Rafael Furcal of the Dodgers has the top OPS (on-base percentage, plus slugging) in major league baseball, at .872.
over 1 year ago
howiestheman
47 comments
1 recs |
Email
PrintComments
I saw that and figured out what he meant.
He has the top OPS of major league shortstops.
I've made a typo or two in my time and been ridden over the coals
But a perusal of his output reveals one consistency:
This arrogant prick is phoning in his blog entries, singlehandedly devaluing the value of the OCR’s parent company.
The fact that Mark Whicker is drawing a salary for doing a job that an enthusiastic unpaid hobbyist could perform with more professionalism should really concern anyone interested in investing with the parent company of OCR and might even be a cause for stockholders to demand editorial staff changes to ensure that veteran hacks like of Whicker are drummed out of the profession.
"an enthusiastic unpaid hobbyist"
Precisely.
How ‘bout this? Standing offer. I’ll give the OCR five hours a week, and double Whicker’s output.
Three months free, after which they can pay me ten bucks per blog entry, up to some fixed weekly limit.
I don’t need the cash. I have a good, reasonably secure job. But I also have five hours a week to donate to SoCal baseball, and I like to parry with Sam Miller.
OCR, come wrestle with the Turk.
Whoa.
If they don’t take you up on that they’ve abandoned their senses completely! Count me in as a reader/subscriber.
[ Tips hat ]
"That's the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball." ~Bill Veeck
Is such a thing even possible?
This arrogant prick is phoning in his blog entries, singlehandedly devaluing the value of the OCR’s parent company.
The “paper” gets its movie reviews from Daily Variety, for God’s sake. Most of its coverage is from bloggers. It has a paid staff of about a dozen, apparently. There is nothing left to devalue. It is so walking dead that George Romero should buy it.
"I can't tell people what to think or not to think. Their perceptions are their perceptions. We just feel we've taken a step forward. At the end of the day, we have to play 162 games. Once that happens then we'll be able to evaluate the offseason moves."~Tony Reagins, on the Angels' offseason
by George Kaplan on Aug 7, 2010 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep, no accident there
I love how he spells out what OPS is. Obviously he thinks all the readers are as dense and out of touch as he is.
It's like Rachael Ray.
EVOO, that’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil. She explains it every durned time she uses the stuff, sometimes more than once during a show.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
I feel sorry for her husband, having to listen to that voice every day.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
My husband thinks she's cute, voice and all
so there’s no accounting for taste.
I actually think she’s cute too, and her voice doesn’t bug me, but I wish she would not do the EVOO thing, nor say YUM-O! ever again.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
She does have that "cute girl next door" thing going, but that voice...
Oh dear lord, that voice is annoying as all hell…
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
I don't think that was the case
He obviously misread it somewhere and ran with it. Any baseball reporter worth his salt would look at that number and go “Gee, that seems awfully low with guys like Pujols and Dunn around…”
Guess who as an OPS of 3.000
J Arencibia of the Blue Jays. He’s 4-5 today with 3 ribbys and 2 HR’s, and there’s still game left to play
W6G -- Unless there's a good trade on the table.
Torii Hunter even has a higher OPS than Furcal
What an awful mistake on this article.
BOURJOS BOURJOS BOURJOS BOURJOS
i was listening to mason and ireland the other day and had to change...
the station when in about a 90 second span said that jim edmonds and bartolo colon were on the 2002 world series team and made reference to “jason” bourjos.
NOTE THE TIMESTAMP:
12:04 AM … bet anything Mark Garrido Whicker has a quote to fill and whipped this out before going to bed to dream of the days when nobody challenged his delusions that he had all 900,000 of the OCR’s readers as his own.
Whicker whipping
I’ve always found the pillorying of Mark Whicker (and, for that matter, greater print journalism) on this site to be vindictive and self-serving. Has the guy lost some keenness over the years? Probably. Does he rip a fart from time to time? Sure. But he writes – what? – four columns a week? That’s a lot of opportunities not to be great. I wonder how many of his HH haters would fare they had a hostile third party website waiting to pounce on their every mistake and inanity. I mean, taking the piss out of him because he provides a brief explanation of OPS? Really?
I get the whole not-liking Mike Whicker thing. But the intensity of the contempt for the man has never been justified, IMO… even after that crappy joke he made about the kidnapping victim. It seems fetishistic.
coming to the defense of a man who condones raping children is pretty gutsy.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
I can think of some other words...
but gutsy isn’t one that comes to mind.
Please...
… if the column in question condoned child rape in any way, shape or form, do you think he’d still have a job? Get a hysterectomy.
