep would have been great. Typical Campbell. Except… There’s a natural medical condition — mainly afflicting those who write about sports for a living — to heap lavish, over-the-top praise upon any professional athlete who behaves like a semi-decent human being (known in medical circles as Plaschke Syndrome). Still, the difference between Campbell’s reaction to the news that ...
Here's How You Know Things Are Going Well
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness —
Bill Plaschke has, as far as I can tell, not written a column about the Dodgers since whining about the treatment of Manny Ramirez on May 31.
Because hey, why bother writing about a team when you can't complain about them?
