Semi-OT: Jay Mariotti headed to the Chicago Tribune

This was reported on Deadspin.com, but I have it on good personal sources as well, that he'll begin his tenure there in the next few weeks.

Boy oh boy, am I glad I cancelled my subscription to that ghastly publication this week.

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Wow.

That’s brutal.

The upshot is, he is physically incapable of writing anything without “Tribster” references, so he should be fairly quiet.

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 1, 2009 3:30 PM CDT reply actions

What is bothering me the most right now is

how the Trib has offered him a sweet compensation package, and they’ve fired over 200 newsroom people this year alone, including some friends and my mentor and guru.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 1, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

aw, man

I had really hoped we’d never see his face again.

I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.

by drewishdrewid on Jul 1, 2009 3:39 PM CDT reply actions

+100000000000

Someday we'll go all the way...

by CubsBullsBears on Jul 1, 2009 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions

milton vs eddie munster cage match by august first

by doofus cubs guy on Jul 1, 2009 3:39 PM CDT reply actions

"Chicago Tribune Live" on CSN

will feature him too, according to my sources. But this hasn’t been finalized.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 1, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions

THIS IS A RUMOR

NOT OFFICIAL. DO NOT TRUST THIS COMMENT PLEASE.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Jul 1, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions

i just threw up in my mouth

Definitive Answers to Impossible Questions What baseball team did A. Lincoln support?

by Andre Fonseca on Jul 2, 2009 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions

Wow

the Trib had some bad sports reporters before this

"Respect" ~ Ryne Sandberg

by gwood on Jul 1, 2009 3:44 PM CDT reply actions

Yawn.

The Tribune is shrinking by the day. This will further marginalize him.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 1, 2009 3:48 PM CDT reply actions

Weren't newspapers dying?

He’s a clown

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Jul 1, 2009 4:10 PM CDT reply actions

Exactly.

His big rant against how the print media was dying and he was so impressed by the turn towards the New Media when he was covering the Olympics in China turns out to have been a gold medal performance in the 100m Talking-Out-Your-Ass Relay. Yet another reason not to read that hack rag.

"You have to have short-term memory, no matter who you are in this game. There's always tomorrow." ~Derrek Lee

by Goodie1969 on Jul 1, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Not quickly enough, apparently

Life is parallel to hell but I must maintain

by dr stabbingworth on Jul 2, 2009 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions

He and Phil Rogers...

Can now do battle for the weirdest and most absurd baseball analysis in the country.

Someday we'll go all the way...

by CubsBullsBears on Jul 1, 2009 6:00 PM CDT reply actions

Does this...

…make the Trib’s sports section a +1 and the Sun Times’ a -1?

"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens

by bobby h on Jul 2, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Now I have to stop reading the Trib

Just like I did a few years back when I grew tired of Mariotti at the Sun-Times. Al is right, the Trib is dying. I view the Trib looking at Mariotti, and the Score bringing back McNeil in the same light. Desperate moves.

by Nibbles on Jul 1, 2009 10:00 PM CDT reply actions

You think the McNeil move was desperate?

I just figured his ESPN show had pretty good ratings, and he was available, that it only made sense to bring him back to WSCR.

Someday we'll go all the way...

by CubsBullsBears on Jul 2, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions

man

i used to listen to the score with hamp and holmes doing the mid morning show. i can’t stand it anymore. mcneil is horrendous on the air. worse than boers and bernstein.

It's not about money. It's about winning and getting over the hump. We've had the appetizer now, but we left the main course on the table.
-rod beck

by laidbackliam on Jul 2, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Just when I thought this season couldn't get any worse.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by daver on Jul 2, 2009 9:19 AM CDT reply actions