Burke's rant met with silence

[Duman]

From today's Statesman http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/05/27/0527bohls.html

"Everybody sees life from their own two eyes," Burke said. "The organization doesn't revolve around me."

Revolve? At this stage, he wonders if it even includes him.

And he told that to Astros general manager Tim Purpura and manager Phil Garner in a 30-minute rant two weeks ago, when he was told of his demotion to Triple-A. The thing he remembers most from that vent session?

"Their silence," he said.

This isn't reporting.  It's editorializing.

The Astros owe him some of the loyalty they've bestowed on the struggling Morgan Ensberg, Jason Lane and Adam Everett. The club is hitting so poorly — 25th in the majors with a .247 average and no production from five positions — that Burke should return to the majors now to spell a slumping Biggio or break up the ineffective Lane-Luke Scott platoon in right field.

What might have been

"If I had it to do it over, maybe I would have made a stink about a playing opportunity at shortstop or been more of a jerk, and they'd run me out of town."

[VirtualBob]

From today's Statesman http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/05/27/0527bohls.html

This isn't reporting.  It's editorializing.

Bohls makes you yearn for the Chronical staff.  He is horrible.  And the guy who does the actual "reporting" isn't any better.  A day or two ago he (Wilkerson?) had an article about the "outfielder-turned-infielder" when Burke got the start at 2B.  It also had a line something like:  "... started at 2B at Tennessee, but has mostly been an outfielder for the Astros." 

They should make these guys at least read the sports section regularly before they turn them loose to write it.