Yep. People are mean for the sake of being mean.Not sure I understand the hate for Rucker. He seems like a pretty good guy and decent sports writer. My only gripe from this Red Bird fan is he is delusional about the cubbies! Other than that he does not deserve the vitriolic comments on social media
Do you listen to his and McKee’s podcast? I listen cause I want to hear Heflin and it’s mindless “entertainment” while on a run, but he, and McKee to an extent constantly, talk down and insult their audience as if they’re baseball savants and nobody else understands the game. They’ll say something as simple as “what the fans don’t understand is…” and then proceed to talk about a nuance of the game of baseball. Their baseball careers ended in or after HS like many of us. Writing articles about the team/game results doesn’t give them some special intelligence that none of us are able to obtain.Not sure I understand the hate for Rucker. He seems like a pretty good guy and decent sports writer. My only gripe from this Red Bird fan is he is delusional about the cubbies! Other than that he does not deserve the vitriolic comments on social media
I gave them a try, but they seemed to ramble and were so long winded and repetitive. An hour podcast for less than 30 min of actual content. Not my cup of tea. Still they at least try to act like adults and be professional. Even better...they don't eat and drink on the air. Still light years better than basilio.Do you listen to his and McKee’s podcast? I listen cause I want to hear Heflin and it’s mindless “entertainment” while on a run, but he, and McKee to an extent constantly, talk down and insult their audience as if they’re baseball savants and nobody else understands the game. They’ll say something as simple as “what the fans don’t understand is…” and then proceed to talk about a nuance of the game of baseball. Their baseball careers ended in or after HS like many of us. Writing articles about the team/game results doesn’t give them some special intelligence that none of us are able to obtain.
I do. I don’t get condescension at all. Some people really do like to impute intent that isn’t there.Do you listen to his and McKee’s podcast? I listen cause I want to hear Heflin and it’s mindless “entertainment” while on a run, but he, and McKee to an extent constantly, talk down and insult their audience as if they’re baseball savants and nobody else understands the game. They’ll say something as simple as “what the fans don’t understand is…” and then proceed to talk about a nuance of the game of baseball. Their baseball careers ended in or after HS like many of us. Writing articles about the team/game results doesn’t give them some special intelligence that none of us are able to obtain.
He’ll literally say what the casual fan doesn’t get/understands/knows is. He’s assuming his audience doesn’t have an above elementary understanding of the game and then proceeds to tell us he feels that way then explains it to us. There’s often times not subtleties it’s blatant.I do. I don’t get condescension at all. Some people really do like to impute intent that isn’t there.
Well if you identify as a casual fan, I guess he’s talking down to you. If you don’t, he’s not. Everyone isn’t a “casual” fan. And there are things casual fans don’t understand.He’ll literally say what the casual fan doesn’t get/understands/knows is. He’s assuming his audience doesn’t have an above elementary understanding of the game and then proceeds to tell us he feels that way then explains it to us. There’s often times not subtleties it’s blatant.
To be fair, our most vocal fans don't have a clue.Do you listen to his and McKee’s podcast? I listen cause I want to hear Heflin and it’s mindless “entertainment” while on a run, but he, and McKee to an extent constantly, talk down and insult their audience as if they’re baseball savants and nobody else understands the game. They’ll say something as simple as “what the fans don’t understand is…” and then proceed to talk about a nuance of the game of baseball. Their baseball careers ended in or after HS like many of us. Writing articles about the team/game results doesn’t give them some special intelligence that none of us are able to obtain.
From our fan base, most of the vitriol is due to the fact that Rucker is a liberal. Which is a stupid reason to not like someone, and I say that as a conservative woman.Not sure I understand the hate for Rucker. He seems like a pretty good guy and decent sports writer. My only gripe from this Red Bird fan is he is delusional about the cubbies! Other than that he does not deserve the vitriolic comments on social media