# Red's manager goes off on media. Does he have a point? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 21, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reds-manager-goes-off-on-media-does-he-have-a-point/718186 "2015-04-21T13:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reds-manager-goes-off-on-media-does-he-have-a-point/718186/21 "2015-04-21T22:18:06Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Can’t disagree with any of that and I honestly do think that Price was simply passing the blame of lousy team being run by a lousy manager… > > (By the by, I’m a Yankees guy, so I don’t really have any dog in this particular fight. Just seem an interesting topic of conversation.) > > Say, for the sake of argument, the tirade came from Brad Ausmus, whose Tigers are kicking ass and taking names, instead of lame ass Bryan Price. Is there any validity to the core idea that the local press should, as in the classic days of the game, have a working relationship of give and take with the local team? > > It would seem to me a winning team would sell more papers than a losing one. A friendly paper and local press would get more out of the local manager and team as a whole, the Tigers maybe win a few more games, the Free Press sells more papers wit ha winning team, the beat writer gets more exposure cvering a winnign team, etc. > > Sure, in this day and age, any team from anywhere can dish up dirt on any team to get strategic info, but why would the opposing team’s local press make it easy for them? Wouldn’t it seem most of the readers of that particular paper be local Tiger fans? Does it sell more papers to the local fans if the press says Miggy is out for the night with a tight hammy? I’m sure Ausmus doesn’t want opposition to know they don’t have to worry about Cabrera that night. Takes a bullet out of his gun, if you will. Miguel is dresed and looks ready to go but per the Tigers own local paper, Cabrera ain’t playing. > > Maybe the Sox are in town and the Globe lets it out that Miggy isn’t playing. I can see that. That helps Farrell and Boston, their local team. But that’s the Boston press talking about the Tigers. It seems more legit coming from the Free Press, doesn’t it? > > I don’t know, just remembering back to the days of home town cooking and beat writers. I’m old, I guess and perfectly willign to admit the world has passed me by. One problem with the “homer” press is that the press nowadays is not local. None of it. Nearly every TV station and daily newspaper have a website. So local journalists have to write for a national, even international, audience. And there’s no better way to completely lose your credibility in a non-biased audience like that than to look like a propaganda organ instead of a news organization. “Homer” press is dead, and good riddance IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reds-manager-goes-off-on-media-does-he-have-a-point/718186/22 "2015-04-22T05:22:51Z")
I love when coaches and managers try to bully the press. Clearly a reporter tweeting that he saw a player from the Reds organization on a plane is why the Reds are playing so poorly. A Jackass. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reds-manager-goes-off-on-media-does-he-have-a-point/718186/23 "2015-04-22T21:01:08Z")
I’m coming to this as a non-fan. I’d argue that information that you don’t want reported shouldn’t be given out. And if it’s the type of information anyone could figure out, telling some people not to report it is stupid, since someone else can. Would you rather have spies from other teams rather than having it all out in the open? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reds-manager-goes-off-on-media-does-he-have-a-point/718186.md?page=1)