Raul Ibanez brings the dark underbelly of bloggers living in their mothers' basements to the...

Raul Ibanez brings the dark underbelly of bloggers living in their mothers' basements to the national media. Time to go into exile, RR, which means leaving your mother's basement?

"I'll put that up against the jobs of anyone who writes this stuff," he said, according to the Inquirer. "Make them accountable. There should be more credibility than some 42-year-old blogger typing in his mother's basement. It demeans everything you've done with one stroke of the pen.

"Nobody is above the testing policy. We've seen that."

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4248759

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Of course, he knows he is challenging the great and well respected

“J-Rod,” right?

- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes

by JobDDT on Jun 10, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

love it

He actually used the tried and true “mother’s basement” comment!

by cookierojas73 on Jun 10, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

love it, part ii

he must have read Ken Rosenthal’s column on this.

I love it — first, the “mainstream media” basically ignores steroids in baseball. Then, they throw a hissy fit over it. And THEY’RE the ones saying it kills the game and going into rampant speculation while saber-bloggers have been telling everyone to chill.

NOW, journalists who make their living spreading speculative rimors are blaming bloggers for “spreading rumors” about steroid use.

perfect.

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by devil_fingers on Jun 10, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs