What's your f'n problem AN

by mcbronsh on Dec 16, 2005 12:11 AM PST Comment 19 comments

I listened to the knbr interview with Milton Bradley and then with BB. I read Ratto often as often as he's printed because I enjoy his columns. As far as the most recent Ratto column and Ralph Bar., what was so negative. Post after post people were bagging on Ralph throughout the diary.

In particular, I thought Ralph went out of his way to speak well of Bradley. Maybe I have different opinions on reporting and interviewing, but I expect these kinds of questions to be asked, given Milton's past. I'm not against Milton, I'm glad to have him, but he said that stuff, he did that stuff. People have an obligation to hear his side before they make judgements about him, but reporters have an obligation to question him about it. Tolbert did a nice job of lightening the mood when BB came out firing to start the interview. While the A's

So long as he stays healthy, the story will be how he has finally found redemption and proved his critics wrong.

As for Ratto, I think he often doles out high praise but buries it deep in his web of sarcasm, but that's why I like his columns. And for the most part, he's right.

And besides, what's your F'ing problem AN. We're getting a real Christmas this year with Bradley, Esteban, one more year of Zito and maybe Frank Thomas. Management is saying, "let's spend money and win now". After years of eating our vegatables, we now get to have our desserts while the yankees and red sox stare at their oatmeal.

Oh, and is that really Michael Urban posting under the same AN Handle. If so, that's pretty cool.

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Was Ralph Barbieri a jerk to Milton Bradley

Yes. I hate everything he says.

44 votes

No. I didn't get what people were saying

32 votes

I posted that he was a jerk to bradley without even bothering to listen.

24 votes

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You dont think any of the following...

Would have been decent questions?

How good will the A's be with you on the team?
What do you expect from yourself on the field this season?
Who called you to tell you about the trade?
What do you think of the trade?
Have you spoken to Billy Beane or any of the A's players?

Nope, instead he asked 16 times about why/how/if he was sorry about throwing a goddam plastic bottle at someone.

It. Was. A. Terrible. Interview.

Billy Beane even said so in the next segment.

by HigherPie on Dec 16, 2005 12:20 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

What's your f'n point mcbronsh?

Your diary contradicts itself. Are you drinking? AN has a problem that our SportsRadio station completely ignores Sports? At the end of Bradley's interview he had to remind Ralph to keep an open mind about him. Ralph is so simple that it wasn't until that moment did he realize that he liked Milton. How about asking a question about Baseball and discovering that he is a thoughtful and professional ballplayer. I despise the "Regular Guy at the Bar" attitude of KNBR. They are the amateurs.

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by Dig the Long Ball on Dec 16, 2005 12:34 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

this is the baggage that follows bradley.

to not ask them would be softballing. perhaps you'd prefer ryan seacrest to do all the interviews.

vote mcbronsh for most disliked AN'er.

by mcbronsh on Dec 16, 2005 12:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not to ask him about baseball...

Would be positively tabloid.

As I said in the other diary, I like Ralph. But this interview was a disservice to A's fans and even KNBR.

Bradley was on the radio for nearly 20 minutes, and never once was he asked about baseball.

by HigherPie on Dec 16, 2005 1:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hey, make your sig line a poll question...

oh, dammit! You've already got a poll in this diary. ;-)

by FoolshGame22 on Dec 16, 2005 1:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Poll?

There's no need. We should just do it dim sum style: count up the chairs -- whoever has the most thrown at them is the Most Unpopular!

