Red Sox Also Get SI Writer Jon Heyman In Manny Trade

Friday, August 01, 2008

It's always humorous when a non-Sports channel decides to try to report on something. For as much flak as we give ESPN, for the amount of info the ratio of mistakes to the amount of information they produce is pretty small. CNBC however rarely gets into the Sports game and hilarity ensues when they do....

When big news breaks, it's always a struggle to try to put together the details. In the frenzy, someone's bound to make a mistake. It happens.

The news that Manny Ramirez has been traded to the Dodgers is currently being picked up by media outlets around the world. The funniest breaking news tease seen thus far: CNBC's "Breaking News" box that said the following:

SI: Manny Ramirez to Dodgers for Jon Heyman

Jon Heyman, of course, isn't coming to the Red Sox. He is a SI.com reporter who reported the story soon after the trade happened.
I wish I had the visual evidence because that's too funny. I also just got word that Selena Roberts was part of the Ivan Rodriguez deal and instead of going to SI today, she'll immediately report to the Detroit Free Press.

Gotta Laugh About It (Boston.com)

5 Comments:

Tough break for Heyman. I know that he was hoping to retire with SI.

GMoney said...
Aug 1, 2008, 9:58:00 AM  

What's Heyman's OPS?

Matt said...
Aug 1, 2008, 2:39:00 PM  

Chris McCoskey has a really high VORD (Value Over Replacement Dick).

Anonymous said...
Aug 1, 2008, 3:23:00 PM  

man the red sox could only get heyman for manny? they shouldve gotten verducci as part of the deal too

Anonymous said...
Aug 1, 2008, 4:18:00 PM  

Pretty soon the Red Sox will be acquiring Jay Mariotti as pitcher.

Anonymous said...
Aug 1, 2008, 8:57:00 PM  

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