If I had someone under me who wrote an article about the greatest baseball teams of all time, completely omitted mention of, say, the 1939 or 1927 Yankees, and then later said "oops, my bad, I checked Wikipedia and they were good! Who knew?" they would be fired within ten minutes. - ThreadSky

craigcalcaterra.bsky.social • 9 days ago

If I had someone under me who wrote an article about the greatest baseball teams of all time, completely omitted mention of, say, the 1939 or 1927 Yankees, and then later said "oops, my bad, I checked Wikipedia and they were good! Who knew?" they would be fired within ten minutes.

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bole7y.bsky.social•9 days ago

Winning WWII was kind of a big deal…

Sheesh!

rob-z.bsky.social•9 days ago

i am extremely wary of people using wikipedia as their primary source of verification when it is incredibly easy to edit any passage however you want.

a lot of false information has passed around because people took a wiki entry at face value

punkrockies.bsky.social•9 days ago

This is what happens when you get foreigners to do American jobs. /s But seriously, he's a Brit

reamonn.bsky.social•9 days ago

Would make sense not to hire a cricket writer to cover baseball…

jesuszoidberg.bsky.social•9 days ago

Or given a show on Fox sports.

matthewarend.bsky.social•9 days ago

'27 Yankees is a good comparison. If you had to rank the most historically consequential administrations in history, FDR would be top 3, for sure.

ntpnate.bsky.social•9 days ago

Thank you! If you’re going to write insipid horse-race political commentary you at least have to know who Secretariat is.

bobazar.bsky.social•9 days ago

Have you heard about this guy, George Herman Ruth? I think he goes by Babe. apparently he was really good. crazy.

mkalkowskifarrand.bsky.social•9 days ago

Unless they're a Red Sox fan, in that case they're omitting the 1927 and 1939 Yankees out of spite, not because of ignorance

1120hol.bsky.social•9 days ago

inconceivable. but then, i actually read books.

seejayone.bsky.social•9 days ago

Politico Writer’s Top 5 Teams In The MLB by Politico

5. 2024 Dodgers
4. 2021 Atlanta
3. 2022 Astros
2. 2023 Rangers
1. 2019 Nationals

amandasadiehistory.bsky.social•9 days ago

I'd challenge you in response to define the metric in which we're ranking teams because then you can manipulate that answer. :P

treywarren.bsky.social•9 days ago

I teach 6th and 7th graders. 90% of them would know this.

djwyszynski.bsky.social•9 days ago

I guess "fresh eyes" means boss-level ignorance of the history of the United States, it's government, and it's institutions.

yacabonis.bsky.social•9 days ago

Terrible. I wish we could reverse course from this glorification of the ignorant outsider. Too many people seeking "fresh takes" and valuing them over the knowledge of someone seasoned.

watcherintheglade.bsky.social•9 days ago

This is not real, right? This is a joke. Early April Fools. Please, Craig, tell me this is not real. Slap me and wake me up, because I cannot accept this as reality.

craigcalcaterra.bsky.social•9 days ago

100% real.

watcherintheglade.bsky.social•9 days ago

My 80yr old neighbor said Trump was the best president he'd seen in his life. I was dumbfounded. He lived through Truman, Ike, Kennedy and Johnson, but Trump's the best. Even compared to recent Republicans (forget Clinton or Obama), he still choose Trump.

How do you even talk to these people?

schnitzandgiggles.bsky.social•9 days ago

The disinformation spreads much faster and easier now. So much easier to brainwash the cult.

nationalsliker.bsky.social•9 days ago

It’s not that, it’s that they hired a Brit who was their London Playbook guy who follows US politics as a hobby.

nullster.bsky.social•9 days ago

Too bad he's the managing editor!

deshaunweinstein.bsky.social•9 days ago

This is like not knowing Babe Ruth was actually a good pitcher.

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