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ChaosLex Hangout Grand Counsel

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Here's an interesting article on an e-mail exchange between a reporter and Carlos Delgado's agent. The agent would probably get banned if he posted on OH.

To help you decide if you want to click the link or not, the article is headlined:

BREAKING NEWS: Delgado's agent is insane

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2008/05/breaking_news_delgados_agent_i.html

I just read that. Hilarious!

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Baltimoron Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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The most unprofessional part of all of this -- by far -- is Graziano's decision to publish those emails. Shameful.

QFT. Especially as he admits he baited the guy into it (and appears to have been wrong in the first place anyway).

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The most unprofessional part of all of this -- by far -- is Graziano's decision to publish those emails. Shameful.

I don't think anyone's expecting good things out of the columnist, but if you email with a member of the press, you do take the chance of something like this happening. Emailer Beware and all.

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I don't think anyone's expecting good things out of the columnist, but if you email with a member of the press, you do take the chance of something like this happening. Emailer Beware and all.

I don't buy that.

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Why is that exactly?

Any journalist with an ounce of professional integrity would consider privately-exchanged emails to be off the record.

This writer instigated a childish spat, and now he's using his position to try to humiliate the other guy publicly. Just disgraceful.

The kicker is how he repeatedly calls the other guy on the carpet for being unprofessional. Well, Mr. Graziano, you sure showed him not to try and out-unprofessional you.

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I don't buy that.

I do. I don't agree with it, and in a similar situation I wouldn't do it, but I am not suprised it happened, it's not the first time I've seen it happen, and I would guess it's not nearly as rare of an occurrence as you might think.

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