Monday, December 19, 2011

Getting burned

Sorry, Blue Jays, fans. I gave the story my all and ended up getting bad info from trusted sources, guys that have never let me down before. (WTH happened?) This is the danger of the blogosphere. I didn't go with the story in my newspaper because none of my sources went on the record. That's our rule. So I'll take the heat for posting it on my blog. I'm sorry to all those great fans in Canada. I screwed up. My Blue Jays sources screwed up. I'll be right back at it tomorrow.
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    come on bro... you can't do that to us.

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  2. Kevin GoldsteinDecember 19, 2011 at 11:45 PM

    Please. You had clearly set out to snag "first reported by" credits in case it ended up being Toronto. Way to give beat reporters a bad name, pal.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 11:45 PM

    Yep - thats what I would say too if I made some shit up.

    This is the reason people dont trust the media. Especially from New England.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    "Turn on the MLB Network and watch what you learned from graymatter11.com"

    I learned that you are a no talent hack who made up "sources".

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  5. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 12:01 AM

    Why would your "trusted sources" lie to you?

    If True, you got duped, & I forgive You.

    If False, Just tell the truth bro, at least there's honour in that.

    Either way your cred. took a hit, which is unfortunate if your sources lied to you, because you seem to be a good person & good reporter.

    I'm inclined to give you the benefit of the doubt(trust).

    Peace

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  6. samDecember 20, 2011 at 12:02 AM

    There's a lesson to be learned here. What's most amazing is your silence after HOURS of pimping your blog with every tweet. And all you have to say is that OTHER PEOPLE are to blame. Wow. Kudos on smearing your own name and outing yourself as an attention-starved hack.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    from Baseball Prospectus on Twitter (a site which doesn't make shit up):

    "I take no joy in graymatter being wrong. Just helps build gap between journos/bloggers. Journalists have rules/standards for a reason."

    Amen.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 12:48 AM

    i've never been to your site before until you started stating your bull about the jays getting darvish. was this some cheap publicity stunt to advertise your site? shame on you. will never click this ridiculous site again.

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  9. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 1:52 AM

    I laugh at all of the "reporting" that went on in the last week.

    Kevin Gray tried to cash in on the coin flip between the rangers/blue jays winning the bid- but he's not the only one that is guilty

    There were numerous important (Sorry Kevin Gray- you're a nobody) mlb writers who were also reporting that so and so told them that the Jays won the bid- all around- pretty bush league "reporting" by everyone the last few weeks.

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  10. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    and even after heyman gets it right!

    graybeard says heyman is wrong!!

    total loser...

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  11. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    Seriously, you're not the first one to make a mistake or get something wrong. You're not as good as the infallable Kevin Goldstein.

    Hey Kevin, you're giving humanity a bad name. Why don't cut the guy some slack you jackass.

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  12. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    Stop pretending to have inside info on the Blue Jays.

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  13. Kevin GrayDecember 20, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    Blue Jays were so confident they were getting the bid that AAA/AA pitching coach Tom Signore weighed in during the frenzy. He tweeted: "agree that Jays posted best bid despite what Jon Heyman tweeted."

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  14. AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    Kevin Goldstein I think my mom beat the crap out of you in the school yard back in the day.

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  15. jgadflyDecember 21, 2011 at 1:26 AM

    Guys in Toronto probably believed report that Texas only bid up to $49M and were surprised that they hadn't won ... Goldstein probably didn't appreciate your rating of Molina as Number 1 Jay's prospect ... what a classless guy for his comments ... if only your detractors could turn their indignation & scorn towards the much more deserving Fox and Rupert ... at least you tried to tell the truth

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  16. jgadflyDecember 21, 2011 at 1:38 AM

    Guys in Toronto probably believed report that Texas only bid up to $49M and were probably surprised that they hadn't won ... Goldstein probably didn't appreciate your rating of Molina as Number 1 Jay's prospect ... what a classless guy for his comments ... if only your detractors could turn their critical indignation & scorn towards the much more deserving Fox and Rupert political tabloid news ... at least you were attempting to tell the truth and not the usual "plausible deniability" pap

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  17. AnonymousDecember 21, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Kevin -
    So your "source" is that you have a Tweeter account?

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