Clubhouse fights

[Frobby]

I watched Wall to Wall Baseball today and, with nothing else to talk about, the topic turned to clubhouse fights.    Roch and Jim Duquette mentioned three of them:

- Glenn Davis and Johnny Oates, after Davis made comments about Oates’ leadership.

- Alan Mills and BJ Surhoff

- Jay Payton and Juan Samuel, after Payton was giving Samuel grief about how poorly he’d thrown in batting practice and went on too long about it.    Samuel grabbed Payton by the throat and shoved his head into a locker.     If I understood them correctly, this happened the same day that Dave Trembley was given the permanent manager’s job and the Orioles lost 30-3.     

Roch also relayed that at various times he almost came to blows with fellow reporters Joe Strauss, Peter Schmuck and Dan Connolly.    He also talked about a time when Buddy Groom got really upset when Jeff Zriebec wrote an article questioning whether Groom could still pitch. 

Roch also talked about how upset Rodrigo Lopez was when he lost his arbitration pitch, and spent all his time that year trying to address all the things the team said about him at the hearing and consequently had a terrible year.    He also talked about the year Caleb Joseph went to arbitration over $300,000 after having 0 RBI the year before.     The team offered to split the difference right before the hearing and Caleb’s agent refused.    The O’s were like, “dude, you are getting some bad advice.”     Roch said that Caleb changed agents later, not necessarily because of this.    

 

[backwardsk]

Darryl Strawberry would tell Surhoff to drop it with Mills.  It’s just not worth it.

I’d love to hear more details about that one.  
 

 

[Philip]

46 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Roch also relayed that at various times he almost came to blows with fellow reporters Joe Strauss, Peter Schmuck and Dan Connolly.

Maybe they commented on his writing ability?

[weams]

10 minutes ago, Philip said:

Maybe they commented on his writing ability?

Were they defending Frobby again?

[Tony-OH]

If you are a reporter and almost come to blows with other reporters, it probably says a ton more about you than anything else. Trust me when I say the reporter world is not exactly filled with A-type ultra competitive athletes. 

 

[wildcard]

8 hours ago, Frobby said:

I watched Wall to Wall Baseball today and, with nothing else to talk about,
 

Yes, they spent a lot of time on fights for hundred years ago and did have time for current questions.   Davis is very poor at managing the program to  answer questions from the viewers and keeping them interested.

[Frobby]

6 hours ago, wildcard said:

Yes, they spent a lot of time on fights for hundred years ago and did have time for current questions.   Davis is very poor at managing the program to  answer questions from the viewers and keeping them interested.

I enjoyed it.     Would rather hear some stuff reporters don’t usually talk about than have them rehash topics they’ve discussed 100 times before and which are discussed with more sophistication on this board anyway.    

[atomic]

9 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

If you are a reporter and almost come to blows with other reporters, it probably says a ton more about you than anything else. Trust me when I say the reporter world is not exactly filled with A-type ultra competitive athletes. 

 

That is what I was thinking. Perhaps he was joking.

[wildcard]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

I enjoyed it.     Would rather hear some stuff reporters don’t usually talk about than have them rehash topics they’ve discussed 100 times before and which are discussed with more sophistication on this board anyway.    

I have heard about and remember most of the fights before.  Even Roch having words with Connolly.  Its not the first time Roch has told the story.

[Frobby]

5 minutes ago, wildcard said:

I have heard about and remember most of the fights before.  Even Roch having words with Connolly.  Its not the first time Roch has told the story.

I hadn’t heard of any of them, though I don’t doubt they’ve been mentioned before.   

[MongoBoy]

10 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

If you are a reporter and almost come to blows with other reporters, it probably says a ton more about you than anything else. Trust me when I say the reporter world is not exactly filled with A-type ultra competitive athletes. 

 

Or reporters who think they know more about foreign policy or how to run a government?  

Or reporters 'reporting' the news according to what is being said on Twatter?

[Mr. Chewbacca Jr.]

13 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

If you are a reporter and almost come to blows with other reporters, it probably says a ton more about you than anything else. Trust me when I say the reporter world is not exactly filled with A-type ultra competitive athletes. 

 

I assume he was joking. That's Roch's type of humor - and he frequently is posting things that show they are all friendly with one another.

[Philip]

It’s difficult to be a good reporter when you’re an employee of the company on which you are reporting. You can’t deal with controversial subjects in any meaningful way, and even if you learn news early, you can’t divulge it without risking your position.

But that has nothing to do with one’s writing ability. A few of the Oriole guys write really well and are interesting to read regardless of the topic. I miss Jon Shepherd, who wrote beautifully. The writers at (Seattle Mariners) Lookout Landing are brilliant, so good I wonder if the group contains any professional writers.

The MASN guys aren’t writers at all. They just report stuff, though I prefer one over the other.

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Mr. Chewbacca Jr. said:

I assume he was joking. That's Roch's type of humor - and he frequently is posting things that show they are all friendly with one another.

No, he wasn’t joking.    He gave specific examples of things that came up.   But none of those things actually resulted in a physical fight, and Roch basically described them as things that happen between guys when they are together every day for months on end, as the beat reporters are just as the players are.    He basically said all these guys are his friends but sometimes tensions arise.    

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

No, he wasn’t joking.    He gave specific examples of things that came up.   But none of those things actually resulted in a physical fight, and Roch basically described them as things that happen between guys when they are together every day for months on end, as the beat reporters are just as the players are.    He basically said all these guys are his friends but sometimes tensions arise.    

Roch seems like he might be the type to be easily angered for some reason.