Potentially the Most Insanely Paranoid Aspect of the Rany Jazayerli Ban

by royalsreview on Jul 2, 2009 5:39 PM EDT in News Comment 29 comments

Just to be clear here, since I think everyone's taking my words a little too literally: I don't think I've been "banned" in the sense that they're going to have security guards outside the stadium making sure that I don't buy a ticket. It does mean that the Royals have cut off any access I may have from the team for my radio show, and - this is critical - have intimated that any other radio show which has me on as a guest faces the same penalty.

I see this as the equivalent of having my media credentials taken away, except of course that I don't have media credentials, and the Royals have made it clear they don't give media credentials to bloggers.)

This is Stalinesque. Rany is an unperson now. We do not discuss unpersons.

Not only is Rany not allowed to speak with players or team officials, but if anyone else in the media, or at least on the radio, talks to him about his inability to talk, then they are also banned.

These -- what should we call them, second-degree bans -- are fun to think about potentially. On Twitter I've already seen jokes about Rany being a perfect guest for the Trey Hillman Show. However, imagine being in the position of the working KC media, losing your press credentials (formally or informally) and access to conduct interviews would be quite serious.

I wonder what might happen if multiple shows at both local radio stations and a few guys from the Star interviewed Rany. They can't ban everyone, can they?

Ed. note: And... the ban has apparently been lifted. Perhaps sanity has prevailed. Stay tuned...

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Now I wish they had kept "The Ban intact"

Just to see what they would have done of Posnanski had interviewed Rany.

Alas…

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

by devil_fingers on Jul 2, 2009 5:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is just laughable

College Football can’t get here fast enough…

Eh, my sig needs a little time off

by ratherfantastic on Jul 2, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Wonder where the Royals would be

with a media blackout of them other than the bare essentials. No stories, no interviews, no free press

Still suffering from the greatest robbery of all time: The stealing of the 1994 AL Central title from the Royals

by BHWick on Jul 2, 2009 5:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

to find out, just watch ESPN exclusively

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

by devil_fingers on Jul 2, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

There was a Royals highlight from one of the twins games

and I swear every player in the highlight had his name mispronounced

by royalsreview on Jul 2, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is really getting out of control

Ranygate!

Somebody in the front office is getting fired… what a disaster

by slayor on Jul 2, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pretty silly

I’m not sure if Rany should be directly calling out Nick Swartz if Rany doesn’t really know the story, but the Royals’ reaction is just silly.

This is why I don’t blame Mellinger or JoPo for never going too far with their criticism of the team. Those guys have families and bills to pay, and the Royals are not afraid to yank their access if they tease Little Danny Glass and the Royals too much.

It’s just silly. I guess we all need to quietly accept another 15 years of last-place finishes. After all, we’re lucky to have a team at all.

by hippdoghipp on Jul 2, 2009 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they need a day job

Have they considered taking up Dermatology, as a Bo Jackson-style hobby?

Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!

by cmkeller on Jul 2, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

joe posnanski isnt going anywhere....

mellinger on the other hand, is easily replaceable

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 2, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The problem with Posnanski is I'm not even sure if he writes for the Star anymore.

I read the star online and occasionally see things from him, but most of his stuff I read is from his blog or SI.

If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.

http://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?showforum=129

by Warden11 on Jul 2, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i could be wrong....

but i dont think pos has ever been THAT prolific with the star. He, like Whitlock is a columnist, so it seems like they kinda just write whenever they feel like it….normally a couple times/week.

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 3, 2009 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, Sunday features mostly.

At least recently. Posnanski used to write a few columns a week if my memory is correct. Not complaining at all, his blog is all I need.

If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.

http://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?showforum=129

by Warden11 on Jul 3, 2009 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i like his blog and SI columns alot more when he's writing about other shit....

the royals articles…not so much

thank god he quit that banny log nonsense

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 3, 2009 3:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you guys know this was on Deadspin already?

Headline: Team “Bans” Baseball Prospectus Writer, Pain In The Royal Ass

by thejosephboys on Jul 2, 2009 6:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Part of me wonders

totaly speculation — if someone like Posnanski told the team — “look, I’ve been relatively nice to you guys, but if you ban Rany, either you risk losing my coverage or I take the gloves off.” Or something.

Just putting it out there.

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

by devil_fingers on Jul 2, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If JoPo "taking the gloves off" means

that he’ll no longer stick the Royals and their best pitcher with the SI Cover Jinx, I think I can live with that.

Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!

by cmkeller on Jul 2, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

D_F you dissapoint me

You’re usually sharp as a tack, but you missed this one. The ban was obviously lifted due to the fact that Rany all but promised to sell 100 tickets @ $80 a pop if he weren’t banned.

BOOM! ROASTED!

by GoBabies!! on Jul 2, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha

that’s funny in itself, but is there something to it?

Gotta go watch a movie. Go Bruce Chen.

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

by devil_fingers on Jul 2, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gotta go watch a movie. Go Bruce Chen.

….and that sums up the 2009 KC Royals.

"Do they have people that tall in Mexico?"

by NHZ on Jul 2, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

thereby practically doubling attendance for a game

"Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years." Blofeld

The General Theory of Royaltivity

by kabrink on Jul 2, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What is truly laughable

Is that the Royals haven’t learned their lessons, on OR off the field!

Remember 3 years or so ago, when Ronda Moss & the guy from 810 (I can’t think of his name, but he has since moved on to the St. Louis market) were banned after asking ‘tough’ questions of David Glass at the introduction of Dayton Moore press conference?

They were killed in the KC Media for being a sissy then, and they obviously haven’t thickened up the skin a bit.

I say killed as a bit of a joke because IT IS STILL THE FUCKING KANSAS CITY MEDIA!!!!!! The only person they ever killed was Carl Peterson, and you can see how friggin tough that was on him, he only lasted 20 or so years having to deal with such a tyrannical media in this town!!!!!

BOOM! ROASTED!

by GoBabies!! on Jul 2, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bob Fescoe

or something like that. He was the morning show guy, right?

If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.

http://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?showforum=129

by Warden11 on Jul 2, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yup thats him

BOOM! ROASTED!

by GoBabies!! on Jul 2, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rany's Response

Link

Jeff Zimmerman - Protecting the world from RBI's and Wins from my mom's guest house.

by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Jul 2, 2009 7:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

thanks for the quick link

man what a cluster _ _ _ _ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 2, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like Dayton had some input into the initial banning

I don’t think I’ll be dining with Dayton Moore anytime soon, but I’ll get over my disappointment eventually.

Heckuva job there Dayton.

by Top Ramen on Jul 2, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow

if it really was Dayton…

what a wuss

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

by devil_fingers on Jul 2, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I REALLY doubt it was Dayton

More likely an over-zealous Media Relations hack

BOOM! ROASTED!

by GoBabies!! on Jul 2, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

right before a crash (think Watergate), the big step to to

try to control communications. Ban those who don’t agree with the party line. This is really troubling to me. Things may be worse than I feared. More gin & tonics.

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jul 2, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs