http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2008/03/21/mama-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-yankees-fans-the-2008-maple-street-red-sox-annual-part-1/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Fri, 09 May 2008 20:23:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2008/03/21/mama-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-yankees-fans-the-2008-maple-street-red-sox-annual-part-1/#comment-451275 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:15:45 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2008/03/21/mama-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-yankees-fans-the-2008-maple-street-red-sox-annual-part-1/#comment-451275 [...] A lot of the reason for that is systemic: if you’re covering the Sox beat and your game story is missing a quote that’s in every single competitor’s piece your editor is gonna be on your ass. It takes a lot of work, and a lot of smarts, to put together something that’s interesting, comprehensive, and new. That’s what makes Alex Speier’s new series in the New Hampshire Union-Leader so impressive (and enjoyable). It’s about a topic that’s near and dear to my heart: the Sox player development system, the way the team has emphasized building–and keeping–young talent even when it means dealing with the wrath and scorn of the instant-gratification hoi polloi. [...] […] A lot of the reason for that is systemic: if you’re covering the Sox beat and your game story is missing a quote that’s in every single competitor’s piece your editor is gonna be on your ass. It takes a lot of work, and a lot of smarts, to put together something that’s interesting, comprehensive, and new. That’s what makes Alex Speier’s new series in the New Hampshire Union-Leader so impressive (and enjoyable). It’s about a topic that’s near and dear to my heart: the Sox player development system, the way the team has emphasized building–and keeping–young talent even when it means dealing with the wrath and scorn of the instant-gratification hoi polloi. […]

]]> http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2008/03/21/mama-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-yankees-fans-the-2008-maple-street-red-sox-annual-part-1/#comment-446796 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:47:19 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2008/03/21/mama-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-yankees-fans-the-2008-maple-street-red-sox-annual-part-1/#comment-446796 [...] This is the second half of my essay in this year’s Maple Street Press Red Sox Annual (published on conjunction with the good folks from Sons of Sam Horn), which is currently available for the low price of $12.99 (cheap!). For lots more inside dope on the Red Sox, circa 2000-2005, check out my New York Times bestseller Feeding the Monster, which you can get for the even lower price of $10.20 (cheap!). And, as always, it’s never too later to request your signed copy of FTM. *** [...] […] This is the second half of my essay in this year’s Maple Street Press Red Sox Annual (published on conjunction with the good folks from Sons of Sam Horn), which is currently available for the low price of $12.99 (cheap!). For lots more inside dope on the Red Sox, circa 2000-2005, check out my New York Times bestseller Feeding the Monster, which you can get for the even lower price of $10.20 (cheap!). And, as always, it’s never too later to request your signed copy of FTM. *** […]

]]> http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2008/03/21/mama-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-yankees-fans-the-2008-maple-street-red-sox-annual-part-1/#comment-443637 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:29:36 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2008/03/21/mama-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-yankees-fans-the-2008-maple-street-red-sox-annual-part-1/#comment-443637 Oh, how I miss those late 90's days listening to WEEI for hours while working on Grad school papers. Drunken Boston guys (redundant, I know) calling up Ted Nation proposing trades of Jose Offerman for Ken Griffey Jr. Mike and the Mad Dog callers just aren't as delusional or, frankly, nearly as fun to listen to. Your next book should just be a giant collection of emails that these lonely, sexless turds sent to you since 2004. I would totally read it. Oh, how I miss those late 90’s days listening to WEEI for hours while working on Grad school papers. Drunken Boston guys (redundant, I know) calling up Ted Nation proposing trades of Jose Offerman for Ken Griffey Jr. Mike and the Mad Dog callers just aren’t as delusional or, frankly, nearly as fun to listen to. Your next book should just be a giant collection of emails that these lonely, sexless turds sent to you since 2004. I would totally read it.

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