Why I Didn't Blog About Joba Chamberlain

Mets PoliceApr 8, 2009

This morning, I'm choosing to write about Joba Chamberlain. Yesterday, I chose not to.

Sometime Tuesday midday I got wind that the Joba DUI video was available on the Internet. I chose not to post it. I sent a note to a Yankee blogger I collaborate with a little and said "not what I do but fyi...".

Now here we are today. I'm a sportsblogger, and I passed on the big story of the day on a slow-news off-day for both NYC teams.

Did I make a mistake? I probably could have grabbed a few hundred extra hits for my site, right?

Here's where I struggle.

Over on the right hand of the blog is says "calling the Mets (and frankly anyone else) on the carpet for the stupid things they do."

Drinking and driving is stupid.

Yet, I just didn't want to go all negative. That's not what this blog is for.

Killing the Mets for poor uniform choices? Sure. Complain about the bullpen? Of course! Get on the manager when he calls the organization racist? Yep! Talk about a Yankee when he does something dumb like steroids - sure that was a whole month's worth.

So why not this one?

I'm not so sure myself, but as I self-analyze, I guess the pure tabloid negative stuff doesn't interest me.

I didn't go near the Shamsky stuff, nor did I want to talk about Lenny Dykstra allegedly owing a lot of people a lot of money.

You want the Joba video? Google it. Not hard to find. The city papers are having a field day, as will WFAN.

It's just not what I want to do. There's no muzzle on my fellow Mets Policemen, they can write whatever they want.

Piling on someone who did something really dumb? Not for me. Even this article will get hits because of the title - and even that bugs me, but I can't ignore the top story.

Don't drink and drive and don't bash your teammates or the legends of your team.

The rest of us being holier than thou should ask if we've ever gone near a car after a beer or two, or if we've ever been a loudmouth with a few in us.

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