http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/07/24/chass-tastic/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:32:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/07/24/chass-tastic/#comment-111636 Awful writing at Citizen Jake Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:56:46 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/07/24/chass-tastic/#comment-111636 [...] Seth Mnookin has a bit of a thing about Murray Chass, the NY Times sports columnist. Usually when Seth, who I enjoy tremendously, writes about Chass on his blog (The Feeding the Monster Blog, a great read for baseball fans generally and Red Sox fans specifically) I skip over it as I only need to be convinced that Chass sucks so many times. This time however I’d like to point out an example of some awful writing by Chass that Seth draws attention to: “[T]he Marlins may be ready to trade Willis. Or maybe the Marlins will hold on to Willis, a 25-year-old left-hander, to build his trade value back to where it had been. Whatever their reason, the Marlins are quietly trying to move him. Jeffrey Loria scoffed at the whispers.” [...] [...] Seth Mnookin has a bit of a thing about Murray Chass, the NY Times sports columnist. Usually when Seth, who I enjoy tremendously, writes about Chass on his blog (The Feeding the Monster Blog, a great read for baseball fans generally and Red Sox fans specifically) I skip over it as I only need to be convinced that Chass sucks so many times. This time however I’d like to point out an example of some awful writing by Chass that Seth draws attention to: “[T]he Marlins may be ready to trade Willis. Or maybe the Marlins will hold on to Willis, a 25-year-old left-hander, to build his trade value back to where it had been. Whatever their reason, the Marlins are quietly trying to move him. Jeffrey Loria scoffed at the whispers.” [...]

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