Shanks Article

[bravesfanforlife88]

Thank You John Coppolella

 

[jpx7]

Thank You John Coppolella

Not going to read it, just here to say:

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lol

 

[Tapate50]

Kinda an odd shot across AA's desk about the Bridges and Clark firings.

 

[jpx7]

Kinda an odd shot across AA's desk about the Bridges and Clark firings.

Not if you recall Shanks entire "authorial" career is staked to holding the prestige of the latter guys.

It's an eminently self-serving shot across the HMS Anthopoulos bow.

 

[Metaphysicist]

Is this really an article about a date he went on with Coppy?

 

[jpx7]

Is this really an article about a date he went on with Coppy?

Now you're piquing my interest almost enough to read it and find out. Almost.

 

[Metaphysicist]

Also Bill could really use a copy editor. There are a sad number of basic writing mistakes in there.

 

[CyYoung31]

Also Bill could really use a copy editor. There are a sad number of basic writing mistakes in there.

That’s literally every single article he’s ever written.

 

[jpx7]

Also Bill could really use a copy editor. There are a sad number of basic writing mistakes in there.

Some things never change. It's somewhat refreshing, actually.

Edit: Damn, Cy just beat me to it. Got to get to Olive Garden pretty early to get one over on that guy.

 

[nsacpi]

That’s literally every single article he’s ever written.

sentence not article

he and Bowman are neck and neck so to speak

 

[Slippyjms]

Really disappointing that SI would publish something like that.

 

[Metaphysicist]

Now you're piquing my interest almost enough to read it and find out. Almost.

It turns out they went on a bunch of dates. I am only-half joking when I say Coppy might be the great lost love of Bill's life, based on the tone of this article.

It was a Sunday night in late-September 2014. We met at the Taco Mac in Newnan, Ga. [...]

In the meeting, as we munched on wings and he violently tackled the guacamole, it was obvious that Coppolella was not just some stathead, as I had assumed. [...]

We would meet every few months for lunch or dinner, and every time Coppolella came off as driven and determined to make the Braves great again. [...]

Those directives he wrote on a napkin at the Taco Mac in Newnan in 2014 were carried out almost perfectly. [...]

Once, when we were at lunch, he either texted or talked to at least four general managers, and he actually acquired Alex Jackson from the Mariners before our entrée came. [...]

I failed in my duties as a friend [...] I still should have reached out. Maybe it’s not too late.

 

[nsacpi]

It turns out they went on a bunch of dates. I am only-half joking when I say Coppy might be the great lost love of Bill's life, based on the tone of this article.

The Rainman reference redeemed things a bit.

Personally though I've always pegged Coppy as turtle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRlu6Zayl7c

 

[nsacpi]

"He had savant-like characteristics that served him well, but it also led to his downfall. His mind never stopped. He was so driven to make the Braves great that he couldn’t control himself."

 

[CyYoung31]

It turns out they went on a bunch of dates. I am only-half joking when I say Coppy might be the great lost love of Bill's life, based on the tone of this article.

I’m ****ing dead.

Based solely on that excerpt, I’d have to say that this is Bill’s magnum opus.

 

[CyYoung31]

In the meeting, as we munched on wings and he violently tackled the guacamole

This is literary perfection.

 

[nsacpi]

Did the guac fight back?

Sometimes it is the thing unmentioned that speaks loudest.

btw the above sentence is well beyond Shanks' ability to even contemplate

 

[CyYoung31]

sentence not article

he and Bowman are neck and neck so to speak

Neck and necks.

 

[chop2chip]

Was Coppy the “MP”?

 

[MadduxFanII]

Really disappointing that SI would publish something like that.

This isn’t Sports Illustrated in any real sense. It’s more like Bleacher Report at this point.