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Rob Dibble Rant and Response Roundup

Written by Amanda Rykoff on August 13, 2010 - 34 Comments
Categories: Baseball, Diatribes, Sports, Television

UPDATE: August 15: Rob Dibble issued this apology and clarification. During the August 15 Nationals’ broadcast, he also made these comments, as transcribed by Kevin Reiss. Thanks to him and MASN.
This is not a post about what a terrible, horrendous and insanely awful announcer Rob Dibble is. This is not a post about why former [...]

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NY Yankees 2010 Game 25: The One Where A.J. Sucks. Again.

Written by Amanda Rykoff on August 3, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Baseball, Diatribes, Rants and Whines, Sports, Yankees, Yankees 2010

The plan: a quick post for every 2010 Yankees game I attend.
Game 25: Toronto Blue Jays v. NY Yankees
Date: Monday, August 2, 2010
Starters: Brandon Morrow v. A.J. Burnett
Final: Blue Jays 8, Yankees 6
Win: Brandon Morrow
Loss: A.J. Burnett
My 2010 Record: 17-8 overall; 14-7 at the Stadium
Mitre sightings: Now at three.
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Game Notes: [caution: if [...]

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Don’t use Twitpic! Handy Twitter Photo Alternatives

Written by Amanda Rykoff on June 2, 2010 - 11 Comments
Categories: Diatribes, Social Media, Twitter

This morning, one of my Twitter friends, Samantha Green, was complaining about Twitpic. So I asked her, “Why are you still using Twitpic?” And now I’m asking all of you: Why are you using Twitpic? Or Tweetphoto? Or Yfrog? Or any of the other dreadful third party Twitter photo apps/sites. They’re plastering the areas around [...]

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Why I Don’t Do #FollowFriday on Twitter

Written by Amanda Rykoff on May 7, 2010 - 12 Comments
Categories: Diatribes, Social Media, Twitter

If you’re reading this post, chances are you know me or found me and this blog through Twitter. I love Twitter. I am an unabashed and unapologetic Twitter fiend. Twitter has changed my life in so many ways, it may require a separate blog post. Twitter’s ability to bring people together and create common bonds [...]

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Why NBC Did a Good Thing (You Read That Right)

Written by Amanda Rykoff on February 22, 2010 - 6 Comments
Categories: Diatribes, General, Olympics, Sports

I am not an NBC apologist. I will not and cannot defend NBC’s truly indefensible choices regarding its reality show coverage of this year’s Winter Olympics.  I’ve been an outspoken proponent of #NBCFail. If every Olympic event was being shown live across the country (as it should be), I wouldn’t even have to write this [...]

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