Note: In Regards to ESPN’s Halladay-Mets Rumor
Seriously, what is going on with the baseball rumor mill?
It’s like the mainstream media is losing its mind.
Today at 1:10 pm, ESPN’s Rumor Central ran the following with the title, ‘Mets Trading for Halladay?”
The story references Mike Silva’s report for NY Baseball Digest, in which he simply wonders, in text, whether the Mets will be able to trade for Halladay, if the market takes a similar twist to what happened with Johan Santana.
That’s it. That’s all he did. Silva, who can be a solid source of information, isn’t reporting a rumor, he is is wondering out loud, in text, about the market for Halladay. Yet, it is treated as a Rumor on ESPN, leading dozens of people to e-mail me asking if the Mets are about to acquire Halladay.
In addition, ESPN referenced Jenrry Mejia as Edwin Mejia, who is actually the former agent of Aroldis Chapman, not the Mets top pitching prospect; not to mention their grammar in this post makes my work seem like that of an English Professor. I mean, what is an ‘idea package?”
I LOVE the Hot Stove and the rumor mill, it’s fun, and makes for great conversation… so, ESPN, please, stay on brand. Stop confusing fact, fiction and opinion, and messing up our hopes and expectations. You’re better than this.
