Tilkowsky Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 There was another POSITIVE article about SLU the other day about the baseball team making the NCAA tournament. What? They only do negative articles. Or no article at all. Then Jesus Ortiz writes another nice column about SLU. Whoa. This can't be. Definitely does not fit the narrative. no one will respond because for some reason the Post doesn't get a fair shake on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan Alum Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I'm glad the P-D is FINALLY giving SLU some well-deserved space. I hope they continue the coverage in the NCAA tourney. It would be even nicer if they devoted an article to that SLU team of '65 that finished 3rd in the College World Series, losing to the eventual NCAA champ, Arizona State. That Sun Devil team had Rick Monday, Sal Bando and Duffy Dyer...and some freshman named Reggie Jackson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 12 minutes ago, GMan Alum said: I'm glad the P-D is FINALLY giving SLU some well-deserved space. I hope they continue the coverage in the NCAA tourney. It would be even nicer if they devoted an article to that SLU team of '65 that finished 3rd in the College World Series, losing to the eventual NCAA champ, Arizona State. That Sun Devil team had Rick Monday, Sal Bando and Duffy Dyer...and some freshman named Reggie Jackson. It's nice and all but I'm not about to give somebody a round of applause for doing their job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Nice post Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG BILL FAN Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Tilkowsky said: There was another POSITIVE article about SLU the other day about the baseball team making the NCAA tournament. What? They only do negative articles. Or no article at all. Then Jesus Ortiz writes another nice column about SLU. Whoa. This can't be. Definitely does not fit the narrative. no one will respond because for some reason the Post doesn't get a fair shake on this site. well, Mizzou didn't qualify for the NCAA tournament, so they needed to write something. Isn't that what you were looking for troll? AGB91 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Win and they'll have to cover you. That is the only way in STL (if you aren't the Cardinals or the Tigers.) Brighton likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, GMan Alum said: I'm glad the P-D is FINALLY giving SLU some well-deserved space. I hope they continue the coverage in the NCAA tourney. It would be even nicer if they devoted an article to that SLU team of '65 that finished 3rd in the College World Series, losing to the eventual NCAA champ, Arizona State. That Sun Devil team had Rick Monday, Sal Bando and Duffy Dyer...and some freshman named Reggie Jackson. -I had no idea, thanks for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 42 minutes ago, Billiken Rich said: Win and they'll have to cover you. That is the only way in STL (if you aren't the Cardinals or the Tigers.) Don't leave out the Blues (who are 0-51 in Stanley Cups) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Brighton said: Don't leave out the Blues (who are 0-51 in Stanley Cups) Them too. Man it would be nice to see 15,000 blue collar guys spending $300 a night on beer alone at a Billikens game....... Brighton likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 3 hours ago, billikenfan05 said: It's nice and all but I'm not about to give somebody a round of applause for doing their job. You know 05, I think a bit of encouragement to the people writing the SLU favorable articles might result in increased coverage. I know they are doing their jobs, I just want them to see a fair number of people appreciate it when they deal with SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, Old guy said: You know 05, I think a bit of encouragement to the people writing the SLU favorable articles might result in increased coverage. I know they are doing their jobs, I just want them to see a fair number of people appreciate it when they deal with SLU. If it was Stu, Hochman, really anyone but Ortiz I would agree.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 i'm sure ortiz took great pleasure in writing: "He likes to sit by himself at Miller’s games. He never sat in the bleachers at Miller’s Little League, select or high school games. He preferred to bring a lawn chair and sit up the right field line by the bullpen area. Tim Hogan migrated to seats behind the plate for SLU games to be closer to the catcher and the radar guns. Those seats were easier to secure at SLU, which set its attendance high this year with 411 fans against Jacksonville on April 20." to spotlight the slu baseball attendance record and make it sound as though slu's attendance is routinely less than hogan's little league, select or high school attendance was totally uncalled for and added nothing but belittement to the slu program and had really nothing to add to the overall