Mat Latos: "Twitter is nothing"
by jbox on Mar 7, 2011 10:37 AM PST
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I think we were all on board when Mat Latos signed those balls saying he hated SF, but now he's going after twitter. Has he gone too far?
Latos talks as good a game as he pitches - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
"It’s a waste of my time," he said. "There’s no point. Twitter is nothing. Twitter is a bunch of people that get online and send a bunch of messages to one another that talk about professional sports and athletes and think what they say matters. Everybody’s a comedian on Twitter. Whatever."
I'll tell you what's a waste of time, spending an hour trying to photoshop a baseball and then it still turns out looking terrible.
The rest of the article talks about Latos' personality. I agree with Bud Black, that players should be themselves. As a fan I want to know what's on Latos' mind, as long as it doesn't become a problem for the team. There's nothing more annoying than a player giving the same sterile answers, game after game, like "Nuke" Laloosh in Bull Durham. I don't mind that Latos throws his glove in the dugout and lets off a bit of steam after a bad outing. You try to hold in all that emotion and you end up like Khalil Greene. If he calmed his competitive personality then I'd be worried.
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I think the Photoshop job is fine
Good work. I also like Twitter.
http://twitter.com/matthewverygood
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by matthewverygood on Mar 7, 2011 10:45 AM PST reply actions
Bolts from the Blue - Destroying your opinions with facts.
by John Gennaro on Mar 7, 2011 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Twitter is what you make it.
You go looking for shit comments, you’ll find them. Not surprised to hear this is how he feels, I assume nobody shows him the positive things.
It’s a rather affecting juxtaposition to consider his assessment of Twitter:
a bunch of people that get online and send a bunch of messages to one another that talk about professional sports and athletes and think what they say matters.
Then Jeff Passan took it and posted it online and a bunch of people talked to one another about it like they matter.
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But at least he didn't say it's a place where people send a bunch of massages to one another
That’s what Craigslist is for
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
or
you click that facebook button and bring the conversation to grandma.
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Methinks
this will be a source of arguments between Mat and the Mrs.
"follow @radio2012, trust me, you will find his optimism, innocence, and honesty quite refreshing. as a jaded bastard, i sure do." justdave2103
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by Jonathan Holmes on Mar 7, 2011 11:12 AM PST reply actions
I think this opinion
is directly because of what the Mrs. reads to him, along with the occasional Cam Maybin coming in to work going, “Man, watch what you say on Twitter guys, I talked about Panda Express and now I’m in trouble.”
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I would use Twitter if I had a phone that allowed me to
I try not to use my computer enough that I’d tweet with it. But if I had a Twitter capable phone…oh, the knowledge I could bestow.
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
I'll try...
Going to a bookstore to read is like shopping for diamonds at Target. It’s cost effective, but probably won’t get you laid anytime soon.
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
You've read the Wiggins posts...? any comments?
I think it is outrageous that a Padres fansite has a post that is hugely disrespectful to the greatest Padre ever.
It's not about Tony Gwynn
That post is disrespectful in general.
Oh internet, what a wicked web you weave.
Height tags, dude.
/Sam’d
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by TheThinGwynn on Mar 7, 2011 1:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Awesome.
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 7, 2011 3:08 PM PST up reply actions
I stand with K-tos on this issue
Twitter is only good for one thing: Reading Daniel Tosh’s insults to his fans.
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
by sdchicken on Mar 7, 2011 1:30 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Is anyone at all worried...
that Latos has lost the ability to throw strikes since last season?
Am I just being a (San Diego)Chicken Little?
It's spring training.
In other words: Relax, dude.
Somebody said something about me on twitter.
Twitter is against me. I’m gonna lash out at it.
Naw, I’m just kidding. Mat is a young, hyper aggressive competitor. He’s just got to learn to control the intensity. He’s young. He’ll learn.
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"I Hate SF" - The Chosen One.
even if he did
it would take a lot of insanity and powerful prescription drugs to approach brian wilson levels
by iheartyourfart on Mar 7, 2011 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
true story
Brian Wilson spent a weekend with Charlie Sheen….I don’t think those are prescription drugs.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
you are joking, right?
I agree with Bud Black, that players should be themselves. As a fan I want to know what’s on Latos mind, as long as it doesn’t become a problem for the team. There’s nothing more annoying than a player giving the same sterile answers game after game like “Nuke” Laloosh in Bull Durham. I don’t mind that Latos throws his glove in the dugout and lets off a bit of steam after a bad outing. You try to hold in all that emotion and you end up like Khalil Greene. If he calmed his competitive personality then I’d be worried.
after the trillion or two posts telling Jake Peavy to shut up ..?
552
Go back and check
The comments I criticized from Peavy were anti-Padre or anti-San Diego, which makes them a problem for the team. Plus the most of my criticism came after he decided to leave the Padres, there is a big difference.
by jbox on Mar 8, 2011 8:53 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
And before anyone tries to pick and choose what they want to read and fire back with the tired old rebuttal that "he didn't decide to leave, he was traded",
yes, he did choose to leave. He was lobbying for it both behind the scenes and publicly. He stated the destinations that he would like to go, including (gah!) the filthy effin’ Dodgers.
/pre-emptive strike’d
Also, Mr. box and Dexter have been quite restrained and even-handed in their coverage of Peavy over the years, even after he forced his way out the door and started talking mess as soon as he touched down at O’Hare.
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by TheThinGwynn on Mar 8, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
NO U
Type out the logic you’re using to assume there’s some kind of contradiction, because right now it only exists in your head.
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