Locker Room Material? Lupica NYY Tool.

[hoosiers]

I hope this is posted in our locker room somewhere.  

Apparently only the NYY have injured players.  This could be a statement series!

Go Birds!

https://www.mlb.com/news/orioles-series-a-big-test-for-yankees

 

[SurhoffFTW]

Would be good locker room material if Mike Lupica were the starting pitcher tonight. He's probably got a plus changeup. 

Edited September 10, 2020 by SurhoffFTW

[Can_of_corn]

That doesn't seem all that outrageous.  It is just a piece on the series from the prospective of the Yankees.  

[OFFNY]

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I've been reading Lupica since I was a kid in the late 70's and early 80's, and he is actually one of the more critical sportswriters when covering the Yankees. 

 

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[spiritof66]

This doesn't seem over the top to me. Repetitive and un-original, but not especially insulting to the O's. I've seen and heard much worse digs the last couple of years.

I used to read Lupica pretty regularly, and heard him on Don Imus's morning radio show. At some point, I thought he became more interested in Mike Lupica than about the sport/game/team he was discussing.

[Frobby]

Didn’t Lupica have some sort of plagiarism scandal a few years ago?    I used to like him as a panelist on The Sports Reporters.

[InsideCoroner]

35 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Didn’t Lupica have some sort of plagiarism scandal a few years ago?    I used to like him as a panelist on The Sports Reporters.

Did he? I remember he was let go from the New York Daily News some years ago but I thought they just didn’t agree on a new deal. 

[Frobby]

7 minutes ago, InsideCoroner said:

Did he? I remember he was let go from the New York Daily News some years ago but I thought they just didn’t agree on a new deal. 

I googled it and didn’t really find anything obvious.    Maybe I’m thinking of someone else who used to be on that show.   

[SteveA]

7 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I googled it and didn’t really find anything obvious.    Maybe I’m thinking of someone else who used to be on that show.   

That was the best, smartest of the sports discussion shows.   And they axed it and kept screamfests and jokefests with the likes of Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless and Kornheiser and the one with that old Cuban guy.

[Frobby]

Just now, SteveA said:

That was the best, smartest of the sports discussion shows.   And they axed it and kept screamfests and jokefests with the likes of Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless and Kornheiser and the one with that old Cuban guy.

Especially when Dick Schaap was alive.    He was a fantastic moderator and his closing takes were always fascinating.   John Saunders was a solid replacement but not the sharp wit that Schaap was.   

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Especially when Dick Schaap was alive.    He was a fantastic moderator and his closing takes were always fascinating.   John Saunders was a solid replacement but not the sharp wit that Schaap was.   

McLaughlin Group rip off.

[Frobby]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

McLaughlin Group rip off.

McLaghlin Group is a rip-off of a show called Agronsky & Co., popular during Watergate.    And a much better discussion.    

[Can_of_corn]

9 minutes ago, Frobby said:

McLaghlin Group is a rip-off of a show called Agronsky & Co., popular during Watergate.    And a much better discussion.    

I'll admit to not being old enough for that one.

[dedwretched]

20 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

McLaughlin Group rip off.

That show always had me reaching for the remote.

[Moose Milligan]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Didn’t Lupica have some sort of plagiarism scandal a few years ago?    I used to like him as a panelist on The Sports Reporters.

That show was the best.  I would revolve my Sunday mornings around it when I could.  

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

McLaughlin Group rip off.

 

Don't like SNL but I love this one.

 

In regards to the Lupica article, it's pretty harmless.  It's certainly a breakdown of how bad the Yankees have fallen, it's not taking shots at the Orioles.