bmags Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 i still haven't seen the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I remember reading the article and was like WOW. In fact, I think I still have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spataro51 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I still got the article.... of course why wouldn't I? LOL anyways if you want let me know and i can fax you a copy if you would like to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbeFroman Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 QUOTE(spataro51 @ Jan 8, 2007 -> 05:25 PM) I still got the article.... of course why wouldn't I? LOL anyways if you want let me know and i can fax you a copy if you would like to read it. Â spataro, now you've taken to spreading these vicious rumors by fax also?! Â just kidding... you and yasny have worked your way into one of the most memorable chapters in soxtalk history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 It was the first time I bought SI in years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 9, 2007 -> 09:44 AM) It was the first time I bought SI in years! Â me too. I bought it the first day it came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Anatomy of a Rumor Fanned by the airwaves, web words spread like wildfire  Brad Mangin/SI   By Albert Chen  In the span of three days last August, commissioner Bud Selig's office fielded more than 50 calls from reporters checking the rumor that two of baseball's biggest stars -- Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon -- had tested positive for steroids and that an announcement from MLB's office was imminent. Radio talk shows around the country were speculating about the speculation, and several newspapers published stories that said Clemens and Damon were under suspicion.  The rumor -- which was false -- began with an anonymous contributor to a Chicago White Sox fan website. Here's how an Internet post triggered a mass-media frenzy.  • On Aug. 17 spataro51 posted on soxtalk.com: "... I am just repeating what was told through my source that I have through MLB that works with MLB's press releases. SO IF I AM NOT CORRECT ABOUT THIS DON"T KILL THE MESSENGER! I am hearing that 2 of baseballs biggest names will be announced friday [Aug. 19] after they tested positive for steroids, i guess they appealed just like [Rafael] palmeiro did and that is why it took so long for this to come out. I must also tell you that my source told me about palmeiro testing positive 2 days before they announced it, so i have a reason to believe he is also right this time. A starting pitcher (old) from the astros and a center fielder from the red sox have tested positive and they will be announced and suspended come friday."  • Many posters on Soxtalk immediately guessed that the "old" pitcher was Clemens and the centerfielder was Damon, and several sports blogs began extensive threads discussing the rumor, with direct links from fan websites to the soxtalk.com post. On NYYfans.com, a Yankees site, Mezmerize wrote, "Supposedly, there will be an announcement tomorrow stating Clemens and Johnny Damon (not by name via link, but deducable) have tested positive and will be suspended. Still a rumor at this point, but its coming from different places." TarHeelDAF, on the Cincinnati Reds' blog redreporter.com, added that the Clemens rumor "has apparently been confirmed by multiple sources inside MLB who say he is in the process of appealing."  • The buzz about Clemens and Damon grew much louder once mainstream journalists picked up the rumor. Hours after the initial Soxtalk.com posting, the ESPN radio affiliate in Chicago referred to the rumor and indicated that an announcement from MLB was forthcoming.  • On Aug. 19 the Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle and Los Angeles Times were among a dozen newspapers that published stories mentioning the rumor and naming Clemens and Damon. Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein was widely quoted, vehemently denying the rumors. "The reporting of this steroid issue," Epstein said, "has taken on witch-hunt proportions, and I think it's wrong. I'd like to think some actual reporting is going on." In the Chronicle, Selig said, "This isn't journalism's finest hour. Some people ought to be ashamed."  • Not only did Aug. 19 pass without an announcement from Selig, but major league officials said the rumors were "100 percent not true." With the hysteria subsiding, the Soxtalk moderator, YASNY, responded as follows to a suggestion from a poster that the site had libeled Clemens and Damon: "How about you stop worrying about Soxtalk's potential legal problems? It would also be appreciated if you would lay off people who try and contribute information to Soxtalk that may not be out there in the main stream media. Sometimes, this type of info is correct and sometimes it's not. That's the nature of the beast."  Issue date: March 27, 2006  for those of you who have not read it, I have a subscription, and its old enough that I just don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spataro51 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Such a fine piece of reading material isn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I bet they covered it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangar18 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 22, 2006 -> 03:37 PM) Well, it sure looks like they're reading us...so I think they may notice... Â Â the Media reads these boards ........... Im always impressed that someone in the media will bring up a subject that was talked about online. Pretty Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLAK Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 QUOTE(Hangar18 @ Jan 11, 2007 -> 11:46 AM) the Media reads these boards ........... Im always impressed that someone in the media will bring up a subject that was talked about online. Pretty Cool Hanger, have you noticed they read the cub boards more often than the White Sox boards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 QUOTE(TLAK @ Jan 12, 2007 -> 06:38 AM) Hanger, have you noticed they read the cub boards more often than the White Sox boards? Â A+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandwhite Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 So did spataro just completely make up that rumor to start controversy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spataro51 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 No, actually i didn't just make up the rumor to start controversy...... i was just passing info that i had recieved. No way in hell would i make it up.....the effects of steroids in baseball are terrible. Why would i make stuff up just to tarnish the sport that i live my life around just for fun? They info i received happened to be wrong but some info i received earlier from him (palmeiro) was correct so i had reason to believe him. oh well....at least it put soxtalk on the map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 well now spataro has his 15 mins of fame and he could frame that SI magazine where they name him. So who else wants to say something scandalous and get your name in an SI magazine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jan 12, 2007 -> 06:31 PM) well now spataro has his 15 mins of fame and he could frame that SI magazine where they name him. So who else wants to say something scandalous and get your name in an SI magazine? Barry Bonds is definately cheating. He's on somethin'. Maybe a few things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 12, 2007 -> 08:45 PM) Barry Bonds is definately cheating. He's on somethin'. Maybe a few things. I heard he does toad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I gotta think the next featured poster will be Kalapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 12, 2007 -> 08:50 PM) I gotta think the next featured poster will be Kalapse. Did you read through the entire original thread? I had some god damn gems in there, I can't think of a damn reason why I wasn't featured in SI. Bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 SI just doesn't like Mike Caruso. . . so I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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