Someday someone is going to have to explain to me how Tony Pente and the Orioles Hangout crew gets press credentials from the O's front office every year.
Sure, it's great that they have Roy Firestone writing and posting in the forums, but if anyone needed more proof that the site's ONLY value is as a discussion board for O's fans and NOT as a reporting outlet, yesterday provided just that.
Wednesday morning I'm doing my usual Web surfing to get my sports updates, and I see some pretty surprising news: Brian Roberts has been traded to the Cubs!
Not, "We think Brian Roberts will be traded to the Cubs."
Not, "We're hearing that a deal has been finalized."
Not, "This deal is ALMOST done."
No. No disclaimers. It's done. Pack away your #1 jerseys.
Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeech. Not so fast. The same link that just a day ago said it was only a matter of time before the announcement now says "Roberts Trade Denied by Orioles" and has a lot of backpedaling to try and keep you from being outraged, because after all, Pente really really really thought it was true. And even that link is nowhere to be found on the homepage. Instead the lead story is "Trade Rumors heat up," including everyone's favorite already-been-traded second basemen.
And of course you go to the forum and everyone says COME ON NO ONE CAN BLAME TONY HE IS THE BESTEST THING EVER with a general sentiment of "Tony would not run with information he believed to be untrue." (That's a direct quote.)
Well here I go blaming Tony.
Because if you're going to cover a team and put on your journalist hat and claim you're doing real reporting and say that you're a legit news outlet, simply believing it to be true isn't good enough. You have to KNOW it's true.
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That's what you get for believing something from "Orioles Hangout." Those clowns don't know dick. Once you told me what the proposed "trade" was, I told you there is no way that the Cubs would part with that much talent for a 2nd baseman. True, B-Rob is one of the best in the league, but the Orioles would be getting a steal in that deal, especially since Roberts came out and said he tried roids following the Mitchell report. I'm glad your standing up against Tony because that guy is an idiot. I don't get how the Orioles give anyone representing that group free passes to their games.
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