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The Mark Teixeira Watch part III

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I believe Roy "freakin'" Firestone over anyone in the local media.

Yeah, but people like Roch and Schmuck cover the team for a living.

Not to discredit Firestone, Up Close was a fine show and all, but don't you think local beat reporters have a better grasp of whats going on with the team?

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Yeah, but people like Roch and Schmuck cover the team for a living.

Not to discredit Firestone, Up Close was a fine show and all, but don't you think local beat reporters have a better grasp of whats going on with the team?

http://www.royfirestone.com/home.htm

I think he's done a little more than Up Close and no, I dont trust local media more than Roy Firestone. Schmuck is excellent but I think Roch sold out when he went to MASN and his work has suffered. Just my opinion.

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I think Roch sold out when he went to MASN and his work has suffered. Just my opinion.

Strongly disagree. Roch has said repeatedly nothing has changed since his move to MASN. Hes not just feeding the company line. And his blog has been even more active than it ever was since the move.

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http://www.royfirestone.com/home.htm

I think he's done a little more than Up Close and no, I dont trust local media more than Roy Firestone. Schmuck is excellent but I think Roch sold out when he went to MASN and his work has suffered. Just my opinion.

I'm not denying that Firestone has had a good career. I don't see what linking to his home page has to do with anything. Lance Armstrong and Kareem Abdul Jabbar probably aren't Oriole fans.

I'm just trying to say that journalists who work for the Sun and MASN, who follow the team for a living, probably have a better grasp on the situation then someone who is currently an entertainer in Miami. Thats all I'm saying.

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Bruce Cunningham (105.7) just put out a rude denial of Tex not being at the stadium.

"I dont know how these rumors get started on some message boards, consider the source...Tex was not at the game yesterday."

I don't care how connected somebody is. To claim for certain that somebody was not in a stadium among 70,000 people is outrageous. There is just no way that claim can be made.

Sounds like the guy is more concerned with mocking a message board than anything else.

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I'm not denying that Firestone has had a good career. I don't see what linking to his home page has to do with anything. Lance Armstrong and Kareem Abdul Jabbar probably aren't Oriole fans.

I'm just trying to say that journalists who work for the Sun and MASN, who follow the team for a living, probably have a better grasp on the situation then someone who is currently an entertainer in Miami. Thats all I'm saying.

Roy has sources all over the place and is more well known than the local media in Baltimore, so maybe just maybe he has a few more connections.

Anyway enough with the Roy/insider/Roch bashing. That's what got the other Tex threads closed, and I want to see this one end with a signing of Tex for the Orioles before it gets closed...

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I don't care how connected somebody is. To claim for certain that somebody was not in a stadium among 70,000 people is outrageous. There is just no way that claim can be made.

Sounds like the guy is more concerned with mocking a message board than anything else.

Bruce reminds me of Ron Burgundy in many ways.

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Roy has sources all over the place and is more well known than the local media in Baltimore, so maybe just maybe he has a few more connections.

Anyway enough with the Roy/insider/Roch bashing. That's what got the other Tex threads closed, and I want to see this one end with a signing of Tex for the Orioles before it gets closed...

We're just having a conversation brother.

We'll talk about Tex when something relevant hapens.

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I'm not denying that Firestone has had a good career. I don't see what linking to his home page has to do with anything. Lance Armstrong and Kareem Abdul Jabbar probably aren't Oriole fans.

I'm just trying to say that journalists who work for the Sun and MASN, who follow the team for a living, probably have a better grasp on the situation then someone who is currently an entertainer in Miami. Thats all I'm saying.

Hard to argue with the logic here. I'm sure Roy knows people around the team, but the local media is talking people every day. It takes time and effort to cultivate sources.

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I'm not denying that Firestone has had a good career. I don't see what linking to his home page has to do with anything. Lance Armstrong and Kareem Abdul Jabbar probably aren't Oriole fans.

I'm just trying to say that journalists who work for the Sun and MASN, who follow the team for a living, probably have a better grasp on the situation then someone who is currently an entertainer in Miami. Thats all I'm saying.

I think it's a fair, valid opinion. I don't see that as an attack or insult directed toward Roy at all.

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I don't care how connected somebody is. To claim for certain that somebody was not in a stadium among 70,000 people is outrageous. There is just no way that claim can be made.

Sounds like the guy is more concerned with mocking a message board than anything else.

That's exactly what it was-sarcasm and mocking. I dont care for Cunningham but I can get Bob Haynie (1570) in the house real well.

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Strongly disagree. Roch has said repeatedly nothing has changed since his move to MASN. Hes not just feeding the company line. And his blog has been even more active than it ever was since the move.

If Roch was given a company Line on expected eitquette & do's & donts he wouldn't be able to make that public. Second Roch is working class the same as your or I ...So basically he saw his situation being in flux at the Sun. He saw the potential at MASN. And more importantly (HE NEEDS A JOB) PGA is essentially his boss now. Dont think for a second that he doesn't have a do's & DONT'S memo. Knowing how PGA has been over the years you are a fool to believe otherwise.

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Starting to sound like the HO needs another update or two...

Generally the theme(s) of these threads have been that a lack of new information leads to thread derailment.

The more I think about it, the "Tex at the Ravens Game" debate has been one of the most over-blown things on this site.

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