article. for me it distracted from a nice article and took away the feel good of the story. ortiz is a d!ck. billikenfan05, Littlebill, SLU_Lax and 2 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 The probable reason for the move is that the sightlines down the 3rd baseline are terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Fun stories in there. Team getting some nice pub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 3 hours ago, billikenfan05 said: If it was Stu, Hochman, really anyone but Ortiz I would agree.. I did not realize it was Ortiz, he deserves absolutely nothing from any SLU fan. You are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 19 hours ago, billiken_roy said: i'm sure ortiz took great pleasure in writing: "He likes to sit by himself at Miller’s games. He never sat in the bleachers at Miller’s Little League, select or high school games. He preferred to bring a lawn chair and sit up the right field line by the bullpen area. Tim Hogan migrated to seats behind the plate for SLU games to be closer to the catcher and the radar guns. Those seats were easier to secure at SLU, which set its attendance high this year with 411 fans against Jacksonville on April 20." to spotlight the slu baseball attendance record and make it sound as though slu's attendance is routinely less than hogan's little league, select or high school attendance was totally uncalled for and added nothing but belittement to the slu program and had really nothing to add to the overall article. for me it distracted from a nice article and took away the feel good of the story. ortiz is a d!ck. 1. I can't stand Ortiz. 2. However, in fairness to him, in the next paragraph he described the atmosphere at Ole Miss, where they draw crowds of up to 12,000 fans. I don't think he was being unfair to SLU by painting a picture of the difference in crowd sizes at SLU vs. Ole Miss. Now, he should've said, "Those seats were easy to secure at SLU..." instead of "easier," as I can't imagine any seats are easier to secure at SLU than a high school game. I think that may be his typical sloppy writing as opposed to some sort of dig at SLU. 3. I can't stand Ortiz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 19 hours ago, billiken_roy said: i'm sure ortiz took great pleasure in writing: "He likes to sit by himself at Miller’s games. He never sat in the bleachers at Miller’s Little League, select or high school games. He preferred to bring a lawn chair and sit up the right field line by the bullpen area. Tim Hogan migrated to seats behind the plate for SLU games to be closer to the catcher and the radar guns. Those seats were easier to secure at SLU, which set its attendance high this year with 411 fans against Jacksonville on April 20." to spotlight the slu baseball attendance record and make it sound as though slu's attendance is routinely less than hogan's little league, select or high school attendance was totally uncalled for and added nothing but belittement to the slu program and had really nothing to add to the overall article. for me it distracted from a nice article and took away the feel good of the story. ortiz is a d!ck. Wait a second. You were on here in the last week talking about how SLU baseball never cracks 500 people.... Your point about Ortiz is absolutely correct however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 12 minutes ago, Box and Won said: 1. I can't stand Ortiz. 2. However, in fairness to him, in the next paragraph he described the atmosphere at Ole Miss, where they draw crowds of up to 12,000 fans. I don't think he was being unfair to SLU by painting a picture of the difference in crowd sizes at SLU vs. Ole Miss. Now, he should've said, "Those seats were easy to secure at SLU..." instead of "easier," as I can't imagine any seats are easier to secure at SLU than a high school game. I think that may be his typical sloppy writing as opposed to some sort of dig at SLU. 3. I can't stand Ortiz. 1 minute ago, JMM28 said: Wait a second. You were on here in the last week talking about how SLU baseball never cracks 500 people.... Your point about Ortiz is absolutely correct however. The dumbest part of this whole thing is that it's near impossible to calculate attendance given that they don't sell tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 43 minutes ago, JMM28 said: Wait a second. You were on here in the last week talking about how SLU baseball never cracks 500 people.... Your point about Ortiz is absolutely correct however. i never said it wasnt true. i was remarking that ortiz went out of his way to spotlight our poor attendance at college baseball and emphasized such by insinuating that hogan's pre-college baseball always out drew the billikens attendance wise when it really added nothing to the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 The fact that Ortiz still has a job should tell you all you need to know about the failing P-D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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