Comments on: The Murray Chass mystery http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:48:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Netsy http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-56464 Netsy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:48:29 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2629#comment-56464 Wow. This is some hard-hitting investigative journalism right here. Kudos to you for this important exposé. To thee, I say: Blog on, intrepid bloggers! (Assuming you are, in fact, who you say you are.) Wow. This is some hard-hitting investigative journalism right here. Kudos to you for this important exposé. To thee, I say: Blog on, intrepid bloggers!

(Assuming you are, in fact, who you say you are.)

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]]> By: Greg http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-56463 Greg Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:03:19 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2629#comment-56463 Being a blogger myself, I was also flabbergasted by the thought of a mainstream sports writer starting a blog to show his disdain for blogs. I wrote him a long email about how he's a blogger, citing a lot of the same things as you guys have pointed out (like using Wordpress - BLOGGING software). He basically told me that blogs are just guys ranting about what someone else wrote and demonstrate no originality, and that if i could send him a link to a blog that did, "it would be the first I've seen." I sent him to your What They Need section, and asked him what blogs he was referring to. His answer: "The sample I saw I found researching something on Google. I couldn't even tell you which blogs they were." Basically, his conclusion is that becuase of a few blogs he can't even remember, blogs are bad and stupid. Funny, I thought blog was a medium, not a label. Being a blogger myself, I was also flabbergasted by the thought of a mainstream sports writer starting a blog to show his disdain for blogs. I wrote him a long email about how he’s a blogger, citing a lot of the same things as you guys have pointed out (like using Wordpress – BLOGGING software). He basically told me that blogs are just guys ranting about what someone else wrote and demonstrate no originality, and that if i could send him a link to a blog that did, “it would be the first I’ve seen.”

I sent him to your What They Need section, and asked him what blogs he was referring to. His answer:
“The sample I saw I found researching something on Google. I couldn’t even tell you which blogs they were.”

Basically, his conclusion is that becuase of a few blogs he can’t even remember, blogs are bad and stupid.

Funny, I thought blog was a medium, not a label.

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-56462 Sarah Green Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:01:26 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2629#comment-56462 Well, we put our suspicions in the post, DB! My initial reaction to that about-us page was that this blog was a clever fake. We expected the truth to come out pretty quickly, but other baseball blogs seemed to take it at face value, so we decided to look into it. And if it was a real blog, why wouldn't Ryan just say so? "Yep, this is Murray's blog. I'm his webmaster." So simple.... Stay tuned. Well, we put our suspicions in the post, DB! My initial reaction to that about-us page was that this blog was a clever fake. We expected the truth to come out pretty quickly, but other baseball blogs seemed to take it at face value, so we decided to look into it. And if it was a real blog, why wouldn’t Ryan just say so? “Yep, this is Murray’s blog. I’m his webmaster.” So simple….

Stay tuned.

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]]> By: D.B. Cooper http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-56461 D.B. Cooper Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:09:26 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2629#comment-56461 What are they? Share your clues, and behold the full investigative powers of the Internets. What are they?

Share your clues, and behold the full investigative powers of the Internets.

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]]> By: Coley Ward http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-56460 Coley Ward Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:09:40 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2629#comment-56460 It's very possible that Ryan is a relative or is simply paid by Murray Chass to manage the site. We have several reasons for suspecting the site is a fake, not just the presence of Ryan's name and email address in the CSS code. It’s very possible that Ryan is a relative or is simply paid by Murray Chass to manage the site. We have several reasons for suspecting the site is a fake, not just the presence of Ryan’s name and email address in the CSS code.

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]]> By: Craig Calcaterra http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-56459 Craig Calcaterra Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:57:03 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2629#comment-56459 Possible that Ryan is Murray's son in law or something who set the thing up for him? I mean, do you really think Chass knows how to (or wants to) fiddle with all of the bloggy nonsense? Possible that Ryan is Murray’s son in law or something who set the thing up for him? I mean, do you really think Chass knows how to (or wants to) fiddle with all of the bloggy nonsense?

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-56458 Sarah Green Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:46:47 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2629#comment-56458 Ah, the phone! I always forget about that. Good call. (Pun intended.) Let me get back to you on that later today. Ah, the phone! I always forget about that. Good call. (Pun intended.) Let me get back to you on that later today.

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]]> By: Phatty http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-56457 Phatty Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:41:49 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2629#comment-56457 I think you might be on to something. It's a little fishy that it's supposedly written by Murray Chass yet the About and Biography sections are all written in 3rd person. And he says feel free to email questions/comments but I can't find an email address anywhere. I think you might be on to something. It’s a little fishy that it’s supposedly written by Murray Chass yet the About and Biography sections are all written in 3rd person.

And he says feel free to email questions/comments but I can’t find an email address anywhere.

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]]> By: jayhawkowensjunior http://umpbump.com/press/2008/08/04/the-murray-chass-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-56456 jayhawkowensjunior Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:15:33 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2629#comment-56456 Did you think of, you know, asking Murray Chass if he's got a website? It would take what, 3, 4 phone calls? Did you think of, you know, asking Murray Chass if he’s got a website? It would take what, 3, 4 phone calls?

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