He who controls the language controls the culture

I'm glad the XM MLB channel exists--it's certainly better than not having it. I started listening last fall, became upset at the way information was slanted & started this blog as a result. I never dreamed I'd be the only human being to notice the bias & say anything about it, including sending email to XM. But, no one else shares my views. XM is run by human beings with their own biases--with their own radio channel, they get to broadcast them, & much of what's said will become "conventional wisdom," used as background by voting members of BBWAA, etc. Dibble is a great radio personality, knows a lot, but his main point in life is to put Mariano Rivera in a diminished or negative light. Kevin Kennedy adds a lot, though isn't a great radio personality. He works in great tandem with Dibble to put down Mariano, last hour actually lying about his performance last weekend in a very all-knowing tone of voice. I don't care what they say about the Yankees in general--it's usually accurate. For the record, Mariano came in in the 8th inning with 1 out & a man on base. He got the next hitter to GIDP. He gave up some hits in the 9th inning along with some strike-outs; there were other issues in that inning, but that was the result. He didn't come in in the 9th inning with a 4 run lead. He came in in the 8th because AS USUAL the Yankees don't have any middle relief, & they have to rely on Rivera to do 2 jobs.

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