Comments on: Goodbye to the 2009 Winter Meetings

By: Simon Chenevey

Simon Chenevey — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:08:44 +0000

Very nice site!

By: Donte Shiverdecker

Donte Shiverdecker — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:17:58 +0000

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By: Nelson Matsushita

Nelson Matsushita — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:51:55 +0000

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By: DinkyDow

DinkyDow — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:30:33 +0000

I don’t know if the Yankees made themselves better or not. Since it’s all about pitching, IMO, they are weaker. While Bruney wasn’t good, he did fill some innings and Coke, while not a star, was in 72 games last year plus he was very good in Sept. They need to get someone to replace him. Bruney was 5-0 with a 3.92 era but too many walks. Yanks got it right last year – pitching, pitching, pitching.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:16:11 +0000

I wanted to echo many of the above sentiments. Great job at your first Winter Meetings; this was the first place I went to check for updates. The level of coverage was excellent.

By: John_Michael

John_Michael — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:01:38 +0000

Craig, forgot to ask you…dit Tony LaRussa change microphones depending on what side of the room the questions came from?

By: AJ Gallo

AJ Gallo — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:02:05 +0000

I wouldn’t be right if I didn’t add my commendation for Craig to all of the ones included above. Thanks for a terrific job. I, for one, very much appreciate getting what is the latest news now as opposed to getting the latest news tomorrow morning.

By: GBSimons

GBSimons — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:43:10 +0000

Well done, CC. Well done!

By: ecp

ecp — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:35:31 +0000

Craig, you got a nice shout-out from ‘Duk at Big League Stew: “Props are also due to Craig Calcaterra, the lawyer-turned-NBC Sports blogger who made his debut at these winter meetings with a performance so strong I had to introduce myself with a pat on the back to make sure he wasn’t battery-powered.”

By: 1924 Jeff P.

1924 Jeff P. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:09:51 +0000

Perfectly concise and hilarious piece, Craig, and so much easier than listening to the ESPN/MLB tables of blabbers. Now that B. Simmons has gotten too big for his own good and drowned himself in the NBA, you are baseball’s resident funnyman. Cheers!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:07:02 +0000

So… about those “two huge announcements” that Will Carroll tweeted about on the first day, the ones that would dwarf any transaction news? That didn’t happen, right?

By: Simon DelMonte

Simon DelMonte — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:01:37 +0000

I don’t know what my Mets are up to, either, but I don’t feel any particular need to complain just yet. It’s December 10. There is plenty of time to do what needs to be done. No, they aren’t aggressive like some teams in New York. But it’s where they are in the spring that matters. If come March 1 they look as clueless, then I will be annoyed. Right now, I will wait. And I wish that other Mets fans would calm down a little.

By: lar @ wezen-ball

lar @ wezen-ball — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:45:49 +0000

Thanks for the write-up, Craig. I said it before, but you guys did the best job this week covering everything. Taking those extra 5 minutes to put together 100-200 words on a move made it much more interesting and enjoyable to read than the constant stream of Twitter updates I saw (and I *like* Twitter!). For someone who just took on the job full-time, you oughtta be feeling pretty pleased.
Re: your thoughts on Twitter above… didn’t you break the Harden deal yourself, over Twitter? What did you think about doing it that way? Does it work better for you because you all were working as a team and Aaron was able to fill in the details over here on CTB? I see the value in both methods. Just curious on your thoughts on it “from the other side”.
Keep up the great work, Craig. You’ll be giving a good name to us bloggers yet!

By: RobRob

RobRob — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:33:11 +0000

So Craig, it’s been two weeks. Do you have an answer for Andy McCluskey yet?

By: YankeesfanLen

YankeesfanLen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:17:49 +0000

Hey craig, this was fun to read with a lot of “spice-it-up” a bit surprises and perceptions. Next year, maybe you can sit with your brother and not worry about the banana daiquris too much. In a blogger sense, of course.
Remember to pad your milage, the weasels have no conception how far it is from Indy to Columbus.

By: Jorge Says No!

Jorge Says No! — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:17:23 +0000

Well done, Craig!

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:12:43 +0000

Well, Craig, here are my thoughts, not that anyone really gives a hoot – er, tweet.
First of all, if the whole idea of CTB was to move from a traditional passive, spectator-oriented sports news feature to a community of interest buttressed by dialogues, Twitter is counterproductive. CTB has been faster than the previous system, at least if your frequency of posting has been indicative of it, but still elegantly enough paced so that real conversations could take shape and your correspondents could warm to their themes if we so desired. With Twitter, not only are the stories compressed into little text farts, but the entire system now moves so fast that about all you can do is drop a quick remark like a seagull dropping clams on your car at a South Beach parking lot. It’s the difference between plate tectonics and the Santa Catalina hydrofoil. A hydrofoil that dives into a subduction zone, at that.
Second, you’ve been blathering about that Verizon air card of yours, so there’s no goddamned excuse for your disappearing for nearly a whole day. Pull over at the occasional rest stop, crank up your windows so you don’t freeze your still-useless-though-recovering-value ex-lawyer ass, and post your occasional random thoughts and reflections en route home, wherever that is, even if the income differential you have ventured upon means you’ll be moving to a tarpaper shack by the railroad yard next January.
Otherwise, you risk driving us all back to ESPN.

By: RichardInDallas

RichardInDallas — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:59:26 +0000

Great job, Craig, especially for a first timer as a pro. I have to say I’ve been overwhelmed with the amount of information passed along by you alone, nevermind your cohorts. What used to take until opening day to digest is now complete. Thanks!