By Jeff Moss
DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com
January 23, 2016
There is a wide variety of beat writers in Detroit covering our beloved professional sports teams. You could easily divide them into various subcategories.
Excellent Coverage and Analysis
Kyle Meinke
Josh Katzenstein
Tony Paul
Justin Rogers
Excellent Reporting Skills With Very Little Analysis Added
Katie Strang
Rod Beard
Writers Who Used To Be Good But Who Now Must Owe A Loanshark Serious Cash and They Are Looking for A Cush Gig At DetroitLions.com
Dave Birkett
Writers Who Have A Glossy Headshot Photo of Ken Holland Over Their Bed
Ansar Khan
Helene St. James
Ted Kulfan
Writers Who Put the “Beat” In Their Job Description By Spanking it to Dylan Larkin Highlights
Gregg Krupa
Writers Who Are In It For the Marriott and Delta Points and Cover the Team like a Cleaning Lady Who Only Surface Wipes
Chris Iott
David Mayo
Tom Gage (Before Forced Retirement)
Writers Who Have Pondered Crossing the Pontiac Trail Double Yellow Line
Chris McCosky
Writers Who Have Flipped Over Their PT Cruiser in a Drunken Crash and Who Stalked and Sexually Harassed Fellow Students at Central Michigan University
Anthony Fenech
Writers Who Look Like African-American Turtles
Vince Ellis
And then you have the DSR’s favorite whipping boy, Lynn Henning, who provides that rare Daily Double of misinformation and atrocious analysis. A man who is never correct on his speculation and then provides atrocious evaluation of said horrid predictions.
For Christ’s sake, if Henning Tweeted out tomorrow that Jeff Moss was circumcised, I’d immediately drop my drawers to make sure that I indeed was cut by a mohel.
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The man has never been right about anything. From his comment that the Tigers were five-to-ten years from competing in the AL Central — just a year before they made the WORLD SERIES — to his exclusive coverage of Dave Dombrowski replacing Bud Selig to his atrocious takes on Tigers’ prospects to his prediction that Joba Chamberlain would ink a 50-million dollar deal ….
Please stop me before I get carpal tunnel. It really is incredible that ANYONE in Detroit would view this old man’s Tigers takes as anything but pure fiction. I’d advise you to read his articles and Tweets with a silo of salt.
Would you like the latest evidence of this moron’s laughable predictions? Well, before I post a few of his social media missives, please keep in mind that only the Chicago Cubs have spent more money on free-agents than the Tigers this offseason.
That the Tigers became only the second team in MLB history to dole out TWO $100-plus million free-agent contracts in the same winter. The small-market New York Yankees being the other.
Also, when reading these Tweets, remember that the Tigers signed the third-most desirable starting pitcher (Jordan Zimmermann) and the second-most wanted outfielder (Justin Upton).
Ok, buckle your seat belts …. Here we go!!!
The man clearly has his fingers on the pulse of this franchise.
Oh well, at least he is better with his political predictions …