Media = Morons

Welcome one and all to the official blog of Sean Mack. Over the course of the season I'll be filling you in on current events and happenings with my career, such as whose home run I stole, how many times some bitter washed up pitcher threw at my head and which current celebrity I'm bed hopping with. But that's all in the future, today we're going to talk about the media.

Why do media members insist on asking the same dried up lame questions over and over again, yet complain that answers from us athletes are cliche? Why doesn't Outside the Lines to an in depth report on this?

For example, the other day I was asked by five different reporters how it felt to be in the NEBL. Seriously guys? You got a college degree and that's the best question you can come up with? Yep, that was $75,000 well spent. But to answer your question, it feels fucking great. I signed a $6 million contract before I turned 17. I have the newest Blackberry that blows your crappy LG phone out of the water. I live in a sweet apartment near the Fenway district and I'm buying myself a Beamer for my 18h birthday. Yeah, it feels pretty good.

When we do batting practice I like to get mine out of the way right away and then roam centerfield the rest of the time and chase everything down. I love it. I love going over the fence and pulling back a homerun ball even though it's completely meaningless at this point. One reporter asked me why I do this, and this kind of leads to a whole new rant. The truth of the matter is this. Chicks don't dig the long ball anymore. People don't want to see big steroid infested meatheads that have to hit the ball 500 feet just so they can run the bases. This is a new era. It's the grinderball era. People want to see someone who is going to go 110 miles an hour and crash into the fence to make that big out to get out of a jam. They want to see the guy who is going to dive into the stands to catch that foul ball. Let's not forget the guy who is willing to put his shoulder down and bulldoze some panzy overpadded catcher. That's what people want to see and that's what Sean Mack is about.

The best was when I had some guy ask me what it was like to be a part of a bottom dwelling team. I looked at him for a moment and then told him we're currently tied for first. Then I asked him how it felt to be in his mid 30's and working for a small market television station. I have no time for ignorance.