Why I loathe Dan Shaughnessy, Reason 42,876

by RickD on Aug 29, 2008 9:27 AM EDT

So, after the Sox take 2 of 3 in Yankee stadium, you would think that this would be cause for celebration, right? Not if you're Dan Shaughnessy, a.k.a. CHB (thank you, Carl Everett). The guy who feeds vampirically off negative emotion is at it again.

One loss takes away "all the good feeling" from two wins. Is that how life is for you, Dan? .667 winning percentage not good enough? Winning a series on the road is not good enough? Being 6 games ahead of the Yankees with a month to play is not good enough? 2.5 games ahead of the Twins for the Wild Card isn't good enough?

I swear this guy is a vampire. He never actually writes anything demonstrating interest or knowledge of any sport. All he does is feed on negative emotion, that is, when he isn't jumping on the latest trash-the-local-star bandwagon.

I was a kid in the Boston area in the 70s. I remember when the Globe had a stable of the best sportswriters in the nation. What's happened? Why is Shaughnessy even delivering mail at the Globe?

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We still have some good sports writers.

Rob Bradford, for one.

Don’t feed the trolls applies to Dan Shaughnessy as well. That’s all he’s after, arousing negative emotion for attention. If we all just stopped reading him or caring about his columns (like a tinkerbell moment in reverse) he’d die ignominiously.

by 0157H7 on Aug 29, 2008 11:34 AM EDT reply actions

Unfortunately Bradford now works for a tabloid (The Herald). I enjoy reading his blog posts, but they’re just not as informative or insightful as when he worked for the Eagle-Tribune.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Aug 29, 2008 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Nevermind

Apparently Bradford has ditched the Harold and is now with WEEI. The man moves around.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Aug 29, 2008 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I refuse to read CHB

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Aug 29, 2008 7:57 PM EDT reply actions

Worst sports writer ever

Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist

by E5 on Sep 5, 2008 12:30 AM EDT reply actions

Shaughnessy does what Ann Coulter does...

He writes to cause controversy, to be outrageous. He wants people to be antagonistic to his article, he says outrageous obnoxious thing to get the chattering classes, and the talk radio to get more attention to his articles.

The Globe should had fired CHB when he wrote that idiotic piece about Theo after the 2005 season, that made Theo quit. It wasn’t because it was crass, or obviously it was from Lucchino and Steinberg, but it was just bad journalism.

The Yankees season ended when Pedroia hit the grand slam in Game 2. That showed who was the better team, and how the Yankees couldn’t rely on others teams to choke to make the playoffs.

by superferret on Sep 5, 2008 11:21 PM EDT reply actions