He was one of my favorite sports columnists growing up. And as far as the OCR goes, he’s still a hell of a lot more useful than Randy Youngman. How that guy has managed to hang on to a job for 20+ years is beyond me. Same with Jeff Miller. Much, much worse than Whicker.
by GrichManPoorMan on Aug 8, 2010 4:01 AM PDT up reply actions
different shades of terrible
Youngman is from the Plaschke school of bad.
Jeff Miller is from the TJ Simers school of “get angry letters sent to my editor”
Mark Whicker’s approach: Deliver the opinions of the average fan in a tone of superiority and the writing skill of a B+ college freshman expository essay.
Your fond memories of Whicker’s writing hinges on one truth: In Whicker’s heyday there were at most five people discussing local sports to the general public. Now there are 5,000.
IF you had grown up with the current supply, you would never have even noticed Whicker.
But for the record he did not condone any actions of Phillip Garrido, he attempted in fact to be sympathetic to Garrido’s victim. Beyond his insensitivity being offensive, though, was how his true colors showed when he began responding to emails complaining about his column … his responses reeked of condescension, pretty much asking how someone could DARE question him, then… as the avalanche came tumbling he still could not take any responsibility for his inane obtuse column and started blaming the internet for allowing people to be able to read the column – he was furious there was both a wide audience for the work that he would in hindsight prefer be brushed over.
Amplifying the anger of Mark Whicker: The fact that there were websites commenting on his essays further upset a guy who for years might have chuckled once a week at a letter to the editor but could not deal with REAL opposition.
Whicker is the epitome, the cliché and the embodiment of the out of touch member of the press taken by surprise by an two-way internet.
He was one of your favorites because you had no exposure to a real sportswriter, like Jim Murray.
Not your fault you weren’t old enough, or if you were then I blame your parents for not subscribing to the LA Times if only for his columns.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
He has not lost some keenness over the years, because he never had it to start with.
As for four columns a week and that being a lot of opportunities, etc. he uses every one of those opportunities to not be great.
Maybe you need to read the timeline he created of all the great sporting events that had been missed by Jaycee Dugard while she was being held captive and repeatedly raped for 18 years.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
He is a hack
There are easily forty people posting on this site right now who no more than him about baseball, can express it more intelligently and do not have even one percent of his arrogance that kills all self-awareness.
He got the job and he kept it – that is his sole accomplishment. If he wrote one great column a week he would not be a target in the least. He provides nothing, he takes everything, and he rubs everyone’s noses in it. Fuck him.
Hey Rev
I just noticed that Mark Whicker doesn’t have his own Wikipedia entry yet. Why don’t you tickle his ego and write one for him? =)
No matter how you slice it Dodgers still sux
but then again we aint much better…..i am off to watch paint dry
I'm surprised this guy still has a job to do poorly
After the Jaycee Dugard fiasco. That was too low brow for even that endless repository of cock jokes, T&A links, and other heterozygous sports sensationalism known as Deadspin. Why he wasn’t fired in this age of litigiousness, hyper-sensitivity, and political correctness is a mystery to me. Which is too bad, because it would have opened his position for someone who might actually be insightful.
Maybe Jeff Mathis gave
his illicit pictures of Soth to Whicker which is allowing him to keep his job at the Register???
and
securing work for Mathis as catcher in return should Soth ever come to his senses.
Alternate red Angel jerseys FTW!!
This is too easy
Remember Halowood’s first post here? Poor grammar etc? We jumped on him. To his credit, he corrected things, and now is one of the better commentators we have. Mark Whicker could learn a lesson from Halowood.
As far as writing – I would rather read George Kaplan, Stirrups, or Commander Nate any day of the week. Most of our readers try to come up with an opinion, research it, and write about it in a way that would be Whicker’s wet dream. Give me Matt Welch and a cup of coffee for my Angels commentary.
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." - Woody Hayes
by johnnyangel101 on Aug 8, 2010 7:21 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
And you'll want to check out Whicker's snarktastic reactions in the comments
There are two types of journalists. The type that agonize over each error, correcting (and apologizing) quickly….and then there’s Mark Whicker.
Whicker corrected the mistake, but the damage has already been done.
He has further exposed himself as an idiot, and arrogant to boot!
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
In Association With
Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
- Have you criticized Hanley Ramirez on Twitter? Your name may be on his bat!
- U.S. senator cries foul over Nationals plans to take back park from Phillies fans
- Photo: Comerica Park readies itself for Hockeytown
- Podcast: Dirk Hayhurst talks about Italy, the reality of the big leagues and his new book
- Dennis ‘Oil Can’ Boyd claims he used cocaine before a majority of his games
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
