I worked a total of 8 Days at E*** Media, and now that gig has dried up. The simple version of this is that I hadn't managed to haul in a single interested party for a meeting in that time, but to be frank I was starting with totally cold leads, cold-calling companies. I really don't know what they expected. It's a total joke. They said they wanted to re-think their stategy and come back to me with a plan, but I think they're kidding themselves. If anything they were the sort of people who could only stick to a plan for 5 minutes and expected the best result out of each new impulse they dreamed up.
On the final day they asked me, what do marketing managers do to secure clients?
Haven't these people heard of Client Servicing? While I never expected to go beyond the 20 days because what they were expecting was so ridiculous, all the same, I'm a little miffed that I got pulled after 8 days.
A Day Later
The Yankees pulled out a come from behind 12th inning win. The story of the night was how Mariano Rivera blew a 2-runb lead, but the Yankees came back to win it, all the same. I was following the up and down game on the internet, and when Tanyon Sturtze came to the mound to give up a run, I seriously groaned. Then of course A-Rod hit a double to drive in the tying run, followed by a sac fly by Godzilla Matsui who scored Jeter. There you go, another story-book mythic Yankee come back in October.
As for Mr. Alex Rodriguez, he went 4-for-6 and the same tabloid is now writing this praise piece. There's no such thing as journalistic integrity, even in the reporting of sports. Let that be a lesson to ya' Mr. Conservative Weasel. You thought the australian Press was lousy, check out this about-face :)
ALEX Rodriguez earned his Pinstripes last night. Twice. As a result, this may be one magical postseason. After two innings, the Yankees found themselves down to the pesky Twins, 3-1 at the Stadium. Gary Sheffield's two-run home run tied it in the third, then in the fifth, at 8:22, Rodriguez officially joined the Yankees when his solo home run fittingly landed on the netting over Monument Park. That gave Jon Lieber and the Yankees a 4-3 lead.
But that was not A-Rod's moment. That would come two hours later, in the 12th inning, with the Yankees trailing 6-5 and on the threshold of falling behind 2-0 to the Twins in the ALDS. With runners on first and second and one out, Rodriguez lined a
game-tying ground-rule double off Minnesota closer Joe Nathan.The rocket headed straight for the 399 sign in left-center and it should have ended the game right there, but the ball bounced over the fence for the ground-rule double, sending Derek Jeter, who had walked, back to third base after Miguel Cairo had scored.
Then Sheff walked to load the bases and Godzilla hit his sac fly. That's 90 win-shares staring at you in the 2-3-4 hole. What were they thinking? What were they expecting? And so A-Rod finally became a Yankee in the eyes of NYC sports journalists. Everybody else knew about it when he joined in February.
Addendum:
In the mean time, I dug up this little gem:
But whichever team emerges there, it will fall to the Yankees in the American League Championship Series, as Brantley sees it, and the Yankees will then beat the Cardinals for their 27th World Series title. Of all the fearsome hitters in the New York lineup, the one Brantley likes most is Gary Sheffield."He's my MVP. He is scary," Brantley said.
Count Oakland A's reliever Chad Bradford as another Mississippian who thinks the Yankees are the team to beat.Bradford, who lives in Raymond, played at Byram High School, Hinds Community College and Southern Miss. He just completed his fourth year with the A's. Interestingly, the A's did play the Cardinals this season in an inter-league series, and Bradford was impressed with St. Louis' firepower. "When I faced them I went in and faced (Edgar) Renteria, (Scott) Rolen, (Albert) Pujols and (Jim) Edmonds," Bradford said. "Now they've got Larry Walker. ... There's just no outs in that lineup.
"Still, Bradford gives the edge to the Yankees. "Their lineup is so good," he said. "Plus the tradition."Brantley feels the Yankees' bullpen duo of Tom Gordon and Mariano Rivera is unmatched in the game. But there is another, less tangible reason he likes the Yanks. "I don't believe in curses; I don't believe the Cubs are cursed or the Red Sox," Brantley said. "But I do believe in ghosts when I'm in Yankee Stadium."And when they come out, it can get ugly for the other guys."
Some call this the Expectancy Effect.
- Art Neuro
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