Tracee Hamilton

[theexorcist]

There was an earlier thread a few weeks ago here on the new Post sports opinion columnist. Many, including me, trashed her.

I must say that, if you haven't read her daily (daily! nobody on the Post does a daily chat!), they're pretty good and she's done her best to be accessible. Haven't been any GU questions in a while, but it's still entertaining. I submit, for your enjoyment from today's chat:

"Bread and circuses - I wonder how popular a halftime tasering show would be. Imagine they pick some drunk 20-something frat stud out of the stands, and tell him he has to avoid three cops with tasers for 5 minutes to win $10,000. He'd do it, we'd watch, and it would be HUGE. On an unrelated note, I'm now reading that the Skins' first round draft choice has "work ethic" issues. What's the deal?

A.Tracee Hamilton writes:
Oh my god, what a brilliant idea. Every NFL team does this and the "winners" advance to the Super Bowl, where it replaces the lame halftime show features aging rockers reminding ourselves of our own mortality. I'm on board."

[kchoya]

Hmm, a drunk kid running around the field, avoiding cops, until he gets tasered. I wonder where this idea came from?

[Boz]

May 4, 2010 11:21:11 GMT -5 kchoya said:

Hmm, a drunk kid running around the field, avoiding cops, until he gets tasered. I wonder where this idea came from?

College Park?

[kchoya]

May 4, 2010 11:34:36 GMT -5 Boz said:

May 4, 2010 11:21:11 GMT -5 kchoya said:

Hmm, a drunk kid running around the field, avoiding cops, until he gets tasered. I wonder where this idea came from?

College Park?

deadspin.com/5530336/its-taser-giveaway-night-in-philly--whether-you-want-it-or-not


deadspin.com/5530672/and-now-the-taser-video-youve-all-been-waiting-for

[Boz]

I didn't realize that actually happened.

That's what I get for not being a baseball fan.

[kchoya]

May 4, 2010 14:32:23 GMT -5 Boz said:

I didn't realize that actually happened.

That's what I get for not being a baseball Deadspin fan.

Fixed.

[guru]

From this morning's Washington Post. It appears Ms. Hamiltons's grasp of sports is not as strong as her grip on her ever-present box of Ding-Dongs:

-- The Tracee Hamilton column in the June 19 Sports section, about Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, incorrectly referred to former Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard as deceased. Richard, whose record for most strikeouts in a pitcher's first three starts was broken by Strasburg, is alive.

[Boz]

Jun 22, 2010 18:01:54 GMT -5 guru said:

From this morning's Washington Post. It appears Ms. Hamiltons's grasp of sports is not as strong as her grip on her ever-present box of Ding-Dongs:

-- The Tracee Hamilton column in the June 19 Sports section, about Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, incorrectly referred to former Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard as deceased. Richard, whose record for most strikeouts in a pitcher's first three starts was broken by Strasburg, is alive.

Give her a break. Clearly, she was referring to former Montreal Expos pitcher Maurice "Rocket" Richard.

Duh!