Just so there's no misunderstanding, the un-smiley is for Baum, not for you.
Posted on 05/26/2002 10:17:26 PM PDT by Henchster
Rules are Rules?
By Jonathan Baum
ESPN.com
INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul Tracy won the 2002 Indianapolis 500.
Sure, Helio Castroneves got to party in Victory Lane and pour milk all over the place, but when all was said and done -- actually, just over a lap before all was said and done -- Tracy was leading at Indy.
The Lazier-Redon wreck caused all sorts of problems.
Replays might show Tracy passed before the yellow was thrown or they'll show the pass for the lead was made after.
Doesn't matter.
By rule, it does matter. Unlike NASCAR, there's no race back to the yellow. Once a yellow is thrown, the positions are frozen. And the rule in and of itself has merit; this isn't some half-brained league bylaw that doesn't make sense.
But Sunday, it didn't make sense. In fact, Castroneves being awarded the victory makes Katherine Harris and Florida's election procedures seem reasonable.
Finishing a race under yellow is bad enough, especially when its one of the biggest races in the world. Sometimes, there's nothing that can be done. NASCAR will sometimes red flag a race to ensure it does finish under green, but that can't be done when the yellow is thrown on the second to last lap......MORE at link..
That's the point I made in my e-mail, and if enough FReepers hound ESPN, this doofus will be working in the mailroom.
Yep, that is right, many FReepers, including this one loves sports.
Most of them make their meager living working for lousy newspapers writing about lousy teams.
What kind of an existence is that?
Just so there's no misunderstanding, the un-smiley is for Baum, not for you.
oops.
The agony of defeat
Not to defend this jackass, but sports reporting has a tradition of containing huge doses of blatant opinionizing that would never be allowed in hard news coverage. This guy seems to be writing as a columnist anyway.
Jonathan Baum, class of '97 (B.A. Communications Studies), combined his interest in sports and communications and works as the National Basketball Association's Assistant Producer for ESPN. He helps to develop and create programming and original content for the NBA pages on ESPN.com. He also maintains and updates the NBA pages with the latest news and features, as well as editing and formatting pieces from columnists and wire services. "Basically, my job is to help ESPN.com users learn what they want or need to know," Jon says. " It's like from one sports fan to another."
Sounds like he's already basically a mailroom-helper type, overplaying his job title. Hopefully, this piece of liberal trash he wrote will get him cut from the team.
He was a Lord Jeff?
Five years ago, he got a degree from some jerkwater college and we are supposed to respect his opinion on a major sports controversy -- as if it were knowledgable and had the benefit of perspective and real world experience?
This kid should be a talk show host on a one-man station in some Class C market.
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