The JS Sports Staff [Latest: Witrado leaves for Sporting News, replaced by Todd Rosiak]

[Invader3K]

I kind of doubt Haudricourt would risk his job by blasting a colleague to that extent, either. Plus using a swear word in a tweet seems out of character.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Ah, the old "someone hacked my account' play. I tried that once. Nobody fell for it.

[Invader3K]

Ah, the old "someone hacked my account' play. I tried that once. Nobody fell for it.

You seem pretty sure he's lying about it.

[thebruce44]

He has every reason to be upset, and I don't think he blew it out of proportion. It seems that this wouldn't be the first time Allan has done this, which is not okay. If someone is the first to report something, you give them credit for it, period.

 

Using that kind of language probably wasn't wise, but there have been worse Twitter meltdowns.

Wow, what line of work are you in? Are you allowed to publicy swear at co-workers in front of a large group when they do something that upsets you?

 

[DuWayne Steurer]

Ah, the old "someone hacked my account' play. I tried that once. Nobody fell for it.

You seem pretty sure he's lying about it.

Let's just say it sounds fishy.

[GAME05]

seems like it comes down to whether you believe the best in people or not.

[DuWayne Steurer]

seems like it comes down to whether you believe the best in people or not.

Given some of TH's bombastic blogs and posts in the past......I'm inclined to consider the possibility that these were his own postings.

[greeg35]

Its pretty interesting....the easiest way to "hack" someones account is to use the same computer if they haven't logged out. Wonder if someone at the JS was trying to make him look bad?

[chuckiehacks]

On the D-List yesterday, Drew Olson said he talked to TH who admitted his password was very easy to crack. I'm guessing either "Brewers" or "Password".

[endaround]

We finally have a bit of hope:

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/106641328.html

Though if you have a Sporting News subscription I'd cancel

[dadofandrew]

TSN has sucked for years, I got a free subscription a couple years ago, and didn't even read it while waiting for the dog to come in, or in the bathroom. I used to subscribe when I was young, and it was the best mag out there. Literally, from best to worst in 20 years.

[crewcrazy]

I didn't even know it was still around, honestly.

 

But yeah, this is excellent news for the Journal-Sentinel. As much as we poke fun of the J-S here, they always managed to turn out good content despite Garry Howard. Hopefully the next sports editor won't use the post as an excuse to get his photo taken with Tiger Woods and high five Ray Allen (well, I suppose Jennings or Bogut now) in the middle of games.

[GAME05]

Hopefully the next sports editor won't use the post as an excuse to get his photo taken with Tiger Woods and high five Ray Allen

kind of off-topic, but that reminds me of an editor i had once. he once had the opportunity to get his picture taken with Hank Aaron. and even though our magazine was about buses and commuter rail, he somehow managed to tie a baseball metaphor into his editorial for the sole purpose of being able to insert his Hank Aaron photo into the magazine. it was classic.

 

I didn't even know it was still around, honestly.

heck, sometimes i forget that the Journal-Sentinel is still around.

[TooLiveBrew]

Anthony Witrado, consistently 100% replaceable:

St. Louis right-hander Chris Carpenter, who is in Mexico golfing with Halladay today, finished second and Rockies right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez was third. Those three were the only pitchers named on every ballot, which requires voters to list five pitchers in order.

Link

 

Carpenter didn't receive a single vote. At least the Cardinals aren't a divisional opponent of the Brewers or anything.

[BrewCrewForever]

How does Witrado have a job in journalism? Will the JS just hire anyone and let them stay as long as they want?

[hawing]

Well, you know, it was one of those good STL pitchers. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/eyes.gif

[TooLiveBrew]

And nearly 8 hours after the blog post was posted, it still hasn't been edited.

[Oldcity]

Makes you wonder... Was it Carpenter golfing with Halladay, or was it Wainwright?

[endaround]

For all we know it could have been Carpenter and Wainwright golfing in Canada.

[And That]

This was about the first thing I recall Witrado writing since the end of the season, too. Perhaps the layoff made him get his Cy Young candidates confused. Does he do anything else at the paper? I'd hate for him to be an obituary writer too.

[trwi7]

He used to do some high school stuff. He may still do that Preps Plus show. I don't know if he still does or not.

[TooLiveBrew]

Not sure exactly when it was edited, but apparently Wainwright was actually golfing with Halladay. At least, I think we can believe that's accurate.

[Invader3K]

Witrado is on WSSP right now, basically saying that Ryan Braun "only turns it on when it counts." Also said that his stats this year were "empty." Further, that he would probably try harder playing somewhere else.

 

I can't imagine too many other beat writers just slagging one star player like he routinely does.

[TooLiveBrew]

I can't say I haven't gotten the impression that Braun wasn't giving it 100% this season. But, seriously, professional beat writer? This guy will demonstrate just exactly what you have to do to get fired from the JS Brewers beat imo.

[endaround]

Given that Braun didn't play well until the Brewers were buried that makes even less sense than usual from Witrado