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The Bus Ride Discussion Forum / Re: Oklahoma City - 2012

« on: August 14, 2012, 04:25:31 pm »

Either that, or it is not true.  This guy might have some "relationship" with a player or two, who might have voiced something, but for many of the reasons given here, it sounds like BS.  He is basically impugning the rep of an individual here, and that is a serious matter.  He should be following whatever journalistic guidelines come into play, and I assume those guidelines put on brake on sourceless rumor mongering. 

Either that, or putting Wallace at short was too much for everyone to take. 

I want to thank AppyAstros for notifying me that this is being discussed. And, as he said, I have shown to be reliable.  I write for The Crawfish Boxes since 2010 and have a very good working relationship with several sources spreading over several affiliates.  I am a blogger, not a journalist. I was simply relaying information from a report I received from my OkC source as the previous tweet said.  I referred to it as a "rumor" and not fact.  For those who follow me and are aware of my work know this is how I do things and that my sources are anonymous by their request, but have proven to be reliable time and time again (ie. I was the one who first reported that Armando Galarraga was going to be called up on the night of the Wandy trade and my  information came from this exact source).  My followers know that they are not my words when they come from a report, but that of a reliable source.

I have stated before that he is a source and nothing more.  His role/relationship cannot be shared.  I know his role and trust him because of he has built up that credibility with me and that is why I share his information.

As AppyAstros has linked to, this kind of situation has happened before and there are reasonable examples as to why this could be going on.  If any of you watch MiLB.tv, you can see that it is quite possible based on the demeanor of the players.  For example, Jimmy Paredes popped out to 3B in a recent game and never left the batter's box and walked back to the dugout with his head down and dragging his bat.  The players are frustrated and it is visually showing.  The effort isn't there and rumors are that the frustration has carried over to frustration with Tony D.