Sifting through the usual Damien Cox diatribe, I came across Richard Griffin’s article insinuating that Jose Bautista is taking performance enhancing drugs. While I don’t discount the fact that going from 19 home runs, to 40 with many games to go is a great feat…I think it’s quite sad that these two automatically threw that conclusion out there. It discredits any work Jose has done, and will now create a cloud over an excellent season.
I figured I would point out some glaring errors in Richard’s article, and hope that it serves to further discredit Cox for referring readers to the article. I would also hope that maybe a Toronto Star reader could email this blog to an editor at the Star to let them know what a joke their blog/columnist sections are.
Anyhow, I will bite on the comparison and begin to analyze this point for point:
#1 - When it comes to hockey hall-of-famer, forward Dave Andreychuk how is it exactly that at the age of 30, back in 1993-94, he suddenly joined the illustrious ranks of 50-goal scorers?
Someone should really tell Mr. Griffin to look at the 1992-93 season in which David Andreychuk scored 54 goals for the Maple Leafs and Sabres. Did you try and rush this article to the Internet without realizing that those were not two separate years, and that 1992-93 stat lines have to be added? Surely the Toronto Star verified the guys first point in his useless blog? No? If this doesn’t prove the complete idiocy of Mr. Griffin’s blog post than I really don’t know what does.
How does a sports writer in
#2 – Hey, prior to 1993-94, Andreychuk, one of the nicest guys in the game, had never potted more than 41 goals in a season, then BAM. What's up with that? The
As we have discussed above, this is not true. He scored 54 in 1992-93 and with some quick investigation it is easy to see that Dave's increase in production from 1990-1994 can be directly attributed to increased time on the ice. His shot totals went up by about 80 shots in each of those seasons, something that Mr. Griffin would have been very smart to look at.
#3 - The next year, Andreychuk scored 22 goals, then eight the year after that. But was he done? No sirree. All of a sudden, Andreychuk seemed to find a mysterious Fountain of Youth that carried him for another 10 productive seasons until retiring at age 43. How so? Are these questions that should have been asked at the time by Hockey Hall-of-Fame voters or are they just too trusting and star-struck?
Everybody who saw Andreychuk play in his 40’s knows that he was as slow as molasses and that he was not a top tier player. He was a captain on a young team, who had playoff experience and could still park his ass in front of the net. Last time I checked experience, positioning, and leadership have nothing to do with PED’s.
#4 – LA PIECE DE RESISTANCE - And by the way, when Andreychuk was drafted, he was listed at 6-4, 200 lbs., yet when he retired he was listed at a strapping 225, gaining 25 pounds of mysterious muscle.
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The most telling part of the article comes in one of it’s final lines:
“Now, granted, I have never spoken to Andreychuk and may have met him only once while covering a
Umm when has having no proof, and never having met a man allow you to decide that your argument is now concrete? Doesn’t this fly in the face of journalistic integrity? For shame Mr. Griffin, and Damien Cox. You have both put a dark cloud over what is an excellent achievement for Jose, and brought in Dave Andreychuk for absolutely no reason. It’s a joke, but I guess I shouldn’t expect much more from you two.
Until next time
BF6
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2 comments:
This is the sports reporting equivalent of a girl claiming she got raped and getting the height, weight, and skin color of her assailant wrong in the police report.
Serious accusations require concrete proof. This "good enough" journalism is a disgrace and both of these so-called writers should be ashamed of casting a pall over the careers of two athletes who give (or in Dave's case, have given) their all for this city.
Let the Star keep their sensationalism and shoddy reporting, I support Toronto sports.
Uhh Finley, Griffin's blog is a spoof of Cox's blog. He actually thought that Cox is ridiculous for posting what he did... read it from a satire perspective. He had no intention of ripping Andreychuk or Bautista, he was pointing out that there are outliers and not necessarily an explanation. Read Damien and Richard's twitter accounts to see who was being serious (Cox) and who was calling him out on his BS (Griffin)
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