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Dec 16, 2005 6:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

of course I am here and didn't hear the interview

but wouldn't have if I was there, I'm not sure when it started, probably around the Watergate time that announcers and the press no longer ask any meaningful questions, that would be too softball, instead they center on something unrelated to anything and ask about that. If an announcer can get a guy to walk out, punch him or something like that, so much the better, then they can spend weeks trashing the guy. I always ask myself how they would like it if they were interviewed constantly about all the stupid things they say or do. It would be llke interviewing RAtto and all you asked him was about his article about the A's "being a 60 win team". Nothing else, just keep asking him about that, would they think themselves so clever and smart then? No wonder some athletes refuse to talk to the media, I don't blame them one bit.
Now it is nothing but some jerkoff who never played a game in his life, whose only claim to fame is that he might have majored in journalism, or been the cheerleader on his high school team trying to bring get some adverse reaction from a guy who did some things wrong, what is the point? Who really cares what has happened in the past, it is what happens in the future that counts. Is Bradley a loose cannon, well, we'll find out soon enough, Barbieri isn't going to enlighten us with his interview, better he asks
Bonds what steroids he has been taking these past 5 or 6 years, but he would never do that to a GNAT>

by china bob on Dec 16, 2005 1:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The interview was ok, but only because I was

actually interested in how Milton was responding to all the negative attention. As far as baseball is concerned, they didn't ask any good questions at all (which Beane promptly pointed out as soon as his interview started).

And mcbronsh you always seem to make ridiculous blanket statements about an entire community of people whose opinions are unknown to you. Your silly Mark Ellis threads were the same thing - don't take a few comments off the board and turn it into a rash judgement of everyone here, especially those of us who don't post much, but have our opinions nonetheless.

by JCase on Dec 16, 2005 8:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No kidding

chill out McBronsh before posting diaries that attack the entire AN membership.

"Put a Milo on him." -Billy Beane

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 16, 2005 6:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It's not that Barbieri is an idiot...

he's just a total and complete Giants and Whiner homer. That's why I dislike him. He has no objectivity when it comes to analyzing either baseball or football. At least, Tolbert (an Angel fan) has some insight and objectivity when it comes to the A's.

Okay, Ralph is an idiot! To not have seen before the start of last season that the Giants were a disaster waiting to happen demonstrates that. And, although more muted in his praise for the Whiners before the start of this football season, he still couldn't bring himself to see how absolutely horrible that team is.

by FoolshGame22 on Dec 16, 2005 12:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I agree about Ratto

Hating on Ratto seems like the "in" thing to do. His last piece was an above-average piece on the whole Bradley situation, much better than the Plaschkes or John Donovans of the world, yet people still reacted as if he had just taken a dump on an A's uniform.

by OaktownTribesman on Dec 16, 2005 4:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I listened to the mp3

of both interviews

I though Barbieri did a good job with bradley and was quite complementary

I agree he could have asked ques about the team, but much of the reaction I read here was quite overblown, not that that is a surprse

by eastcoaster on Dec 16, 2005 5:00 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I listened to the mp3

of both interviews

I though Barbieri did a good job with bradley and was quite complementary

I agree he could have asked ques about the team, but much of the reaction I read here was quite overblown, not that that is a surprse

by eastcoaster on Dec 16, 2005 5:00 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

the interview with bradley

was quite annoying to listen to, and not just because of his annoying voice. Other than the fact that he didn't ask anything about baseball, it almost seemed like he was just trying to kiss Bradley's ass. And since you are claiming that he was being a good reporter, i good reporter would not kiss the interviewee's ass.

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by ohad on Dec 16, 2005 6:37 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I didn't think Ralph was a jerk to Bradley...

...but it was a crappy interview.

"Don't go getting all Alexander Haig on me," Beane told Forst.

by Poppy on Dec 16, 2005 6:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

and yes, that's really Mychael Urban...

...posting as "MychaelUrban"

"Don't go getting all Alexander Haig on me," Beane told Forst.

by Poppy on Dec 16, 2005 6:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

hmmm ...

loaded poll ...

which is the option for those of us who didn't hear the interview and didn't post anything negative about it?

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by devo on Dec 16, 2005 10:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Barbierri...

He's a giants homer to be sure, and it's true he should've asked more baseball-related questions. However, he's not the jerk everyone is making him out to be. He's a genuinely good guy who messed up the interview a bit. That said, the way he spoke of Bradley after the interview was refreshing, and I see him as one of the more open-minded sports talk hosts out there, even if he doesn't know much about the game...

by Little Rickey on Dec 16, 2005 12:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs